10-letter words containing h, e, r, p, t
- petri dish — a shallow, circular, glass or plastic dish with a loose-fitting cover over the top and sides, used for culturing bacteria and other microorganisms.
- petroglyph — a drawing or carving on rock, made by a member of a prehistoric people.
- petrograph — petroglyph.
- petrolhead — a person who is excessively interested in or is devoted to travelling by car
- phaneritic — (of a rock) having the principal constituents in the form of crystals visible to the naked eye.
- pheasantry — a place where pheasants are bred or are kept together
- phenocryst — any of the conspicuous crystals in a porphyritic rock.
- phonometer — a device for measuring the intensity of a sound.
- phosphuret — a phosphate
- photometer — an instrument that measures luminous intensity or brightness, luminous flux, light distribution, color, etc., usually by comparing the light emitted by two sources, one source having certain specified standard characteristics.
- photometry — the measurement of the intensity of light or of relative illuminating power.
- photophore — a luminous organ found in certain fishes and crustaceans.
- phototrope — a type of robot that either seeks or flees from sources of bright light
- phragmites — any of several tall grasses of the genus Phragmites, having plumed heads, growing in marshy areas, especially the common reed P. australis (or P. communis).
- phylactery — Judaism. either of two small, black, leather cubes containing a piece of parchment inscribed with verses 4–9 of Deut. 6, 13–21 of Deut. 11, and 1–16 of Ex. 13: one is attached with straps to the left arm and the other to the forehead during weekday morning prayers by Orthodox and Conservative Jewish men.
- pinfeather — an undeveloped feather before the web portions have expanded.
- pitcherful — the amount held by a pitcher.
- polychrest — a thing which has adapted to multiple uses
- poor white — a member of a class of white people, especially of the southern U.S., having low social status and little or no money, property, or education. See also white trash.
- post horse — a horse kept, as at a station on a post road, for the use of persons riding post or for hire by travelers.
- pot-holder — a thick piece of material, as a quilted or woven pad, used in handling hot pots and dishes.
- preachment — the act of preaching.
- preharvest — Also, harvesting. the gathering of crops.
- prehistory — human history in the period before recorded events, known mainly through archaeological discoveries, study, research, etc.; history of prehistoric humans.
- prestretch — to draw out or extend (oneself, a body, limbs, wings, etc.) to the full length or extent (often followed by out): to stretch oneself out on the ground.
- pretheatre — occurring before a visit to the theatre
- priestfish — blue rockfish.
- priesthood — the condition or office of a priest.
- printwheel — daisy wheel.
- prizefight — a contest between boxers for a prize, a sum of money, etc.; a professional boxing match.
- prohibited — to forbid (an action, activity, etc.) by authority or law: Smoking is prohibited here.
- promethean — of or suggestive of Prometheus.
- prometheus — a Titan, the father of Deucalion and brother of Atlas and Epimetheus, who taught humankind various arts and was sometimes said to have shaped humans out of clay and endowed them with the spark of life. For having stolen fire from Olympus and given it to humankind in defiance of Zeus, he was chained to a rock where an eagle daily tore at his liver, until he was finally released by Hercules.
- promethium — a rare-earth, metallic, trivalent element. Symbol: Pm; atomic number: 61.
- prophetess — a woman who speaks for God or a deity, or by divine inspiration.
- prostheses — a device, either external or implanted, that substitutes for or supplements a missing or defective part of the body.
- prosthesis — a device, either external or implanted, that substitutes for or supplements a missing or defective part of the body.
- prosthetic — of or relating to an artificial body part or prosthesis: He was fitted for a prosthetic arm.
- protophyte — a single-celled plant of the class Protophyta
- pt teacher — a teacher of Physical Training
- pyrethroid — any of several synthetic compounds that are similar to but more persistent than natural pyrethrins.
- pyrotechny — the art of making fireworks
- pyrrhotite — a common mineral, iron sulfide, approximately FeS but variable because of a partial absence of ferrous ions, occurring in massive and in crystal forms with a bronze color and metallic luster; magnetic pyrites: generally slightly magnetic.
- pyrrophyte — any of various single-celled, biflagellated algae, of the phylum Pyrrophyta, especially the dinoflagellates.
- ratchet up — If something ratchets up or is ratcheted up, it increases by a fixed amount or degree, and seems unlikely to decrease again.
- redispatch — to send off or away with speed, as a messenger, telegram, body of troops, etc.
- reshipment — the act of reshipping
- rheopectic — the property exhibited by certain slow-gelling, thixotropic sols of gelling more rapidly when the containing vessel is shaken gently.
- saprophyte — any organism that lives on dead organic matter, as certain fungi and bacteria.
- schumpeter — Joseph Alois [uh-lois] /əˈlɔɪs/ (Show IPA), 1883–1950, U.S. economist, born in Austria.