10-Letter Words Starting with P

PACIFIST an advocate of {pacifism=n}

A patricide (anagram)

I act with a pride, running round, dealing with sick children

Adjective (-ic)

Amid 17, shorten form of an organ

Of or pertaining to pangenesis.

Of wordless expression

Rubbish for parodying, like some theatrical entertainment

""Joining the uniting of two individual organisms or animals anatomically and physiologically, under either experimental or natural conditions. ; parabiotic,""

""PARACHUTE A contrivance somewhat in the form of an umbrella, by means of which a descent may be made from a balloon, or any eminence.""

PARADISE a place of extreme beauty and delight

Often Paradise The Garden of Eden.

""PARAFFINE A white waxy substance, resembling spermaceti, tasteless and odorless, and obtained from coal tar, wood tar, petroleum, etc., by distillation. It is used in candles, as a sealing agent (such as in canning of preserves), as a waterproofing agent, as an illuminant and as a lubricant. It is very inert, not being acted upon by most of the strong chemical reagents. It was formerly regarded as a definite compound, but is now known to be a complex mixture of several higher hydrocarbons of the methane or marsh-gas series; hence, by extension, any substance, whether solid, liquid, or gaseous, of the same chemical series; thus gasoline, coal gas and kerosene consist largely of paraffins.paraffins.""

""Mathematics a. A constant in an equation that varies in other equations of the same general form, especially such a constant in the equation of a curve or surface that can be varied to represent a family of curves or surfaces.""

Blame taken by feeble soldier about having immobilised lower section

""Of pertaining to, or characterized by, parataxis.""

PARODIST one who {parodies=v}

Causing disease

Notice gap in organisation - hospital cuts could cause disease

Route around soldier in charge may carry infectious consequences

Of or relating to pathology.

Russian middle name

Sort of name unusual for Cypriot man

Name derived from forefather

Of or pertaining to pederasty.

PEDOPHILE A person who has pedophilia.

""Of, pertaining to, or resembling, pegmatite; as, the pegmatic structure of certain rocks resembling graphic granite. as, the pegmatic structure of certain rocks resembling graphic granite.""

Like the scale C-D-E-G-A-C

Description of scale that could be found in ancient pot

PERICYCLE

""Sessile organisms, such as algae and small crustaceans, that live attached to surfaces projecting from the bottom of a freshwater aquatic environment.""

Viewing on all sides

PETROL to supply with petrol (gasoline)

""PHAGOCYTE A leucocyte which plays a part in retrogressive processes by taking up (eating), in the form of fine granules, the parts to be removed.""

Spectral tailless rodents seen by parking area in southern county

Eerie

PHENOTYPE

Drunken hack almost lit pile of stamps

Relating to postage stamps

For stamp collectors

Being thus makes the GP calm, I fancy

Precarious plight came without emotion

Calm on pitch with game left in the air

""Of or pertaining to phlogiston, or to belief in its existence.""

PHONEME a unit of speech

Pl. phonologies The study of speech sounds in language or a language with reference to their distribution and patterning and to tacit rules governing pronunciation.

""Pertaining to, or containing, phosphorus, phosphoric acid, or phosphates; as, phosphatic nodules. as, phosphatic nodules.""

The acid in Coca Cola

Relating to a particular element

Liable to be shot (wordplay)

Pretty as a picture (wordplay)

Welcome adjective for screen hopefuls.

""Decaying the breakdown of matter or materials under the influence of light. ; photolytic , adj . Light ()""

Rendering the skin susceptible to damage by light. Used of certain medications and cosmetics.

Poisonous to plants.

PLANKTON the minute animal and plant life of a body of water

Having the property of pleochroism.

PLEONASTE A black variety of spinel.

PLEUSTON aquatic vegetation

Having more than one atom in the molecule; consisting of several atoms.

Hospital able to treat wide variety of diseases

CYCLIC moving in complete circles

CYSTIC pertaining to a {cyst=n}

Excessive or abnormal thirst.

Pertaining to polymathy; acquainted with many branches of learning.

PHASIC relating to a phase

Having a multiplicity of sounds.

POPULIST a member of a party which represents the common people

Adjective (-ic)

Subsequent to the Babylonian captivity, in Jewish history

POZZOLAN a finely divided material used to make cement

MEIOTIC pertaining to {meiosis=n}

MYCOTIC pertaining to {mycosis=n}

""Affected by presbyopia; also, remedying presbyopia; farsighted.""

VOCALIC a vowel sound

Zoology Having a pattern or coloration adapted for natural camouflage.

Favoring Simon Magus's sect (wordplay)

Looking ahead

Omen.

Of or pertaining to the pronephros.

Like artificial body parts

Peg cheers German man with facial twitch

Like Captain Hook's hook

""PROTOTYPE An original or model after which anything is copied; the pattern of anything to be engraved, or otherwise copied, cast, or the like; a primary form; exemplar; archetype.""

Adjective (-ic)

Indulging in fighting

Of prize-fighting

One who loves lighting (wordplay)

One who goes up on flames (wordplay)

He's a flaming nutter!

Any of various thermometers used for measuring high temperatures.

PYROPE a variety of garnet