10-letter words containing a, t, o, p, r
- pyromantic — divination by fire, or by forms appearing in fire.
- pyrrophyta — a phylum in the kingdom Protista comprising the dinoflagellates and cryptomonads.
- pythagoras — c582–c500 b.c, Greek philosopher, mathematician, and religious reformer.
- quadcopter — A rotorcraft propelled by four rotors.
- radiophoto — an image created by radio waves rather than light
- rapportage — the factual reporting or recounting of events in writing
- rapporteur — a person responsible for compiling reports and presenting them, as to a governing body.
- rat poison — substance toxic to rodents
- readoption — the adoption of something or someone again
- reparation — the making of amends for wrong or injury done: reparation for an injustice.
- reparatory — tending to repair; repairing; mending.
- replicator — Any construct that acts to produce copies of itself; this could be a living organism, an idea (see meme), a program (see quine, worm, wabbit, fork bomb, and virus), a pattern in a cellular automaton (see life), or (speculatively) a robot or nanobot. It is even claimed by some that Unix and C are the symbiotic halves of an extremely successful replicator; see Unix conspiracy.
- repopulate — to inhabit; live in; be the inhabitants of.
- reportable — an account or statement describing in detail an event, situation, or the like, usually as the result of observation, inquiry, etc.: a report on the peace conference; a medical report on the patient.
- reprobator — an action taken to demonstrate that a witness should be disqualified or rejected on account of perjury or other cause of invalidity
- 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.
- 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.
- rhapsodist — a person who rhapsodizes.
- rhodoplast — a plastid found in red algae, containing red pigment as well as chlorophyll
- rock plant — a plant found among rocks or in rock gardens.
- rose topaz — a rose-pink form of topaz produced by heating yellow-brown topaz
- round tape — (storage, jargon) Industry-standard 1/2-inch magnetic tape (7- or 9-track) on traditional circular reels. See macrotape, opposite: square tape.
- sally port — a gateway permitting the passage of a large number of troops at a time.
- saprophyte — any organism that lives on dead organic matter, as certain fungi and bacteria.
- saprotroph — any organism, esp a fungus or bacterium, that lives and feeds on dead organic matter
- scriptoria — a room, as in a monastery, library, or other institution, where manuscripts are stored, read, or copied.
- separation — an act or instance of separating or the state of being separated.
- separatory — serving to separate.
- smartphone — a device that combines a cell phone with a handheld computer, typically offering Internet access, data storage, email capability, etc.
- spearpoint — the point at the end of a spearhead.
- spec ratio — (benchmark) Results for each individual benchmark of the SPEC benchmark suites, for example CINT92 and CFP92, expressed as the ratio of the wall clock time to execute one single copy of the benchmark, compared to a fixed "SPEC reference time", which was chosen early-on as the execution time on a VAX 11/780. See also SPEC rate.
- speculator — a person who is engaged in commercial or financial speculation.
- spermatoid — resembling sperm.
- spit-roast — to cook on a spit
- sport coat — A sport coat is a man's jacket. It is worn on informal occasions with pants of a different material.
- sports bag — a bag used by an individual to carry his or her clothing and equipment for taking part in sport
- sports bar — a bar featuring televised sporting events.
- sports bra — a woman's undergarment designed for extra support and protection during sports and recreational activities.
- sports cap — a hat designed for sports or to look sporty
- sports car — small, low, fast car
- sports day — In British schools, sports day is a day or an afternoon when pupils compete in athletics contests such as races and the high jump. Parents are often invited to come and watch the events.
- sports fan — sb who enjoys watching or playing sport
- sportscast — a radio or television program consisting of sports news or of a running description of a sports event.
- sportswear — clothing designed for wear while playing golf or tennis, hiking, bicycling, jogging, etc.; activewear.
- spread out — extend, splay
- stainproof — resistant to stains
- star point — a common junction connected to the ends of windings of a polyphase electrical device or system of devices
- stenograph — any of various keyboard instruments, somewhat resembling a typewriter, used for writing in shorthand, as by means of phonetic or arbitrary symbols.
- stereopair — a pair of photographs of the same area taken from slightly different positions so as to give a stereoscopic effect when properly mounted and viewed.
- stereotape — magnetic tape used for recording and reproducing sound stereophonically.