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10-letter words containing p, e, r, o, f

  • net profit — the actual profit made on a business transaction, sale, etc., or during a specific period of business activity, after deducting all costs from gross receipts.
  • noiseproof — soundproof.
  • off-pricer — a seller of off-price merchandise.
  • open frame — a frame in which a bowler fails to make a strike or a spare.
  • outperform — to surpass in excellence of performance; do better than: a new engine that outperforms the competition; a stock that outperformed all others.
  • page proof — a trial proof printed from type that has been made up in page form, usually after galley corrections have been made, but before plates are made. Compare proof (def 12).
  • perfection — the state or quality of being or becoming perfect.
  • perfidious — deliberately faithless; treacherous; deceitful: a perfidious lover.
  • perfoliate — having the stem apparently passing through the leaf, owing to congenital union of the basal edges of the leaf round the stem.
  • perforated — perforated.
  • perforatus — a muscle that bends a digit
  • performing — to carry out; execute; do: to perform miracles.
  • permafrost — (in arctic or subarctic regions) perennially frozen subsoil.
  • petit four — a small teacake, variously frosted and decorated.
  • phenformin — a biguanide administered orally in the treatment of diabetes to lower blood concentrations of glucose; it has been largely superseded by metformin. Formula: C10H15N5
  • pianoforte — a piano.
  • piliferous — having or producing hair.
  • poker face — an expressionless face: He can tell a funny story with a poker face.
  • pomiferous — bearing pomes or pomelike fruits.
  • pontefract — a city in West Yorkshire, in N central England, SE of Leeds: ruins of a 12th-century castle.
  • poriferans — an animal phylum comprising the sponges.
  • poriferous — bearing or having pores.
  • postfreeze — taking place after a freeze
  • powderpuff — a soft, feathery ball or pad, as of cotton or down, for applying powder to the skin.
  • powerfully — having or exerting great power or force.
  • pre-format — the shape and size of a book as determined by the number of times the original sheet has been folded to form the leaves. Compare duodecimo, folio (def 2), octavo, quarto.
  • pre-inform — to supply with information beforehand: He preinformed the newspapers of his decision.
  • pre-notify — to inform (someone) or give notice to: to notify the police of a crime.
  • pre-reform — the improvement or amendment of what is wrong, corrupt, unsatisfactory, etc.: social reform; spelling reform.
  • prefrontal — anterior to, situated in, or pertaining to the anterior part of a frontal structure.
  • pro-reform — the improvement or amendment of what is wrong, corrupt, unsatisfactory, etc.: social reform; spelling reform.
  • professing — to lay claim to, often insincerely; pretend to: He professed extreme regret.
  • profession — a vocation requiring knowledge of some department of learning or science: the profession of teaching. Compare learned profession.
  • proffering — to put before a person for acceptance; offer.
  • proficient — well-advanced or competent in any art, science, or subject; skilled: a proficient swimmer.
  • profitable — yielding profit; remunerative: a profitable deal.
  • profitless — Often, profits. pecuniary gain resulting from the employment of capital in any transaction. Compare gross profit, net profit. the ratio of such pecuniary gain to the amount of capital invested. returns, proceeds, or revenue, as from property or investments.
  • profitwise — from the point of view of profit
  • profligate — utterly and shamelessly immoral or dissipated; thoroughly dissolute.
  • profluence — abundance
  • profounder — penetrating or entering deeply into subjects of thought or knowledge; having deep insight or understanding: a profound thinker.
  • profulgent — radiant
  • proteiform — changeable in form; multiform
  • purposeful — having a purpose.
  • quakeproof — designed or built to withstand the destructive forces of an earthquake.
  • reef point — one of several short lengths of line stitched through a sail for tying a reef
  • reg. prof. — Regius professor
  • riflescope — a telescopic sight mounted on top of a rifle that helps to improve one's aim by magnifying and pinpointing a target.
  • roof panel — The roof panel is the section of material, usually sheet metal, that forms the roof of a vehicle.
  • roof space — the attic space inside a roof
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