10-letter words containing r, e, o, p
- phrenology — a psychological theory or analytical method based on the belief that certain mental faculties and character traits are indicated by the configurations of the skull.
- phylloxera — any of several plant lice of the genus Phylloxera, especially P. vitifoliae (grape phylloxera) which attacks the leaves and roots of grapevines.
- piano wire — a very thin steel wire of high tensile strength.
- pianoforte — a piano.
- pickleworm — the larva of a pyralid moth, Diaphania nitidalis, that bores into the stem and fruit of squash, cucumber, and other cucurbitaceous plants.
- piesporter — any of various white wines from the area around the village of Piesport in the Moselle valley in Germany
- piezometer — any of several instruments for measuring the pressure of a fluid or the compressibility of a substance when subjected to such a pressure.
- piezometry — the measurement of pressure or compressibility.
- pileorhiza — a calyptra
- piliferous — having or producing hair.
- pin clover — alfilaria.
- pine grove — a group of pine trees that are close together
- pinspotter — pinsetter.
- pioneer 10 — a US spacecraft that studied the solar system, making the first flyby of Jupiter in 1973
- pioneer 11 — a US spacecraft that studied the solar system, making the first flyby of Saturn in 1979
- pioneering — a person who is among those who first enter or settle a region, thus opening it for occupation and development by others.
- pipe major — the noncommissioned officer, generally of warrant officer's rank, who is responsible for the training, duty, and discipline of a military or civilian pipe band
- pipe organ — organ (def 1).
- pirandello — Luigi [loo-ee-jee] /luˈi dʒi/ (Show IPA), 1867–1936, Italian dramatist, novelist, and poet: Nobel prize 1934.
- pirouetter — someone who performs pirouettes
- pit worker — a person who works down a mine, esp a coal miner
- pl cornell — Programming Language/Cornell
- plane iron — the blade of a plane.
- planometer — surface plate.
- planospore — a zoospore.
- playbroker — play agent.
- pleiotropy — the phenomenon of one gene being responsible for or affecting more than one phenotypic characteristic.
- pleno jure — with full authority.
- pleochroic — (of a biaxial crystal) characterized by pleochroism.
- pleromatic — relating to the pleroma
- plerophory — the presence of total assurance regarding a religious doctrine
- plesiosaur — any marine reptile of the extinct genus Plesiosaurus, from the Jurassic and Cretaceous periods, having a small head, a long neck, four paddlelike limbs, and a short tail.
- pleurodont — fused or attached to the inner edge of the jaw, as a tooth.
- pleurotomy — surgical incision into the pleura, esp to drain fluid, as in pleurisy
- plow under — an agricultural implement used for cutting, lifting, turning over, and partly pulverizing soil.
- pneumogram — a record of respiratory movements
- pocket rat — kangaroo rat (sense 1)
- pockmarked — Usually, pockmarks. scars or pits left by a pustule in smallpox or the like.
- pod person — a person who behaves in a strange esp mechanical way, as if not fully human
- podosphere — the world's podcasters and their audience, viewed collectively
- poetastery — the work done by a poetaster
- point tire — drawn work.
- poker dice — (used with a plural verb) dice that, instead of being marked with spots, carry on their faces a picture or symbol representing the six highest playing cards: ace, king, queen, jack, ten, nine.
- poker face — an expressionless face: He can tell a funny story with a poker face.
- pokerishly — in a pokerish manner
- polar bear — a large white bear, Ursus maritimus, of the arctic regions.
- pole horse — a horse harnessed to the tongue of a vehicle; poler; wheeler.
- police car — squad car.
- pollenizer — a plant which provides pollen
- polychrest — a thing which has adapted to multiple uses