10-letter words containing p, r, i, a, s
- asperation — The act of asperating; a making or becoming rough.
- aspergilla — Plural form of aspergillum.
- asperities — Plural form of asperity.
- aspersions — disparaging or malicious remarks; slanderous accusations
- aspersoria — Plural form of aspersorium.
- aspherical — (of a reflecting surface or lens) deviating slightly from a perfectly spherical shape and relatively free from aberrations.
- aspidistra — any Asian plant of the liliaceous genus Aspidistra, esp A. lurida, a popular house plant with long tough evergreen leaves and purplish flowers borne on the ground
- aspirating — Phonetics. to articulate (a speech sound, especially a stop) so as to produce an audible puff of breath, as with the first t of total, the second t being unaspirated. to articulate (the beginning of a word or syllable) with an h -sound, as in which, pronounced (hwich), or hitch as opposed to witch or itch.
- aspiration — Someone's aspirations are their desire to achieve things.
- aspirators — Plural form of aspirator.
- aspiratory — of or suited for breathing or suction
- aspirinate — (organic compound) Any salt or ester of aspirin.
- aspiringly — in an aspiring manner
- auriscopes — Plural form of auriscope.
- authorship — The authorship of a piece of writing is the identity of the person who wrote it.
- baptistery — a place, esp. a part of a church, used for baptizing
- baroscopic — Relating to, or determined by, the baroscope.
- base price — a price quoted as a base without including additional charges.
- bicapsular — (of plants) having two capsules or one capsule with two chambers
- big rapids — a town in central Michigan.
- bipartisan — Bipartisan means concerning or involving two different political parties or groups.
- blepharism — spasm of the eyelids, causing rapid involuntary blinking
- bursarship — a scholarship or grant awarded esp in Scottish and New Zealand schools, universities etc
- caipiroska — a cocktail drink containing vodka, lime juice, sugar, and crushed ice, based on the Caipirinha cocktail but with vodka replacing the Brazilian rum-like spirit Cachaça
- camp shirt — a short-sleeved shirt or blouse with a notched collar and usually two breast pockets.
- campership — financial aid given to a needy youngster to attend summer camp.
- cant strip — an inclined or beveled strip of wood, for changing the pitch of a roof slope or for rounding out the angle between a flat roof and an adjoining parapet.
- capacitors — Plural form of capacitor.
- caparisons — Plural form of caparison.
- capistrate — (zoology, rare) hooded; cowled.
- capriccios — Plural form of capriccio.
- capricious — Someone who is capricious often changes their mind unexpectedly.
- capsorubin — (organic compound) A di-hydroxy, keto carotenoid, which, together with capsanthin, constitutes the red pigment of paprika.
- careership — An approach to career-related decision-making, combining rationality, interactions with others, and responses to sometimes unpredictable events.
- cargo ship — a ship carrying cargo
- cash price — discount
- cash prize — a prize in a competition that takes the form of money
- catoptrics — the branch of optics concerned with reflection, esp the formation of images by mirrors
- ceratopsid — a dinosaur belonging to the family Ceratopsidae, characterized by their parrot-like beaks, horns and neck frills
- chin strap — a strap attached to a hat for passing under the chin of the wearer.
- chin-strap — a strap attached to a hat for passing under the chin of the wearer.
- chinstraps — Plural form of chinstrap.
- clipboards — Plural form of clipboard.
- clistocarp — cleistothecium.
- comparison — When you make a comparison, you consider two or more things and discover the differences between them.
- conspiracy — Conspiracy is the secret planning by a group of people to do something illegal.
- conspirant — planning a crime or harmful act in secret
- crappiness — extremely bad, unpleasant, or inferior; lousy: crappy weather.
- crepitates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of crepitate.
- crispation — the act of curling or state of being curled