10-letter words containing i, r, u, p, t
- imprimatur — an official license to print or publish a book, pamphlet, etc., especially a license issued by a censor of the Roman Catholic Church. Compare nihil obstat.
- impromptus — made or done without previous preparation: an impromptu address to the unexpected crowds.
- impurities — the quality or state of being impure.
- intergroup — taking place or being between groups: intergroup relationships.
- interpubic — (anatomy) Between the pubic bones or cartilage.
- interrupts — interrupt
- intragroup — Taking place within a group, especially within a social group.
- iron putty — a compound of iron oxide and boiled linseed oil for caulking pipe joints.
- irruptions — Plural form of irruption.
- isopterous — belonging or pertaining to social insects of the order Isoptera, comprising the termites.
- isotropous — (archaic) isotropic.
- jouy print — toile de Jouy.
- kuropatkin — Aleksei Nikolaevich [uh-lyi-ksyey nyi-kuh-lah-yi-vyich] /ʌ lyɪˈksyeɪ nyɪ kʌˈlɑ yɪ vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), 1848–1925, Russian general.
- manuscript — the original text of an author's work, handwritten or now usually typed, that is submitted to a publisher.
- maupertuis — Pierre Louis Moreau de [pyer lwee maw-roh duh] /pyɛr lwi mɔˈroʊ də/ (Show IPA), 1698–1759, French mathematician, astronomer, and biologist.
- multigroup — having or involving several groups
- multiparae — Plural form of multipara.
- multiparty — of or relating to more than two political parties.
- multiplier — a person or thing that multiplies.
- multipolar — having several or many poles.
- multipower — Of or pertaining to more than one power (in various senses).
- multiproxy — Involving multiple proxies.
- multisport — designed or used for a variety of sports.
- neutrophil — (of a cell or cell part) having an affinity for neutral dyes.
- outpouring — outpouring.
- outpromise — to promise more than
- paintbrush — a brush for applying paint, as one used in painting houses or one used in painting pictures.
- panaritium — a whitlow
- pancratium — (in ancient Greece) an athletic contest combining wrestling and boxing.
- parachutic — involving a parachute
- parimutuel — a system of betting on races in which those backing the winners divide, in proportion to their wagers, the total amount bet, minus a percentage for the track operators, taxes, etc.
- part music — music, especially vocal music, with parts for two or more independent performers.
- particular — of or relating to a single or specific person, thing, group, class, occasion, etc., rather than to others or all; special rather than general: one's particular interests in books.
- parturient — bearing or about to bear young; travailing.
- 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.
- patibulary — of or relating to a gallows or an execution
- pc pursuit — A TELENET service which enabled people to dial up BBSes in other cities for less than normal long-distance rates. PC Pursuit died because TELENET were too mean to upgrade beyond 2400 bits per second.
- pedicurist — professional care and treatment of the feet, as removal of corns and trimming of toenails.
- percutient — anything that strikes against something else
- periosteum — the normal investment of bone, consisting of a dense, fibrous outer layer, to which muscles attach, and a more delicate, inner layer capable of forming bone.
- peritoneum — the serous membrane lining the abdominal cavity and investing its viscera.
- perpetuity — the state or character of being perpetual (often preceded by in): to desire happiness in perpetuity.
- perquisite — an incidental payment, benefit, privilege, or advantage over and above regular income, salary, or wages: Among the president's perquisites were free use of a company car and paid membership in a country club.
- perturbing — to disturb or disquiet greatly in mind; agitate.
- petit four — a small teacake, variously frosted and decorated.
- petit jury — petty jury.
- 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.