10-letter words containing a, e, r, o, s, t
- poetastery — the work done by a poetaster
- polycrates — died 522? b.c, Greek tyrant of Samos.
- portlaoise — a town in central Republic of Ireland, county town of Laois: site of a top-security prison. Pop: 12 127 (2002)
- postarrest — following an arrest, occurring after someone has been arrested
- postmarked — an official mark stamped on letters and other mail, serving as a cancellation of the postage stamp and indicating the place, date, and sometimes time of sending or receipt.
- postmaster — the official in charge of a post office.
- praepostor — a senior student at an English public school who is given authority over other students.
- praetorius — Michael (Michael Schultheiss) 1571–1621, German composer, organist, and theorist.
- prestation — a payment in money or in services.
- prestorage — occurring before storage
- propagates — to cause (an organism) to multiply by any process of natural reproduction from the parent stock.
- prostrated — to cast (oneself) face down on the ground in humility, submission, or adoration.
- proteanism — readily assuming different forms or characters; extremely variable.
- proteinase — any of a group of enzymes that are capable of hydrolyzing proteins.
- protestant — any Western Christian who is not an adherent of a Catholic, Anglican, or Eastern Church.
- pyrolysate — a product of pyrolysis
- raconteurs — Plural form of raconteur.
- raconteuse — a woman who is skilled in relating stories and anecdotes interestingly.
- rainforest — a tropical forest, usually of tall, densely growing, broad-leaved evergreen trees in an area of high annual rainfall.
- ratio test — the theorem that a given infinite series converges if the absolute value of the ratio of the term succeeding the n th term to the n th term approaches a limit less than 1 as n increases without bound.
- rawsthorne — Alan. 1905–71, English composer, whose works include three symphonies, several concertos, and a set of Symphonic Studies (1939)
- reaccustom — to familiarize by custom or use; habituate: to accustom oneself to cold weather.
- reafforest — to replant (an area that was formerly forested)
- recusation — the act of recusing a judge
- reforecast — to predict (a future condition or occurrence); calculate in advance: to forecast a heavy snowfall; to forecast lower interest rates.
- removalist — a person or company that transports household effects to a new home
- resonantly — resounding or echoing, as sounds: the resonant thundering of cannons being fired.
- resonating — to resound.
- resonation — to resound.
- respirator — a masklike device, usually of gauze, worn over the mouth, or nose and mouth, to prevent the inhalation of noxious substances or the like.
- restharrow — a low, pink-flowered European shrub, Ononis spinosa, of the legume family, having tough roots that hinder the plow or harrow.
- restorable — to bring back into existence, use, or the like; reestablish: to restore order.
- rheostatic — an adjustable resistor so constructed that its resistance may be changed without opening the circuit in which it is connected, thereby controlling the current in the circuit.
- roast beef — cow's meat cooked in oven
- room rates — the rates charged daily for hotel rooms
- root cause — origin
- rose topaz — a rose-pink form of topaz produced by heating yellow-brown topaz
- rose-water — having the aroma or fragrance of rose water.
- rostellate — having a rostellum.
- rouseabout — an unskilled labourer in a shearing shed
- sacerdotal — of priests; priestly.
- sacramento — a state in the W United States, on the Pacific coast. 158,693 sq. mi. (411,015 sq. km). Capital: Sacramento. Abbreviation: CA (for use with zip code), Cal., Calif.
- sailboater — a person who sails a boat
- salt horse — salted beef; salt junk.
- saltarello — a lively Italian dance for one person or a couple.
- samothrace — a Greek island in the NE Aegean.
- sandlotter — a youngster who plays baseball in a sandlot.
- saprophyte — any organism that lives on dead organic matter, as certain fungi and bacteria.
- sarmentose — having runners.
- sclerotial — a vegetative, resting food-storage body in certain higher fungi, composed of a compact mass of hardened mycelia.