10-letter words containing p, l, i, a, n
- prenuptial — before marriage.
- presential — present, or implying actual presence
- prevail on — to persuade; induce
- prevailing — predominant: prevailing winds.
- principial — original, elementary
- proclinate — (of a part) directed or inclined forward.
- pronominal — Grammar. pertaining to, resembling, derived from, or containing a pronoun: “My” in “my book” is a pronominal adjective. “There” is a pronominal adverb.
- provincial — belonging or peculiar to some particular province; local: the provincial newspaper.
- prudential — of, pertaining to, characterized by, or resulting from prudence.
- psalterian — psalm-like
- punishable — liable to or deserving punishment.
- pure laine — (in Quebec) a person belonging to a long-established family of French descent
- pyrazoline — any of the group of heterocyclic compounds containing three carbon atoms, two adjacent nitrogen atoms, and one double bond in the ring.
- rampallian — a scoundrel, wretch, rascal
- rappelling — (in mountaineering) the act or method of moving down a steep incline or past an overhang by means of a double rope secured above and placed around the body, usually under the left thigh and over the right shoulder, and paid out gradually in the descent.
- rawalpindi — a city in N Pakistan: former provisional capital.
- re-explain — to explain again or in a different way
- replanning — a scheme or method of acting, doing, proceeding, making, etc., developed in advance: battle plans.
- replanting — to plant again.
- republican — of, relating to, or of the nature of a republic.
- rhizoplane — the part of the root of a plant that is near the soil surface
- sailplaner — a person who flies sailplanes
- saint paul — Saint, died a.d. c67, a missionary and apostle to the gentiles: author of several of the Epistles. Compare Saul (def 2).
- salpingian — a trumpet-shaped tube, as a Fallopian or Eustachian tube.
- san felipe — a city in NE Venezuela, on the Orinoco River.
- sapiential — containing, exhibiting, or affording wisdom; characterized by wisdom.
- scalloping — any of the bivalve mollusks of the genus Argopecten (Pecten) and related genera that swim by rapidly clapping the fluted shell valves together.
- scallopini — scallops, especially of veal, flattened by pounding and usually dredged in flour or breadcrumbs and sautéed quickly: scaloppine alla Marsala.
- scaloppine — scallops, especially of veal, flattened by pounding and usually dredged in flour or breadcrumbs and sautéed quickly: scaloppine alla Marsala.
- seal point — a Siamese cat having a fawn-colored body and dark-brown points.
- seal-point — a Siamese cat having a fawn-colored body and dark-brown points.
- septennial — occurring every seven years.
- ship canal — a canal navigable by ships.
- slash pine — a pine, Pinus elliotii, found in slashes and swamps in the southeastern U.S., yielding a hard, durable wood.
- slop basin — a basin or bowl into which the dregs, leaves, and grounds of teacups and coffee cups are emptied at the table.
- snappingly — involving a snap
- snappishly — in a sharp or irritable manner
- spallation — a nuclear reaction in which several nucleons are released from the nucleus of an atom.
- spaniolize — to cause to become Spanish
- spankingly — in a spanking manner
- speakingly — in an eloquent manner
- sphenoidal — relating to the sphenoid bone
- spinal tap — procedure to draw fluid from spine
- spindleage — total number or capacity of spindles in a mill, area, etc.
- spiralling — Geometry. a plane curve generated by a point moving around a fixed point while constantly receding from or approaching it.
- splanchnic — of or relating to the viscera or entrails; visceral.
- splenative — relating to the spleen or spleenful
- split cane — bamboo split into strips of triangular section, tapered, and glued to form a stiff but flexible hexagonal rod: used, esp formerly, for making fishing rods
- spoil bank — a bank of excavated refuse or waste earth, as of shale from surface coal mining.
- spoliation — the act or an instance of plundering or despoiling.