10-letter words containing p, e, r, t, h, a
- packthread — a strong thread or twine for sewing or tying up packages.
- page three — a feature found on the third page of the British tabloid newspaper The Sun, consisting of a photograph of a female model with naked breasts
- pantheress — a female panther
- pantherine — resembling a panther in manner or appearance
- pantothere — any animal of the extinct order Pantotheria that lived during the late Mesozoic Era, believed to be the ancestor of the marsupial and placental mammals.
- paper-thin — extremely thin: a paper-thin razor blade.
- paperwhite — polyanthus (sense 2)
- parathesis — the placing of grammatically parallel words or phrases together; apposition
- parenthood — the state, position, or relation of a parent.
- parthenope — a siren, who drowned herself when Odysseus evaded the lure of the sirens' singing. Her body was said to have been cast ashore at what became Naples
- pasticheur — a person who makes, composes, or concocts a pastiche.
- patch reef — an isolated coral growth forming a small platform in a lagoon, barrier reef, or atoll.
- pathfinder — a historical novel (1840) by James Fenimore Cooper.
- pe teacher — a teacher of Physical Education
- peashooter — a tube through which dried peas, beans, or small pellets are blown, used as a toy.
- pentachord — a series of five consecutive notes of a scale
- perithecia — the fruiting body of ascomycetous fungi, typically a minute, more or less completely closed, globose or flask-shaped body enclosing the asci.
- peritricha — ciliate protozoans, of the order Peritrichida, in which the cilia are restricted to a spiral around the mouth
- permadeath — (in a game, often a video game) the permanent death of a defeated character, after which the player of the game cannot continue with the same character.
- petrarchan — of, relating to, or characteristic of the works of Petrarch.
- petrograph — petroglyph.
- petrolhead — a person who is excessively interested in or is devoted to travelling by car
- phaneritic — (of a rock) having the principal constituents in the form of crystals visible to the naked eye.
- pheasantry — a place where pheasants are bred or are kept together
- phragmites — any of several tall grasses of the genus Phragmites, having plumed heads, growing in marshy areas, especially the common reed P. australis (or P. communis).
- 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.
- pinfeather — an undeveloped feather before the web portions have expanded.
- preachment — the act of preaching.
- preharvest — Also, harvesting. the gathering of crops.
- pretheatre — occurring before a visit to the theatre
- promethean — of or suggestive of Prometheus.
- pt teacher — a teacher of Physical Training
- ratchet up — If something ratchets up or is ratcheted up, it increases by a fixed amount or degree, and seems unlikely to decrease again.
- redispatch — to send off or away with speed, as a messenger, telegram, body of troops, etc.
- saprophyte — any organism that lives on dead organic matter, as certain fungi and bacteria.
- sheeptrack — a small natural terrace on a hillside
- shipmaster — a person who commands a ship; master; captain.
- smartphone — a device that combines a cell phone with a handheld computer, typically offering Internet access, data storage, email capability, etc.
- sphalerite — a very common mineral, zinc sulfide, ZnS, usually containing some iron and a little cadmium, occurring in yellow, brown, or black crystals or cleavable masses with resinous luster: the principal ore of zinc and cadmium; blackjack.
- spycatcher — a person who works in counterintelligence to detect enemy espionage activities
- stenograph — any of various keyboard instruments, somewhat resembling a typewriter, used for writing in shorthand, as by means of phonetic or arbitrary symbols.
- stepfather — the husband of one's mother by a later marriage.
- strathspey — a slow Scottish dance in quadruple meter.
- subchapter — a subdivision especially of a body of laws.
- sulphurate — to combine or treat with sulphur or a sulphur compound
- telegraphy — the art or practice of constructing or operating telegraphs.
- telpherage — a transportation system in which cars or other carriers are suspended from or run on wire cables or the like, especially one operated by electricity.
- telpherman — someone who operates or works on a telpher
- the pamirs — a mountainous area of central Asia, mainly in Tajikistan and partly in Kyrgyzstan, extending into China and Afghanistan: consists of a complex of high ranges, from which the Tian Shan projects to the north, the Kunlun and Karakoram to the east, and the Hindu Kush to the west; Ismoil Somoni (formerly Communism Peak) is situated in the Tajik Pamirs. Highest peak: Kongur Shan, 7719 m (25 326 ft)
- the papers — newspapers