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10-letter words containing p, r, o, n, t

  • ornithopod — any herbivorous dinosaur of the suborder Ornithopoda whose members usually walked erect on their hind legs.
  • orthopneic — difficult or painful breathing except in an erect sitting or standing position.
  • orthopnoea — difficult or painful breathing except in an erect sitting or standing position.
  • outpouring — outpouring.
  • overpotent — excessively potent or powerful
  • palmerston — Henry John Temple, 3rd Viscount, 1784–1865, British statesman: prime minister 1855–58, 1859–65.
  • pancreato- — pancreas
  • pantograph — Also, pantagraph. an instrument for the mechanical copying of plans, diagrams, etc., on any desired scale.
  • pantothere — any animal of the extinct order Pantotheria that lived during the late Mesozoic Era, believed to be the ancestor of the marsupial and placental mammals.
  • panzerotto — a baked turnover with a folded, sealed pocket containing tomato, cheese, and sometimes other fillings
  • paragonite — a mica, similar in composition and appearance to muscovite but containing sodium instead of potassium.
  • paralation — PARALlel reLATION. Sabot, MIT 1987. A framework for parallel programming. A "field" is an array of objects, placed at different sites. A paralation is a group of fields, defining nearness between field elements. Operations can be performed in parallel on every site of a paralation.
  • parenthood — the state, position, or relation of a parent.
  • paroxetine — a drug, C 19 H 20 FNO 3 ·HCl, of the SSRI class, that acts by prolonging the action of serotonin in the brain, used in the treatment of depression and anxiety disorders.
  • paroxytone — having an acute accent on the next to the last syllable.
  • parrington — Vernon Louis, 1871–1929, U.S. literary historian and critic.
  • part owner — a person who shares in the ownership of something
  • parthenope — a siren, who drowned herself when Odysseus evaded the lure of the sirens' singing. Her body was said to have been cast ashore at what became Naples
  • patriation — to transfer (legislation) to the authority of an autonomous country from its previous mother country.
  • patrocliny — inheritance in which the traits of the offspring are derived primarily from the paternal parent (opposed to matrocliny).
  • patrolling — (of a police officer, soldier, etc.) to pass along a road, beat, etc., or around or through a specified area in order to maintain order and security.
  • 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
  • patronship — a person who is a customer, client, or paying guest, especially a regular one, of a store, hotel, or the like.
  • patronymic — (of family names) derived from the name of a father or ancestor, especially by the addition of a suffix or prefix indicating descent.
  • pejoration — depreciation; a lessening in worth, quality, etc.
  • peltmonger — a seller of pelts
  • 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
  • per contra — on the other hand; on the contrary.
  • perception — the act or faculty of perceiving, or apprehending by means of the senses or of the mind; cognition; understanding.
  • perceptron — 1. A single McCulloch-Pitts neuron. 2. A network of neurons in which the output(s) of some neurons are connected through weighted connections to the input(s) of other neurons. A multilayer perceptron is a specific instance of this.
  • perdu-mont — Mont [mawn] /mɔ̃/ (Show IPA). French name of Monte Perdido.
  • perfection — the state or quality of being or becoming perfect.
  • periastron — the point at which the stars of a binary system are closest (opposed to apastron).
  • periphyton — the community of tiny organisms, as protozoans, hydras, insect larvae, and snails, that lives on the surfaces of rooted aquatic plants.
  • peritoneal — the serous membrane lining the abdominal cavity and investing its viscera.
  • peritoneum — the serous membrane lining the abdominal cavity and investing its viscera.
  • permeation — to pass into or through every part of: Bright sunshine permeated the room.
  • pernoctate — to stay all night
  • peroration — a long speech characterized by lofty and often pompous language.
  • personalty — personal estate or property.
  • petitioner — a formally drawn request, often bearing the names of a number of those making the request, that is addressed to a person or group of persons in authority or power, soliciting some favor, right, mercy, or other benefit: a petition for clemency; a petition for the repeal of an unfair law.
  • petrol can — a container for carrying petrol
  • petromoney — the money that is regarded in terms of income derived from petroleum
  • petronella — a type of traditional country dance from Scotland
  • phenocryst — any of the conspicuous crystals in a porphyritic rock.
  • phonometer — a device for measuring the intensity of a sound.
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