10-letter words containing e, a, p, r
- grape fern — any of several ferns of the genus Botrychium, comprising several species having grapelike clusters of sporangia.
- grapefruit — a large, roundish, yellow-skinned, edible citrus fruit having a juicy, acid pulp.
- grapelouse — an insect that attacks grape vines
- grapestone — the seed of a grape.
- grapevines — Plural form of grapevine.
- graphemics — the study of writing systems and of their relation to speech.
- graphitize — to convert into graphite.
- grapholect — an established and standardized written language
- graplement — a close fight or a close fighting grasp
- graptolite — any colonial animal of the extinct class Graptolithina, most common in the Ordovician and Silurian Periods, thought to be related to the pterobranchs.
- gravel pit — an open cast working for the extraction of gravel
- gray power — the organized influence exerted by elderly people as a group, especially for social or political purposes or ends.
- grays peak — a mountain in N central Colorado; highest point in the Front Range of the Rocky Mountains. 14,270 feet (4352 meters).
- grease cup — oilcup.
- green peas — peas eaten while fresh and immature
- green soap — a soap made chiefly from potassium hydroxide and linseed oil, used in treating some skin diseases.
- greenpeace — an organization founded in 1971 that stresses the need to maintain a balance between human progress and environmental conservation. Members take active but nonviolent measures against what are regarded as threats to environmental safety, such as the dumping of nuclear waste in the sea
- greenspeak — the jargon used by those who campaign for the conservation of the world's natural resources and the improvement of the environment
- ground pea — peanut.
- groupmates — Plural form of groupmate.
- hair sheep — any variety of sheep growing hair instead of wool, yielding hides with a finer and tougher grain than those of wool sheep
- hair space — the thinnest metal space used to separate words, symbols, etc.
- hairpieces — Plural form of hairpiece.
- half-price — at a 50% reduction in cost
- hammerkops — Plural form of hammerkop.
- hand press — a printing press requiring hand operation.
- haptometer — a mechanical device for measuring the sense of touch.
- hard maple — the sugar maple, Acer saccharum.
- hard paste — true porcelain, made with kaolin, feldspar, quartz, or petuntse.
- hard peach — a clingstone peach.
- hard power — the ability to achieve one's goals by force, esp military force
- harelipped — Usually Offensive. cleft lip.
- harpooneer — A harpooner.
- harrumphed — to clear the throat audibly in a self-important manner: The professor harrumphed good-naturedly.
- harrumpher — (informal) One who complains or moralizes.
- hartlepool — a seaport city in NE England.
- haruspices — Plural form of haruspex.
- hazel park — a city in SE Michigan, near Detroit.
- headspring — the fountainhead or source of a stream.
- headstripe — A stripe of colored feathers on the head of a bird.
- heat cramp — a cramp or muscular spasm caused by loss of water and salt following prolonged exertion in hot weather.
- heavy spar — barite.
- hectograph — a process for making copies of a letter, memorandum, etc., from a prepared gelatin surface to which the original writing has been transferred.
- hektograph — to copy with the hectograph.
- heliograph — a device for signaling by means of a movable mirror that reflects beams of light, especially sunlight, to a distance.
- hemipteral — of or relating to a hemipterous insect
- hemipteran — hemipterous.
- hemitropal — hemitropous
- heparinize — Add heparin to (blood or a container about to be filled with blood) to prevent it from coagulating.
- heptachlor — a highly toxic, light-tan, waxy solid, C 10 H 5 Cl 7 , used as an insecticide: its manufacture and use are restricted in the U.S.