10-letter words containing r, e, p, l, i, s
- liver spot — a dark brown skin spot, usually caused by sun exposure
- livescript — JavaScript
- mailperson — A mailman or mailwoman.
- metropolis — any large, busy city.
- micropyles — Plural form of micropyle.
- microsleep — a moment of sleep followed by disorientation, experienced especially by persons suffering from narcolepsy or sleep deprivation.
- millepores — Plural form of millepore.
- necropolis — a cemetery, especially one of large size and usually of an ancient city.
- nonpareils — Plural form of nonpareil.
- oversimple — excessively simple
- oversimply — in an oversimple manner
- palestrina — Giovanni Pierluigi da [jaw-vahn-nee pyer-loo-ee-jee dah] /dʒɔˈvɑn ni ˌpyɛr luˈi dʒi dɑ/ (Show IPA), 1526?–94, Italian composer.
- palisander — Brazilian rosewood.
- paltriness — ridiculously or insultingly small: a paltry sum.
- paralepsis — paralipsis.
- parcelwise — bit by bit
- patrialise — to make patrial, one with a legal right to enter and stay in the UK
- pearlstein — Philip, born 1924, U.S. painter.
- pectoralis — either of two muscles on each side of the upper and anterior part of the thorax, the action of the larger (pectoralis major) assisting in drawing the shoulder forward and rotating the arm inward, and the action of the smaller (pectoralis minor) assisting in drawing the shoulder downward and forward.
- peninsular — an area of land almost completely surrounded by water except for an isthmus connecting it with the mainland.
- pergelisol — permafrost.
- periculous — dangerous; perilous
- perilously — involving or full of grave risk or peril; hazardous; dangerous: a perilous voyage across the Atlantic in a small boat.
- perishable — subject to decay, ruin, or destruction: perishable fruits and vegetables.
- perlucidus — (of a cloud) having transparent spaces between the elements.
- persepolis — an ancient capital of Persia: its imposing ruins are in S Iran, about 30 miles (48 km) NE of Shiraz.
- persiflage — light, bantering talk or writing.
- persifleur — a person who is fond of persiflage
- personalia — the accoutrements, concerns, or intimations that are personal to one
- petrópolis — a city in SE Brazil, north of Rio de Janeiro: resort. Pop: 280 000 (2005 est)
- phrensical — frenzical; frenzied
- pier glass — a tall mirror, often full-length, intended to be set between windows.
- pilastered — having, or supported by, pilasters.
- pilastrade — a row of pilasters.
- piliferous — having or producing hair.
- pillarless — having no pillars or upright structural supports
- plagiarise — to take and use by plagiarism.
- plastering — a composition, as of lime or gypsum, sand, water, and sometimes hair or other fiber, applied in a pasty form to walls, ceilings, etc., and allowed to harden and dry.
- pleasuring — the state or feeling of being pleased.
- 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.
- plumassier — a person who works with ornamental feathers
- pokerishly — in a pokerish manner
- polymerise — to subject to polymerization.
- polymerism — Chemistry. a polymeric state.
- popularise — to make popular: to popularize a dance.
- 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.
- 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
- praiseless — not receiving praise; unpraised
- praxiteles — flourished c350 b.c, Greek sculptor.