10-letter words containing p, i, n, t, u
- percutient — anything that strikes against something else
- peritoneum — the serous membrane lining the abdominal cavity and investing its viscera.
- perturbing — to disturb or disquiet greatly in mind; agitate.
- piano duet — a musical composition for two pianists playing two pianos or together at one piano.
- pinguitude — fatness
- plain suit — a suit other than the trump suit.
- plateauing — a land area having a relatively level surface considerably raised above adjoining land on at least one side, and often cut by deep canyons.
- plentitude — abundance or fullness
- pleustonic — a buoyant mat of weeds, algae, and associated organisms that floats on or near the surface of a lake, river, or other body of fresh water.
- plummeting — Also called plumb bob. a piece of lead or some other weight attached to a line, used for determining perpendicularity, for sounding, etc.; the bob of a plumb line.
- plus point — an advantage or positive characteristic
- pneumatics — a pneumatic tire.
- point duty — the stationing of a policeman or traffic warden at a road junction to control and direct traffic
- population — the total number of persons inhabiting a country, city, or any district or area.
- pour it on — to flatter profusely
- pour point — the lowest temperature at which a substance will flow under given conditions.
- precaution — a measure taken in advance to avert possible evil or to secure good results.
- prenuptial — before marriage.
- production — the act of producing; creation; manufacture.
- profundity — the quality or state of being profound; depth.
- proteinous — Biochemistry. any of numerous, highly varied organic molecules constituting a large portion of the mass of every life form and necessary in the diet of all animals and other nonphotosynthesizing organisms, composed of 20 or more amino acids linked in a genetically controlled linear sequence into one or more long polypeptide chains, the final shape and other properties of each protein being determined by the side chains of the amino acids and their chemical attachments: proteins include such specialized forms as collagen for supportive tissue, hemoglobin for transport, antibodies for immune defense, and enzymes for metabolism.
- protruding — to project.
- protrusion — the act of protruding or the state of being protruded.
- prudential — of, pertaining to, characterized by, or resulting from prudence.
- prudentius — Aurelius Clemens (ɔːˈriːlɪəs ˈklɛmɛnz). 348–410 ad, Latin Christian poet, born in Spain. His works include the allegory Psychomachia
- pultrusion — a process for manufacturing reinforced plastic products in which a bundle of glass fibres is pulled through a resin bath and then through a heated die to shape the resin
- punch list — a list of unfinished matters that require attention.
- punctation — punctate condition or marking.
- punctiform — shaped like or of the nature of a point or dot.
- punishment — the act of punishing.
- punitively — serving for, concerned with, or inflicting punishment: punitive laws; punitive action.
- puntillero — (in bullfighting) a worker, or assistant, who gives the coup de grâce to the fallen bull with a puntilla.
- punto fijo — a city in NW Venezuela, on the Paraguana Peninsula.
- puritanism — the principles and practices of the Puritans.
- puritanize — to (cause to) behave like a puritan
- purporting — to present, especially deliberately, the appearance of being; profess or claim, often falsely: a document purporting to be official.
- pursuivant — a heraldic officer of the lowest class, ranking below a herald.
- put in for — to request or apply for
- put option — put (def 24).
- putrescine — a colourless crystalline amine produced by decaying animal matter; 1,4-diaminobutane. Formula: H2N(CH2)4NH2
- puy lentil — a greyish-green variety of lentil that retains its shape after cooking
- quintipara — A female that has borne five offspring.
- quintupled — Simple past tense and past participle of quintuple.
- quintuples — Plural form of quintuple.
- quintuplet — any group or combination of five, especially of the same kind.
- quintuplex — fivefold; quintuple.
- quoin post — the vertical post at the side of a lock gate, about which the gate swings
- reputation — the estimation in which a person or thing is held, especially by the community or the public generally; repute: a man of good reputation.
- resumption — the act of resuming; a reassumption, as of something previously granted.
- resupinate — bent backward.