10-letter words containing p, r, o, l, e, t
- polychrest — a thing which has adapted to multiple uses
- polycrates — died 522? b.c, Greek tyrant of Samos.
- portabella — a very large, rich-flavored cremini mushroom, often grilled, broiled, or sautéed.
- portlaoise — a town in central Republic of Ireland, county town of Laois: site of a top-security prison. Pop: 12 127 (2002)
- portliness — rather heavy or fat; stout; corpulent.
- portobello — portabella.
- postgresql — (database) /'post-gres-kyu-el/ An enhancement of the POSTGRES database system. PostgreSQL is an advanced relational database management system with some object oriented approaches. PostgreSQL is developed and distributed as free software, and while retaining its freedom it remains technically and featurewise a worthy competitor to even the most advanced commercial alternatives. It was also one of the first databases to offer MVCC as opposed to row-level locking or table locking, thereby greatly improving multi-user performance. PostgreSQL implements an extended subset of ANSI SQL and runs on many platforms. It also has interfaces to many different programming languages and database protocols, like ODBC and JDBC.
- pot-holder — a thick piece of material, as a quilted or woven pad, used in handling hot pots and dishes.
- power list — a list (esp one published in a newspaper, magazine, etc) of the most influential or successful people in a particular field or a particular country
- power tool — a tool powered by an electric motor or a gasoline engine.
- powerplant — a plant, including engines, dynamos, etc., and the building or buildings necessary for the generation of power, as electric or nuclear power.
- pratincole — any of several limicoline birds of the genus Glareola, of the Eastern Hemisphere, having a short bill, long, narrow, pointed wings, and a forked tail.
- prattlebox — a person who prattles, a chatterbox
- prefrontal — anterior to, situated in, or pertaining to the anterior part of a frontal structure.
- prelection — to lecture or discourse publicly.
- prepollent — having power; predominant
- presystole — Physiology. the normal rhythmical contraction of the heart, during which the blood in the chambers is forced onward. Compare diastole.
- problemist — someone who composes and solves problems, esp in chess or mathematics
- proclinate — (of a part) directed or inclined forward.
- proctodeal — a depression in the ectoderm of the anal region of a young embryo, which develops into part of the anal canal.
- productile — capable of being lengthened out; extensile.
- profitable — yielding profit; remunerative: a profitable deal.
- profitless — Often, profits. pecuniary gain resulting from the employment of capital in any transaction. Compare gross profit, net profit. the ratio of such pecuniary gain to the amount of capital invested. returns, proceeds, or revenue, as from property or investments.
- profligate — utterly and shamelessly immoral or dissipated; thoroughly dissolute.
- profulgent — radiant
- projectile — an object fired from a gun with an explosive propelling charge, such as a bullet, shell, rocket, or grenade.
- prolongate — to prolong.
- promotable — to help or encourage to exist or flourish; further: to promote world peace.
- promulgate — to make known by open declaration; publish; proclaim formally or put into operation (a law, decree of a court, etc.).
- propellant — a propelling agent.
- propellent — serving or tending to propel or drive forward.
- propelment — the act of propulsion
- proratable — to make an arrangement on a basis of proportional distribution.
- prosilient — prominent
- proteolyse — to cause to undergo proteolysis
- protologue — the original description of a species, genus, etc.
- protostele — the solid stele of most roots, having a central core of xylem enclosed by phloem.
- protoxylem — the part of the primary xylem that develops first, consisting of narrow, thin-walled cells.
- protrusile — capable of being thrust forth or extended, as the tongue of a hummingbird.
- pterylosis — the arrangement of feathers on a bird
- pulsometer — a pulsimeter.
- puntillero — (in bullfighting) a worker, or assistant, who gives the coup de grâce to the fallen bull with a puntilla.
- pyretology — a discourse on fevers
- pyrolusite — a common mineral, manganese dioxide, MnO 2 , the principal ore of manganese, used in various manufactures, as a decolorizer of brown or green tints in glass, and as a depolarizer in dry-cell batteries.
- pyrolysate — a product of pyrolysis
- replicator — Any construct that acts to produce copies of itself; this could be a living organism, an idea (see meme), a program (see quine, worm, wabbit, fork bomb, and virus), a pattern in a cellular automaton (see life), or (speculatively) a robot or nanobot. It is even claimed by some that Unix and C are the symbiotic halves of an extremely successful replicator; see Unix conspiracy.
- replotting — a secret plan or scheme to accomplish some purpose, especially a hostile, unlawful, or evil purpose: a plot to overthrow the government.
- repopulate — to inhabit; live in; be the inhabitants of.
- reportable — an account or statement describing in detail an event, situation, or the like, usually as the result of observation, inquiry, etc.: a report on the peace conference; a medical report on the patient.
- reportedly — according to report or rumor: Reportedly, he is a billionaire.