10-letter words containing p, r, i, e
- penderecki — Krzysztof [kshish-tawf] /ˈkʃɪʃ tɔf/ (Show IPA), born 1933, Polish composer.
- penetralia — the innermost parts of a building
- penguinery — a group, colony, or enclosure of penguins
- peninsular — an area of land almost completely surrounded by water except for an isthmus connecting it with the mainland.
- pensionary — a pensioner.
- pensioneer — to canvas votes by promising higher pensions
- 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.
- penteteric — (of ancient Greek festivals) occurring every fifth year
- pepperidge — sour gum.
- peppermill — a small handmill in which peppercorns are ground
- peppermint — an herb, Mentha piperita, of the mint family, cultivated for its aromatic, pungent oil.
- per capita — per person
- per curiam — by the court
- perceiving — to become aware of, know, or identify by means of the senses: I perceived an object looming through the mist.
- percentile — one of the values of a variable that divides the distribution of the variable into 100 groups having equal frequencies: Ninety percent of the values lie at or below the ninetieth percentile, ten percent above it.
- perception — the act or faculty of perceiving, or apprehending by means of the senses or of the mind; cognition; understanding.
- perceptive — having or showing keenness of insight, understanding, or intuition: a perceptive analysis of the problems involved.
- perchloric — of or derived from perchloric acid.
- percipient — perceiving or capable of perceiving.
- percussion — the striking of one body against another with some sharpness; impact; blow.
- percussive — of, relating to, or characterized by percussion.
- percutient — anything that strikes against something else
- perfection — the state or quality of being or becoming perfect.
- perfective — tending to make perfect; conducive to perfection.
- perficient — someone who or something that accomplishes or completes a task, etc
- perfidious — deliberately faithless; treacherous; deceitful: a perfidious lover.
- perfoliate — having the stem apparently passing through the leaf, owing to congenital union of the basal edges of the leaf round the stem.
- performing — to carry out; execute; do: to perform miracles.
- pergelisol — permafrost.
- periapical — encompassing or surrounding the tip of the root of a tooth.
- periastron — the point at which the stars of a binary system are closest (opposed to apastron).
- pericardia — the membranous sac enclosing the heart.
- pericenter — the point at which a heavenly body orbiting around a primary other than the earth or sun is closest to the primary.
- pericentre — the point in an elliptical orbit that is nearest to the centre of mass of the system
- periclinal — of or relating to a pericline
- periculous — dangerous; perilous
- peridental — periodontal.
- peridinian — a member of the genus Peridinium
- peridinium — a member of the Peridinium genus of marine- or freshwater-dwelling dinoflagellate organisms characterized by armoured plates
- peridotite — a coarsely granular igneous rock composed chiefly of olivine with an admixture of various other minerals.
- periegesis — a descriptive account of a place or area
- perigonial — of or pertaining to a perigon
- perigonium — the envelope of modified leaves surrounding the antheridia in mosses.
- perigynous — situated around the pistil on the edge of a cuplike receptacle, as stamens or petals.
- perihelial — the point in the orbit of a planet or comet at which it is nearest to the sun.
- perihelion — the point in the orbit of a planet or comet at which it is nearest to the sun.
- perikaryal — of or pertaining to the perikaryon of a nerve; involving or occurring within a perikaryon
- perikaryon — cell body.
- perilously — involving or full of grave risk or peril; hazardous; dangerous: a perilous voyage across the Atlantic in a small boat.
- perimetral — the border or outer boundary of a two-dimensional figure.