10-letter words containing p, r, i, a, s
- epigastric — Of or pertaining to the epigastrium.
- episternal — Of or pertaining to the episternum.
- epistolary — Relating to or denoting the writing of letters or literary works in the form of letters.
- erysipelas — An acute, sometimes recurrent disease caused by a bacterial infection. It is characterized by large, raised red patches on the skin, especially that of the face and legs, with fever and severe general illness.
- espadrille — A light canvas shoe with a plaited fiber sole.
- espaliered — Simple past tense and past participle of espalier.
- euphorbias — Plural form of euphorbia.
- evaporites — Plural form of evaporite.
- extirpates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of extirpate.
- factorship — The business of a factor.
- fathership — The state of being a father; fatherhood; paternity.
- fetiparous — (of a marsupial) bearing young before they are fully developed.
- fireplaces — Plural form of fireplace.
- flapperish — in the style of a flapper
- franz lisp — (language) A MacLisp-like dialect of Lisp, developed primarily for work in symbolic algebra by R. Fateman et al at Ucb in about 1980. It was named after the Hungarian composer Franz Liszt (1811-1886). Franz Lisp was written in C and includes a compiler called "Liszt". Version: Opus 38.22. Liszt 8.08.
- gasparovic — Ivan. born 1941, Slovakian politician, president of Slovakia (2004–14)
- gaza strip — a coastal area on the E Mediterranean: formerly in the Palestine mandate, occupied by Israel 1967–94; since 1994 under Palestinian self-rule.
- gingersnap — a small, brittle cookie flavored with ginger and molasses.
- grapevines — Plural form of grapevine.
- graphemics — the study of writing systems and of their relation to speech.
- grapplings — Plural form of grappling.
- graspingly — In a grasping manner.
- grass pink — a pink, Dianthus plumarius, of Europe and Asia, having fragrant, fringed pink, purplish, or white flowers.
- hair sheep — any variety of sheep growing hair instead of wool, yielding hides with a finer and tougher grain than those of wool sheep
- hair space — the thinnest metal space used to separate words, symbols, etc.
- hair spray — a liquid in an aerosol or other spray container, for holding the hair in place.
- hairpieces — Plural form of hairpiece.
- hairspring — a fine, usually spiral, spring used for oscillating the balance of a timepiece.
- handprints — Plural form of handprint.
- handspring — an acrobatic feat in which one starts from a standing position and wheels the body forward or backward in a complete circle, landing first on the hands and then on the feet, without contact by the rest of the body.
- harpsicord — Dated form of harpsichord.
- haruspices — Plural form of haruspex.
- headspring — the fountainhead or source of a stream.
- headstripe — A stripe of colored feathers on the head of a bird.
- heraldship — the office or position of a herald
- herb paris — a European plant, Paris quadrifolia, of the lily family, formerly used in medicine.
- hipparchus — died 514 b.c, tyrant of Athens 527–514.
- hospitaler — a member of the religious and military order (Knights Hospitalers or Knights of St. John of Jerusalem) originating about the time of the first Crusade (1096–99) and taking its name from a hospital at Jerusalem.
- hyperosmia — an abnormally acute sense of smell.
- ideographs — an ideogram.
- imparadise — to enrapture.
- imparities — Plural form of imparity.
- imperators — Plural form of imperator.
- impersonal — not personal; without reference or connection to a particular person: an impersonal remark.
- imprecates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of imprecate.
- impresario — a person who organizes or manages public entertainments, especially operas, ballets, or concerts.
- in plaster — If you have a leg or arm in plaster, you have a cover made of plaster of Paris around your leg or arm, in order to protect a broken bone and allow it to mend.
- infraposed — placed beneath
- inseparate — (obsolete) Not separate; together; united.
- inspirable — capable of being inspired.