10-letter words containing p, r, y, e
- nephropexy — (surgery) suspension or fixation of the kidney.
- nephrotomy — incision into the kidney, as for the removal of a calculus.
- neuropathy — any diseased condition of the nervous system.
- neurotropy — the quality of being neurotropic.
- non-expiry — expiration of breath.
- open-carry — the practice of publicly carrying a gun or other weapon that is fully or partially visible.
- opotherapy — organotherapy.
- orchiopexy — (surgery) The procedure to move an undescended testicle into the scrotum.
- orthophyre — feldspar rock
- over-happy — delighted, pleased, or glad, as over a particular thing: to be happy to see a person.
- overcanopy — to cover like a canopy
- oversimply — in an oversimple manner
- oversupply — an excessive supply.
- oyster cap — an edible, brownish-gray to white mushroom, Pleurotus ostreatus, that grows in clusters on fallen trees and their stumps.
- pachymeter — an instrument for measuring thickness
- panegyrist — a person who panegyrizes; eulogist.
- panegyrize — to deliver or write a panegyric about; eulogize.
- parablepsy — a hallucination
- paracyesis — ectopic pregnancy.
- parallelly — extending in the same direction, equidistant at all points, and never converging or diverging: parallel rows of trees.
- paraphyses — one of the erect, sterile filaments often growing among the reproductive organs in many fungi, mosses, and ferns.
- parenchyma — Botany. the fundamental tissue of plants, composed of thin-walled cells able to divide.
- parentally — of or relating to a parent.
- paroxytone — having an acute accent on the next to the last syllable.
- party game — a game played at a party, esp at a children's party
- party line — the authorized, prescribed policies and practices of a group, especially of the Communist Party, usually followed by the members without deviation; official philosophy or credo.
- party time — the season for parties
- party-goer — A party-goer is someone who likes going to parties or someone who is at a particular party.
- passerby's — a person passing by.
- passerbyes — a person passing by.
- paternally — characteristic of or befitting a father; fatherly: a kind and paternal reprimand.
- peacockery — proud or ostentatious display
- pearl city — a city on S Oahu, in central Hawaii.
- pearl gray — a very pale bluish gray.
- pearl grey — a light bluish-grey colour
- peary land — a peninsula in N Greenland, extending into the Arctic Ocean: Cape Morris Jesup is at its N end. 200 miles (320 km) long.
- peculiarly — strange; queer; odd: peculiar happenings.
- peerlessly — in a peerless manner
- pelvimetry — measurement of the diameters of the female pelvis, especially the birth canal.
- pelycosaur — any of a group of large primitive reptiles belonging to the extinct order Pelycosauria, abundant in North America and Europe during the Permian Period, often having a tall spinal sail.
- penetrancy — the quality of being penetrant
- penguinery — a group, colony, or enclosure of penguins
- pennycress — any of several plants belonging to herbs of the genus Thlaspi, of the mustard family, especially T. arvense, of Europe, bearing somewhat round, flat pods.
- pennyroyal — an aromatic Old World plant, Mentha pulegium, of the mint family, having clusters of small purple flowers and yielding a pungent essential oil used medicinally and as an insect repellent.
- pennyworth — as much as may be bought for a penny.
- pensionary — a pensioner.
- percursory — passing through rapidly; cursory
- peremptory — leaving no opportunity for denial or refusal; imperative: a peremptory command.
- perigynous — situated around the pistil on the edge of a cuplike receptacle, as stamens or petals.
- perikaryal — of or pertaining to the perikaryon of a nerve; involving or occurring within a perikaryon