10-letter words containing p, e, r, l, c
- perlucidus — (of a cloud) having transparent spaces between the elements.
- petrol can — a container for carrying petrol
- petrol cap — a small cover that goes over the hole in a vehicle into which you put petrol
- phrensical — frenzical; frenzied
- phylactery — Judaism. either of two small, black, leather cubes containing a piece of parchment inscribed with verses 4–9 of Deut. 6, 13–21 of Deut. 11, and 1–16 of Ex. 13: one is attached with straps to the left arm and the other to the forehead during weekday morning prayers by Orthodox and Conservative Jewish men.
- pickleworm — the larva of a pyralid moth, Diaphania nitidalis, that bores into the stem and fruit of squash, cucumber, and other cucurbitaceous plants.
- picturable — a visual representation of a person, object, or scene, as a painting, drawing, photograph, etc.: I carry a picture of my grandchild in my wallet.
- piercingly — loud or shrill, as the quality of a voice.
- pin clover — alfilaria.
- pitcherful — the amount held by a pitcher.
- pl cornell — Programming Language/Cornell
- place card — a small card with the name of a guest on it, placed on the table, to indicate where he or she is to sit.
- plate rack — a rack where you put plates after you have washed them or to store them
- pleochroic — (of a biaxial crystal) characterized by pleochroism.
- pleromatic — relating to the pleroma
- pluperfect — Grammar. perfect with respect to a point of reference in past time, as had done in He had done it when I came. designating a tense or other verb formation or construction with such meaning, as Latin portāveram “I had carried.”.
- police car — squad car.
- polychrest — a thing which has adapted to multiple uses
- polychrome — being of many or various colors.
- polycrates — died 522? b.c, Greek tyrant of Samos.
- polyhedric — resembling a polyhedron
- pratincole — any of several limicoline birds of the genus Glareola, of the Eastern Hemisphere, having a short bill, long, narrow, pointed wings, and a forked tail.
- pre-climax — a stable community that precedes the full development of the climax community of a given area and that results from local variations in soil and water.
- pre-exilic — being or occurring prior to the exile of the Jews in Babylonia 597–538 b.c.
- pre-launch — preparatory to launch, as of a spacecraft.
- pre-school — Pre-school is used to describe things relating to the care and education of children before they reach the age when they have to go to school.
- preceptial — preceptive, instructive, didactic; conveying or consisting of precepts
- preciously — of high price or great value; very valuable or costly: precious metals.
- preclosure — the act of closing; the state of being closed.
- preclusion — to prevent the presence, existence, or occurrence of; make impossible: The insufficiency of the evidence precludes a conviction.
- preclusive — to prevent the presence, existence, or occurrence of; make impossible: The insufficiency of the evidence precludes a conviction.
- precollege — occurring or carried out before entry to college, esp as a means of preparation for college entry
- precooling — Precooling is a process which improves the performance of a unit by reducing the compressor load and the head pressure.
- preculture — the quality in a person or society that arises from a concern for what is regarded as excellent in arts, letters, manners, scholarly pursuits, etc.
- predicable — that may be predicated or affirmed; assertable.
- preglacial — prior to a given glacial epoch, especially the Pleistocene.
- preincline — to dispose or prepare beforehand: Their experiences had preinclined them to think pessimistically.
- prelection — to lecture or discourse publicly.
- prelexical — denoting or applicable at a stage in the formation of a sentence at which words and phrases have not yet replaced all of the underlying grammatical and semantic material of that sentence in the speaker's mind
- prelogical — according to or agreeing with the principles of logic: a logical inference.
- premedical — of or relating to studies in preparation for the formal study of medicine: a premedical course.
- prenuclear — of or relating to the era before the development of nuclear weapons.
- prepyloric — the opening between the stomach and the duodenum.
- prevalence — the condition of being prevalent, or widespread: the prevalence of AIDS in developing countries.
- prevocalic — immediately preceding a vowel.
- price list — a list giving the prices of items for sale.
- princeling — a young prince.
- princessly — resembling a princess
- principled — imbued with or having moral principles (often used in combination): high-principled.
- principles — an accepted or professed rule of action or conduct: a person of good moral principles.