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10-letter words containing p, e, t, i

  • palliative — serving to palliate.
  • palm civet — any of various small to medium-sized, chiefly arboreal cats of the civet family, of southeastern Asia, the East Indies, etc., with a spotted or striped coat and a long curled tail.
  • paltriness — ridiculously or insultingly small: a paltry sum.
  • panatheism — the belief that because there is no God, nothing can properly be termed sacred or holy.
  • pancreatic — of or affecting the pancreas
  • pancreatin — Biochemistry. a substance containing the pancreatic enzymes, trypsin, amylase, and lipase.
  • pandectist — a German law student who followed the Pandects of Justinian
  • pandermite — a white, marble-like mineral
  • panegyrist — a person who panegyrizes; eulogist.
  • paniculate — arranged in panicles.
  • pantheonic — a domed circular temple at Rome, erected a.d. 120–124 by Hadrian, used as a church since a.d.
  • pantherine — resembling a panther in manner or appearance
  • pantomimed — the art or technique of conveying emotions, actions, feelings, etc., by gestures without speech.
  • pantsuited — wearing a pantsuit
  • paper-thin — extremely thin: a paper-thin razor blade.
  • paperwhite — polyanthus (sense 2)
  • papiamento — a creolized language based on Spanish and spoken on Curaçao.
  • papillated — having papillae
  • paraenetic — of or relating to moral and ethical instruction or paraenesis
  • paragonite — a mica, similar in composition and appearance to muscovite but containing sodium instead of potassium.
  • parametric — Mathematics. a constant or variable term in a function that determines the specific form of the function but not its general nature, as a in f (x) = ax, where a determines only the slope of the line described by f (x). one of the independent variables in a set of parametric equations.
  • parasitize — to live on (a host) as a parasite.
  • parathesis — the placing of grammatically parallel words or phrases together; apposition
  • parentlike — a father or a mother.
  • pargetting — the act of a person who pargets.
  • parimutuel — a system of betting on races in which those backing the winners divide, in proportion to their wagers, the total amount bet, minus a percentage for the track operators, taxes, etc.
  • parliament — (usually initial capital letter) the legislature of Great Britain, historically the assembly of the three estates, now composed of Lords Spiritual and Lords Temporal, forming together the House of Lords, and representatives of the counties, cities, boroughs, and universities, forming the House of Commons.
  • parmentier — (of food) prepared or served with potatoes: potage Parmentier.
  • parnellite — Charles Stewart, 1846–91, Irish political leader.
  • paroxetine — a drug, C 19 H 20 FNO 3 ·HCl, of the SSRI class, that acts by prolonging the action of serotonin in the brain, used in the treatment of depression and anxiety disorders.
  • parrotlike — any of numerous hook-billed, often brilliantly colored birds of the order Psittaciformes, as the cockatoo, lory, macaw, or parakeet, having the ability to mimic speech and often kept as pets.
  • part-timer — a person who works, attends school, etc., less than full time.
  • partialize — to bias.
  • participle — an adjective or complement to certain auxiliaries that is regularly derived from the verb in many languages and refers to participation in the action or state of the verb; a verbal form used as an adjective. It does not specify person or number in English, but may have a subject or object, show tense, etc., as burning, in a burning candle, or devoted in his devoted friend.
  • partnering — a person who shares or is associated with another in some action or endeavor; sharer; associate.
  • parturient — bearing or about to bear young; travailing.
  • party line — the authorized, prescribed policies and practices of a group, especially of the Communist Party, usually followed by the members without deviation; official philosophy or credo.
  • party time — the season for parties
  • passimeter — a turnstile attached to a ticket booth or ticket machine
  • passionate — having, compelled by, or ruled by intense emotion or strong feeling; fervid: a passionate advocate of socialism.
  • pasteurise — to expose (a food, as milk, cheese, yogurt, beer, or wine) to an elevated temperature for a period of time sufficient to destroy certain microorganisms, as those that can produce disease or cause spoilage or undesirable fermentation of food, without radically altering taste or quality.
  • pasteurism — a method of securing immunity from rabies in a person who has been bitten by a rabid animal, by daily injections of progressively more virulent suspensions of the infected spinal cord of a rabbit that died of rabies
  • pasteurize — to expose (a food, as milk, cheese, yogurt, beer, or wine) to an elevated temperature for a period of time sufficient to destroy certain microorganisms, as those that can produce disease or cause spoilage or undesirable fermentation of food, without radically altering taste or quality.
  • pasticheur — a person who makes, composes, or concocts a pastiche.
  • patchiness — characterized by or made up of patches.
  • pathetical — causing or evoking pity, sympathetic sadness, sorrow, etc.; pitiful; pitiable: a pathetic letter; a pathetic sight.
  • pathfinder — a historical novel (1840) by James Fenimore Cooper.
  • pathogenic — Pathology. capable of producing disease: pathogenic bacteria.
  • patient of — capable of bearing (fatigue, thirst, etc.)
  • patisserie — a shop where pastry, especially French pastry, is made and sold.
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