10-letter words containing s, p, r, i, n
- palisander — Brazilian rosewood.
- paltriness — ridiculously or insultingly small: a paltry sum.
- panegyrist — a person who panegyrizes; eulogist.
- panivorous — subsisting on bread; bread-eating.
- panspermia — the theory that life exists and is distributed throughout the universe in the form of germs or spores that develop in the right environment.
- panspermic — relating to panspermia
- paradisean — of the genus Paradisaea (birds of paradise)
- paraenesis — advice
- paragnosis — knowledge obtained by supernatural means
- paramnesia — Psychiatry. a distortion of memory in which fact and fantasy are confused.
- paraskiing — the sport of jumping off high mountains wearing skis and a light parachute composed of inflatable fabric tubes that form a semirigid wing
- parasomnia — any of several sleep disorders characterized by abnormal or unusual behaviour of the nervous system during any of the stages of sleep
- parischane — a parish
- parisienne — a girl or woman who is a native or inhabitant of Paris, France.
- parmenides — flourished c450 b.c, Greek Eleatic philosopher.
- parnassian — pertaining to Mount Parnassus.
- parsonical — a member of the clergy, especially a Protestant minister; pastor; rector.
- partisanly — in a partisan manner
- pasionaria — La (la), real name Dolores Ibarruri. 1895–1989, Spanish Communist leader, who lived in exile in the Soviet Union (1939–75)
- passionary — passional (def 3).
- patronised — to give (a store, restaurant, hotel, etc.) one's regular patronage; trade with.
- patronship — a person who is a customer, client, or paying guest, especially a regular one, of a store, hotel, or the like.
- pearlstein — Philip, born 1924, U.S. painter.
- pedestrian — a person who goes or travels on foot; walker.
- peninsular — an area of land almost completely surrounded by water except for an isthmus connecting it with the mainland.
- pensionary — a pensioner.
- pensioneer — to canvas votes by promising higher pensions
- pentaprism — a prism that has five faces, a pair of which are at 90° to each other; a ray entering one of the pair emerges from the other at an angle of 90° to its original direction: used especially in single-lens reflex cameras to reverse images laterally and reflect them to the viewfinder.
- percussion — the striking of one body against another with some sharpness; impact; blow.
- periastron — the point at which the stars of a binary system are closest (opposed to apastron).
- perigynous — situated around the pistil on the edge of a cuplike receptacle, as stamens or petals.
- 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.
- 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.
- personalia — the accoutrements, concerns, or intimations that are personal to one
- 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.
- 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.