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10-letter words containing s, a, r, p, l

  • pellagrous — a disease caused by a deficiency of niacin in the diet, characterized by skin changes, severe nerve dysfunction, mental symptoms, and diarrhea.
  • 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.
  • peninsular — an area of land almost completely surrounded by water except for an isthmus connecting it with the mainland.
  • perishable — subject to decay, ruin, or destruction: perishable fruits and vegetables.
  • persiflage — light, bantering talk or writing.
  • personable — of pleasing personal appearance; handsome or comely; attractive.
  • personably — of pleasing personal appearance; handsome or comely; attractive.
  • personalia — the accoutrements, concerns, or intimations that are personal to one
  • personally — through direct contact; in person; directly: I will thank him personally.
  • personalty — personal estate or property.
  • persulfate — a salt of persulfuric acid, as potassium persulfate, K 2 S 2 O 5 or K 2 S 2 O 8 .
  • phase rule — a law that the number of degrees of freedom in a system in equilibrium is equal to two plus the number of components less the number of phases. Thus, a system of ice, melted ice, and water vapor, being one component and three phases, has no degrees of freedom. Compare variance (def 4).
  • phraseless — lacking in a phrase or phrases
  • phrensical — frenzical; frenzied
  • pictorials — pertaining to, expressed in, or of the nature of a picture.
  • 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.
  • pillarless — having no pillars or upright structural supports
  • plagiarise — to take and use by plagiarism.
  • plagiarism — an act or instance of using or closely imitating the language and thoughts of another author without authorization and the representation of that author's work as one's own, as by not crediting the original author: It is said that he plagiarized Thoreau's plagiarism of a line written by Montaigne. Synonyms: appropriation, infringement, piracy, counterfeiting; theft, borrowing, cribbing, passing off.
  • plagiarist — an act or instance of using or closely imitating the language and thoughts of another author without authorization and the representation of that author's work as one's own, as by not crediting the original author: It is said that he plagiarized Thoreau's plagiarism of a line written by Montaigne. Synonyms: appropriation, infringement, piracy, counterfeiting; theft, borrowing, cribbing, passing off.
  • planer saw — a hollow-ground circular saw for ripping and cutting across grain, having raker teeth for clearing away the chips cut by the cutting teeth.
  • planospore — a zoospore.
  • 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.
  • playscript — the manuscript of a play, especially as prepared for use by actors in rehearsals.
  • playstreet — an urban street closed to traffic during specified times and sometimes equipped with recreational facilities, for use by children as a play area.
  • pleasantry — good-humored teasing; banter.
  • 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
  • polar axis — the fixed line, usually horizontal, from which the angle made by the radius vector is measured in a polar coordinate system.
  • polar star — north star
  • polarising — to cause polarization in.
  • poltoratsk — a city in and the capital of Turkmenistan, in the S central part, near the Iranian border.
  • polycrates — died 522? b.c, Greek tyrant of Samos.
  • polymerase — any of several enzymes that catalyze the formation of a long-chain molecule by linking smaller molecular units, as nucleotides with nucleic acids.
  • polystylar — relating to a polystyle
  • popularise — to make popular: to popularize a dance.
  • popularist — designed for the general public; non-specialist; non-intellectual
  • port-salut — a yellow, whole-milk cheese, especially that made at the monastery of Port du Salut near the town of Laval, France.
  • portlaoise — a town in central Republic of Ireland, county town of Laois: site of a top-security prison. Pop: 12 127 (2002)
  • postmortal — subject to death; having a transitory life: all mortal creatures.
  • postocular — located behind the eye
  • postulator — a priest who presents a plea for a beatification or the canonization of a beatus. Compare devil's advocate (def 2).
  • praiseless — not receiving praise; unpraised
  • praisingly — in a praising manner; with praise
  • prankishly — in a prankish manner, mischievously
  • praxiteles — flourished c350 b.c, Greek sculptor.
  • pre-leased — to sign or grant a lease on (a building, apartment, etc.) in advance of construction: Agents have preleased more than 60 percent of the new building.
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