10-letter words containing p, o, i, r
- pollenizer — a plant which provides pollen
- pollinator — to convey pollen to the stigma of (a flower).
- polo shirt — a short-sleeved, pullover sport shirt, usually of cotton or cottonlike knit, with a round neckband or a turnover collar.
- polyandric — polyandrous.
- polyarchic — a form of government in which power is vested in three or more persons.
- polycarpic — producing fruit many times, as a perennial plant.
- polychroic — having many colours
- polycrotic — having multiple beats or peaks
- polyhedric — resembling a polyhedron
- polyhistor — a person of great and varied learning.
- polyhybrid — a heterozygous hybrid
- polyhydric — (especially of alcohols and phenols) polyhydroxy.
- polymerise — to subject to polymerization.
- polymerism — Chemistry. a polymeric state.
- polymerize — to subject to polymerization.
- polyprotic — (of an acid) having two or more transferable protons.
- pomeranian — of, relating to, or characteristic of Pomerania.
- pomiferous — bearing pomes or pomelike fruits.
- pontonnier — a builder of pontoon bridges
- pontypridd — an industrial town in S Wales, in Rhondda Cynon Taff county borough. Pop: 29 781 (2001)
- pool train — a train operating over a track owned by two or more railway companies.
- poor white — a member of a class of white people, especially of the southern U.S., having low social status and little or no money, property, or education. See also white trash.
- pop singer — sb who sings popular music
- popularise — to make popular: to popularize a dance.
- popularist — designed for the general public; non-specialist; non-intellectual
- popularity — the quality or fact of being popular.
- popularize — to make popular: to popularize a dance.
- poriferans — an animal phylum comprising the sponges.
- poriferous — bearing or having pores.
- pornotopia — a fantasy state or place in which everyone is willing to indulge in sexual activity, esp the setting for pornographic literature
- poroscopic — of or pertaining to poroscopy
- porphyrize — to subject to porphyrization.
- porphyroid — a rock resembling porphyry.
- porpoising — any of several small, gregarious cetaceans of the genus Phocoena, usually blackish above and paler beneath, and having a blunt, rounded snout, especially the common porpoise, P. phocoena, of both the North Atlantic and Pacific.
- porrection — the act of holding something out for presentation or acceptance
- port blair — a seaport in and the capital of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, on S Andaman.
- port louis — an island in the Indian Ocean, E of Madagascar. 720 sq. mi. (1865 sq. km).
- port pirie — a city in S Australia.
- portakabin — A Portakabin is a small building that can be moved by truck and that can be used for a short period of time, for example as a temporary office.
- portcullis — (especially in medieval castles) a strong grating, as of iron, made to slide along vertical grooves at the sides of a gateway of a fortified place and let down to prevent passage.
- portending — to indicate in advance; to foreshadow or presage, as an omen does: The street incident may portend a general uprising.
- portioning — a part of any whole, either separated from or integrated with it: I read a portion of the manuscript.
- portionist — a student at Merton College, Oxford who receives a food or academic allowance from the College, later referred to as a postmaster
- portlaoise — a town in central Republic of Ireland, county town of Laois: site of a top-security prison. Pop: 12 127 (2002)
- portliness — rather heavy or fat; stout; corpulent.
- porto rico — former official name (until 1932) of Puerto Rico.
- portoviejo — a city in W Ecuador, on the Portoviejo River.
- portraying — to make a likeness of by drawing, painting, carving, or the like.
- positioner — a person or thing that positions.
- postcrisis — taking place after a crisis