10-letter words containing p, r, e, t
- pasteboard — a stiff, firm board made of sheets of paper pasted or layers of paper pulp pressed together.
- 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.
- pasturable — capable of providing pasture, as land.
- patch reef — an isolated coral growth forming a small platform in a lagoon, barrier reef, or atoll.
- paternally — characteristic of or befitting a father; fatherly: a kind and paternal reprimand.
- pathfinder — a historical novel (1840) by James Fenimore Cooper.
- patisserie — a shop where pastry, especially French pastry, is made and sold.
- patna rice — a variety of long-grain rice, used for savoury dishes
- patrialise — to make patrial, one with a legal right to enter and stay in the UK
- patrialize — to give a legal right to enter and stay in a country
- patriciate — the patrician class.
- patronised — to give (a store, restaurant, hotel, etc.) one's regular patronage; trade with.
- patronizer — to give (a store, restaurant, hotel, etc.) one's regular patronage; trade with.
- patronless — having no patron(s), without patrons
- patterning — a decorative design, as for wallpaper, china, or textile fabrics, etc.
- pe teacher — a teacher of Physical Education
- pearl city — a city on S Oahu, in central Hawaii.
- pearlstein — Philip, born 1924, U.S. painter.
- peashooter — a tube through which dried peas, beans, or small pellets are blown, used as a toy.
- pectoralis — either of two muscles on each side of the upper and anterior part of the thorax, the action of the larger (pectoralis major) assisting in drawing the shoulder forward and rotating the arm inward, and the action of the smaller (pectoralis minor) assisting in drawing the shoulder downward and forward.
- pedestrian — a person who goes or travels on foot; walker.
- pediatrics — the branch of medicine concerned with the development, care, and diseases of babies and children.
- pediatrist — a physician who specializes in pediatrics.
- pedicurist — professional care and treatment of the feet, as removal of corns and trimming of toenails.
- pejoration — depreciation; a lessening in worth, quality, etc.
- pejorative — having a disparaging, derogatory, or belittling effect or force: the pejorative affix -ling in princeling.
- pelletizer — a machine for making pellets
- peltmonger — a seller of pelts
- pelvimeter — an instrument used to measure the pelvis
- pelvimetry — measurement of the diameters of the female pelvis, especially the birth canal.
- penetrable — capable of being penetrated.
- penetralia — the innermost parts of a building
- penetrance — the frequency, expressed as a percentage, with which a particular gene produces its effect in a group of organisms. Compare expressivity (def 2).
- penetrancy — the quality of being penetrant
- penetrator — to pierce or pass into or through: The bullet penetrated the wall. The fog lights penetrated the mist.
- pennyworth — as much as may be bought for a penny.
- pentachord — a series of five consecutive notes of a scale
- pentameter — a line of verse consisting of five metrical feet.
- pentaprism — a prism that has five faces, a pair of which are at 90° to each other; a ray entering one of the pair emerges from the other at an angle of 90° to its original direction: used especially in single-lens reflex cameras to reverse images laterally and reflect them to the viewfinder.
- pentaquark — a subatomic particle consisting of four quarks and one antiquark
- penteteric — (of ancient Greek festivals) occurring every fifth year
- pepper pot — Also called Philadelphia pepper pot. a highly seasoned, thick soup made of tripe or other meat, vegetables, and sometimes dumplings.
- pepper rat — a rat-sized rodent, Platacanthomys lasiurus, native to rocky hills of southern India, having reddish-brown fur and sharp, flat spines.
- pepper-pot — Also called Philadelphia pepper pot. a highly seasoned, thick soup made of tripe or other meat, vegetables, and sometimes dumplings.
- peppermint — an herb, Mentha piperita, of the mint family, cultivated for its aromatic, pungent oil.
- pepperroot — toothwort (def 2).
- peppertree — any of several chiefly South American, evergreen trees belonging to the genus Schinus, of the cashew family, cultivated in subtropical regions as an ornamental.