10-letter words containing p, r, a, e
- pipe-layer — a worker employed in laying a pipeline or one experienced in such work.
- piperazine — Also called piperazidine [pip-uh-raz-i-deen, -din, pahy-puh-] /ˌpɪp əˈræz ɪˌdin, -dɪn, ˌpaɪ pə-/ (Show IPA). a colorless, crystalline, deliquescent ring compound, C 4 H 1 0 N 2 , prepared by the reaction of ethylene bromide or ethylene chloride with ammonia: used chiefly in veterinary medicine as an anthelmintic, and as an insecticide.
- pirandello — Luigi [loo-ee-jee] /luˈi dʒi/ (Show IPA), 1867–1936, Italian dramatist, novelist, and poet: Nobel prize 1934.
- place card — a small card with the name of a guest on it, placed on the table, to indicate where he or she is to sit.
- plagiarise — to take and use by plagiarism.
- plagiarize — to take and use by plagiarism.
- plane iron — the blade of a plane.
- plane tree — any tree of the genus Platanus, especially P. occidentalis, the buttonwood or sycamore of North America, having palmately lobed leaves and bark that sheds.
- planer saw — a hollow-ground circular saw for ripping and cutting across grain, having raker teeth for clearing away the chips cut by the cutting teeth.
- planimeter — an instrument for measuring mechanically the area of plane figures.
- planimetry — the measurement of plane areas.
- planner-73 — The original name for PLASMA.
- planometer — surface plate.
- planospore — a zoospore.
- plastering — a composition, as of lime or gypsum, sand, water, and sometimes hair or other fiber, applied in a pasty form to walls, ceilings, etc., and allowed to harden and dry.
- plate mark — hallmark.
- plate rack — a rack where you put plates after you have washed them or to store them
- plate rail — a rail or narrow shelf fixed along a wall to hold plates, especially for ornament or display.
- platelayer — a workman who lays and maintains railway track
- platemaker — a machine that makes plates used for reproducing illustrations or printed matter, especially halftone or etched illustrations.
- platterful — a heaped plate or platter
- playbroker — play agent.
- playleader — a person who leads or assists with organized children's play
- playreader — a person who reads and evaluates plays, as for a publisher, producer, or theatrical company.
- playstreet — an urban street closed to traffic during specified times and sometimes equipped with recreational facilities, for use by children as a play area.
- pleasantry — good-humored teasing; banter.
- pleasuring — the state or feeling of being pleased.
- plenilunar — relating to a full moon
- pleromatic — relating to the pleroma
- plesiosaur — any marine reptile of the extinct genus Plesiosaurus, from the Jurassic and Cretaceous periods, having a small head, a long neck, four paddlelike limbs, and a short tail.
- plumassier — a person who works with ornamental feathers
- plunderage — act of plundering; pillage.
- pneumogram — a record of respiratory movements
- pocket rat — kangaroo rat (sense 1)
- pockmarked — Usually, pockmarks. scars or pits left by a pustule in smallpox or the like.
- poetastery — the work done by a poetaster
- poker face — an expressionless face: He can tell a funny story with a poker face.
- polar bear — a large white bear, Ursus maritimus, of the arctic regions.
- police car — squad car.
- polycrates — died 522? b.c, Greek tyrant of Samos.
- polyhedral — of, relating to, or having the shape of a polyhedron.
- polymerase — any of several enzymes that catalyze the formation of a long-chain molecule by linking smaller molecular units, as nucleotides with nucleic acids.
- pomeranian — of, relating to, or characteristic of Pomerania.
- ponderable — capable of being considered carefully or deeply.
- ponderance — weight or significance
- pontefract — a city in West Yorkshire, in N central England, SE of Leeds: ruins of a 12th-century castle.
- pontevedra — a port in NW Spain: takes its name from a 12-arched Roman bridge, the Pons Vetus. Pop: 77 993 (2003 est)
- popularise — to make popular: to popularize a dance.
- popularize — to make popular: to popularize a dance.
- poriferans — an animal phylum comprising the sponges.