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10-letter words containing a, p, u, r, t, e

  • pasteurise — to expose (a food, as milk, cheese, yogurt, beer, or wine) to an elevated temperature for a period of time sufficient to destroy certain microorganisms, as those that can produce disease or cause spoilage or undesirable fermentation of food, without radically altering taste or quality.
  • pasteurism — a method of securing immunity from rabies in a person who has been bitten by a rabid animal, by daily injections of progressively more virulent suspensions of the infected spinal cord of a rabbit that died of rabies
  • pasteurize — to expose (a food, as milk, cheese, yogurt, beer, or wine) to an elevated temperature for a period of time sufficient to destroy certain microorganisms, as those that can produce disease or cause spoilage or undesirable fermentation of food, without radically altering taste or quality.
  • pasticheur — a person who makes, composes, or concocts a pastiche.
  • pasturable — capable of providing pasture, as land.
  • pentaquark — a subatomic particle consisting of four quarks and one antiquark
  • pequot war — a war in 1637 between Connecticut colonists, aided by British soldiers and friendly Indian tribes, and the Pequot Indians under their chief, Sassacus, that resulted in the defeat and dispersion of the Pequot tribe.
  • perceptual — of, relating to, or involving perception.
  • percussant — (of an animal's tail on a heraldic shield) bent round to the animal's side
  • perforatus — a muscle that bends a digit
  • permutable — to alter; change.
  • perpetuate — to make perpetual.
  • persulfate — a salt of persulfuric acid, as potassium persulfate, K 2 S 2 O 5 or K 2 S 2 O 8 .
  • perturbant — a thing that causes perturbance
  • petrolatum — a translucent gelatinous substance obtained from petroleum; used as a lubricant and in medicine as an ointment base and protective dressing
  • picturable — a visual representation of a person, object, or scene, as a painting, drawing, photograph, etc.: I carry a picture of my grandchild in my wallet.
  • platterful — a heaped plate or platter
  • praetorium — (in Roman history) the headquarters or residence of a Roman official, governor or military commander
  • praetorius — Michael (Michael Schultheiss) 1571–1621, German composer, organist, and theorist.
  • precaution — a measure taken in advance to avert possible evil or to secure good results.
  • prenatural — existing in or formed by nature (opposed to artificial): a natural bridge.
  • prenuptial — before marriage.
  • promulgate — to make known by open declaration; publish; proclaim formally or put into operation (a law, decree of a court, etc.).
  • prudential — of, pertaining to, characterized by, or resulting from prudence.
  • psalterium — the omasum.
  • pulse rate — the rate of the pulse: stated in pulsations per minute.
  • pump-water — water that has been sourced from under soil level by means of a pump
  • puntarenas — a seaport in W Costa Rica.
  • purgatives — purging or cleansing, especially by causing evacuation of the bowels.
  • purgatoire — a river in SE Colorado, flowing NE to the Arkansas River. 186 miles (299 km) long.
  • puritanize — to (cause to) behave like a puritan
  • purtenance — the liver, heart, and lungs of an animal.
  • quadcopter — A rotorcraft propelled by four rotors.
  • quadruplet — any group or combination of four.
  • rampasture — a large attic room.
  • rapporteur — a person responsible for compiling reports and presenting them, as to a governing body.
  • ratchet up — If something ratchets up or is ratcheted up, it increases by a fixed amount or degree, and seems unlikely to decrease again.
  • recapturer — a person who recaptures something or someone
  • recuperate — to recover from sickness or exhaustion; regain health or strength.
  • repopulate — to inhabit; live in; be the inhabitants of.
  • reputation — the estimation in which a person or thing is held, especially by the community or the public generally; repute: a man of good reputation.
  • reputative — reputed, putative, regarded as such
  • resupinate — bent backward.
  • round tape — (storage, jargon)   Industry-standard 1/2-inch magnetic tape (7- or 9-track) on traditional circular reels. See macrotape, opposite: square tape.
  • rump steak — Rump or rump steak is meat cut from the rear end of a cow.
  • rupestrian — made or found on cave walls or rocks
  • sepultural — the act of placing in a sepulcher or tomb; burial.
  • smarten up — improve appearance
  • speculator — a person who is engaged in commercial or financial speculation.
  • spermaduct — a spermatic passage found in male animals
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