10-letter words containing u, n, p, r
- pen pusher — pencil pusher.
- pen-pusher — pencil pusher.
- penannular — having the shape or design of an incomplete circle.
- penguinery — a group, colony, or enclosure of penguins
- peninsular — an area of land almost completely surrounded by water except for an isthmus connecting it with the mainland.
- pentaquark — a subatomic particle consisting of four quarks and one antiquark
- per centum — percent (def 1).
- percurrent — extending through the entire length, as a midrib through a leaf.
- percussant — (of an animal's tail on a heraldic shield) bent round to the animal's side
- percussion — the striking of one body against another with some sharpness; impact; blow.
- percutient — anything that strikes against something else
- perdu-mont — Mont [mawn] /mɔ̃/ (Show IPA). French name of Monte Perdido.
- perdurance — permanence; the quality of lasting or enduring forever
- peridinium — a member of the Peridinium genus of marine- or freshwater-dwelling dinoflagellate organisms characterized by armoured plates
- perigonium — the envelope of modified leaves surrounding the antheridia in mosses.
- perigynous — situated around the pistil on the edge of a cuplike receptacle, as stamens or petals.
- perineural — located around a nerve or bunch of nerves; surrounding a nerve
- peritoneum — the serous membrane lining the abdominal cavity and investing its viscera.
- pernambuco — a state in NE Brazil. 38,000 sq. mi. (98,420 sq. km). Capital: Recife.
- pernicious — causing insidious harm or ruin; ruinous; injurious; hurtful: pernicious teachings; a pernicious lie.
- persuasion — the act of persuading or seeking to persuade.
- perturbant — a thing that causes perturbance
- perturbing — to disturb or disquiet greatly in mind; agitate.
- playground — an area used for outdoor play or recreation, especially by children, and often containing recreational equipment such as slides and swings.
- pleasuring — the state or feeling of being pleased.
- plenilunar — relating to a full moon
- pleno jure — with full authority.
- pleurodont — fused or attached to the inner edge of the jaw, as a tooth.
- plow under — an agricultural implement used for cutting, lifting, turning over, and partly pulverizing soil.
- plunderage — act of plundering; pillage.
- plunderers — to rob of goods or valuables by open force, as in war, hostile raids, brigandage, etc.: to plunder a town.
- pneumogram — a record of respiratory movements
- pnu-prolog — A parallel extension of NU-Prolog, implemented as a preproccessor.
- pony truss — a through bridge truss having its deck between the top and bottom chords and having no top lateral bracing.
- porousness — full of pores.
- port huron — a port in SE Michigan, on the St. Clair River, at the S end of Lake Huron.
- port sudan — a seaport in the NE Sudan, on the Red Sea.
- portentous — of the nature of a portent; momentous.
- poultryman — a person who raises domestic fowls, especially chickens, to sell as meat; a chicken farmer.
- pour it on — to flatter profusely
- pour point — the lowest temperature at which a substance will flow under given conditions.
- praemunire — a writ charging the offense of resorting to a foreign court or authority, as that of the pope, and thus calling in question the supremacy of the English crown.
- pre-launch — preparatory to launch, as of a spacecraft.
- pre-number — a numeral or group of numerals.
- precaution — a measure taken in advance to avert possible evil or to secure good results.
- preclusion — to prevent the presence, existence, or occurrence of; make impossible: The insufficiency of the evidence precludes a conviction.
- preconsume — to consume in advance
- prefulgent — more radiant than others
- prefuneral — the ceremonies for a dead person prior to burial or cremation; obsequies.
- prejudging — a preliminary round of judging, as in a contest where a certain number or percentage of the entrants are eliminated before the final judging.