10-letter words containing r, e, n, t, a
- overmantel — situated above a mantelpiece.
- overstrain — to exert, tax, or use (resources) to an excessive extent
- overtaking — passing the vehicle in front
- oxygenator — to treat, combine, or enrich with oxygen: to oxygenate the blood.
- painstaker — a painstaking person
- palestrina — Giovanni Pierluigi da [jaw-vahn-nee pyer-loo-ee-jee dah] /dʒɔˈvɑn ni ˌpyɛr luˈi dʒi dɑ/ (Show IPA), 1526?–94, Italian composer.
- palmerston — Henry John Temple, 3rd Viscount, 1784–1865, British statesman: prime minister 1855–58, 1859–65.
- paltriness — ridiculously or insultingly small: a paltry sum.
- pancreatic — of or affecting the pancreas
- pancreatin — Biochemistry. a substance containing the pancreatic enzymes, trypsin, amylase, and lipase.
- pancreato- — pancreas
- pandermite — a white, marble-like mineral
- pandurated — fiddle-shaped
- panegyrist — a person who panegyrizes; eulogist.
- pantagruel — (in Rabelais' Pantagruel) the huge son of Gargantua, represented as dealing with serious matters in a spirit of broad and somewhat cynical good humor.
- pantheress — a female panther
- pantherine — resembling a panther in manner or appearance
- 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
- paper-thin — extremely thin: a paper-thin razor blade.
- paraenetic — of or relating to moral and ethical instruction or paraenesis
- paragonite — a mica, similar in composition and appearance to muscovite but containing sodium instead of potassium.
- paramagnet — a body or substance that, placed in a magnetic field, possesses magnetization in direct proportion to the field strength; a substance in which the magnetic moments of the atoms are not aligned.
- parcel net — a large bag made of netting attached inside (the boot or trunk of) a car and used to store loose items, such as groceries, sports equipment, or parcels, etc
- parentally — of or relating to a parent.
- parenteral — taken into the body in a manner other than through the digestive canal.
- parenthood — the state, position, or relation of a parent.
- parentless — a father or a mother.
- parentlike — a father or a mother.
- pargetting — the act of a person who pargets.
- parliament — (usually initial capital letter) the legislature of Great Britain, historically the assembly of the three estates, now composed of Lords Spiritual and Lords Temporal, forming together the House of Lords, and representatives of the counties, cities, boroughs, and universities, forming the House of Commons.
- parmentier — (of food) prepared or served with potatoes: potage Parmentier.
- parnellite — Charles Stewart, 1846–91, Irish political leader.
- 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.
- 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
- partnering — a person who shares or is associated with another in some action or endeavor; sharer; associate.
- parturient — bearing or about to bear young; travailing.
- 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.
- paternally — characteristic of or befitting a father; fatherly: a kind and paternal reprimand.
- pathfinder — a historical novel (1840) by James Fenimore Cooper.
- patna rice — a variety of long-grain rice, used for savoury dishes
- 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
- patterning — a decorative design, as for wallpaper, china, or textile fabrics, etc.
- pearlstein — Philip, born 1924, U.S. painter.
- pedestrian — a person who goes or travels on foot; walker.
- pejoration — depreciation; a lessening in worth, quality, etc.