10-letter words containing s, e, r, p, n
- perishment — to die or be destroyed through violence, privation, etc.: to perish in an earthquake.
- permission — authorization granted to do something; formal consent: to ask permission to leave the room.
- pernicious — causing insidious harm or ruin; ruinous; injurious; hurtful: pernicious teachings; a pernicious lie.
- persephone — Also, Proserpina, Proserpine. Classical Mythology. a daughter of Zeus and Demeter, abducted by Pluto to be queen of Hades, but allowed to return to the surface of the earth for part of the year.
- persiennes — (used with a plural verb) Persian blinds.
- persistent — persistence
- persisting — to continue steadfastly or firmly in some state, purpose, course of action, or the like, especially in spite of opposition, remonstrance, etc.: to persist in working for world peace; to persist in unpopular political activities.
- person-day — a unit of measurement, especially in accountancy, based on an ideal amount of work done by one person in one working day.
- 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.
- personhood — the state or fact of being a person.
- personnels — a body of persons employed in an organization or place of work.
- perspiring — to secrete a salty, watery fluid from the sweat glands of the skin, especially when very warm as a result of strenuous exertion; sweat.
- perstringe — to allude to or imply
- persuasion — the act of persuading or seeking to persuade.
- perversion — the act of perverting.
- pesterment — the fact of pestering or of being subjected to pestering behaviour
- pheasantry — a place where pheasants are bred or are kept together
- phenocryst — any of the conspicuous crystals in a porphyritic rock.
- pheromones — any chemical substance released by an animal that serves to influence the physiology or behavior of other members of the same species.
- phrenesiac — hypochondriacal
- phrensical — frenzical; frenzied
- picnickers — an excursion or outing in which the participants carry food with them and share a meal in the open air.
- pin-stripe — a very thin stripe, especially in fabrics.
- pine straw — fallen pine needles.
- pink stern — a sharp stern having a narrow, overhanging, raking transom.
- pinspotter — pinsetter.
- pinstriped — (of a fabric or garment) having a pattern of pin stripes.
- 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.
- pleasantry — good-humored teasing; banter.
- pleasuring — the state or feeling of being pleased.
- plunderers — to rob of goods or valuables by open force, as in war, hostile raids, brigandage, etc.: to plunder a town.
- pod person — a person who behaves in a strange esp mechanical way, as if not fully human
- pop singer — sb who sings popular music
- poriferans — an animal phylum comprising the sponges.
- porousness — full of pores.
- portentous — of the nature of a portent; momentous.
- portliness — rather heavy or fat; stout; corpulent.
- positioner — a person or thing that positions.
- post entry — a late entry, as a horse in a horse show or race.
- postmodern — noting or pertaining to architecture of the late 20th century, appearing in the 1960s, that consciously uses complex forms, fantasy, and allusions to historic styles, in contrast to the austere forms and emphasis on utility of standard modern architecture.
- postperson — a person who collects and delivers post as a profession
- pre-censor — to determine arbitrarily in advance what may or may not be permitted in (books, films, news releases, etc.)
- pre-design — to prepare the preliminary sketch or the plans for (a work to be executed), especially to plan the form and structure of: to design a new bridge.
- preachings — the act or practice of a person who preaches.