10-letter words containing n, e, u, t
- prefulgent — more radiant than others
- prenatural — existing in or formed by nature (opposed to artificial): a natural bridge.
- prenuptial — before marriage.
- presternum — Anatomy. manubrium.
- procumbent — lying on the face; prone; prostrate.
- profulgent — radiant
- prosternum — the ventral sclerite of the prothorax of an insect.
- proteinous — Biochemistry. any of numerous, highly varied organic molecules constituting a large portion of the mass of every life form and necessary in the diet of all animals and other nonphotosynthesizing organisms, composed of 20 or more amino acids linked in a genetically controlled linear sequence into one or more long polypeptide chains, the final shape and other properties of each protein being determined by the side chains of the amino acids and their chemical attachments: proteins include such specialized forms as collagen for supportive tissue, hemoglobin for transport, antibodies for immune defense, and enzymes for metabolism.
- prudential — of, pertaining to, characterized by, or resulting from prudence.
- prudentius — Aurelius Clemens (ɔːˈriːlɪəs ˈklɛmɛnz). 348–410 ad, Latin Christian poet, born in Spain. His works include the allegory Psychomachia
- puberulent — minutely pubescent.
- pulsatance — the angular frequency of a periodic motion
- pumy stone — a piece of pumice stone
- punctuates — to mark or divide (something written) with punctuation marks in order to make the meaning clear.
- punctulate — studded with minute points or dots.
- punishment — the act of punishing.
- punitively — serving for, concerned with, or inflicting punishment: punitive laws; punitive action.
- puntarenas — a seaport in W Costa Rica.
- puntillero — (in bullfighting) a worker, or assistant, who gives the coup de grâce to the fallen bull with a puntilla.
- puritanize — to (cause to) behave like a puritan
- purtenance — the liver, heart, and lungs of an animal.
- putrescent — becoming putrid; undergoing putrefaction.
- putrescine — a colourless crystalline amine produced by decaying animal matter; 1,4-diaminobutane. Formula: H2N(CH2)4NH2
- puy lentil — a greyish-green variety of lentil that retains its shape after cooking
- puzzlement — the state of being puzzled; perplexity.
- quaintness — (obsolete) Cunning; craftiness.
- quantasome — any of numerous particles in a chloroplast, part of the thylakoid and functioning in photosynthesis.
- quantified — Measured.
- quantifier — Logic. an expression, as “all” or “some,” that indicates the quantity of a proposition. Compare existential quantifier, universal quantifier.
- quantifies — to determine, indicate, or express the quantity of.
- quantitate — to determine the quantity of, especially with precision.
- quantities — Plural form of quantity.
- quantitive — that is or may be estimated by quantity.
- quarantine — a strict isolation imposed to prevent the spread of disease.
- quartering — one of the four equal or equivalent parts into which anything is or may be divided: a quarter of an apple; a quarter of a book.
- quaternary — consisting of four.
- quaternate — arranged in or consisting of four parts, as the leaves of certain plants.
- quaternion — a group or set of four persons or things.
- quaternity — a group or set of four.
- queen city — Toronto.
- queen post — either of a pair of timbers or posts extending vertically upward from the tie beam of a roof truss or the like, one on each side of the center.
- queencraft — the art of queenly rule
- queenstown — former name of Cóbh.
- quercitrin — A glycoside formed from the flavonoid quercetin and the deoxy sugar rhamnose, a constituent of quercitron dye.
- quercitron — an oak, Quercus velutina, of eastern North America, the inner bark of which yields a yellow dye.
- quernstone — Either of a pair of stones used for grinding material by hand.
- questioned — a sentence in an interrogative form, addressed to someone in order to get information in reply.
- questionee — a person who is questioned
- questioner — a sentence in an interrogative form, addressed to someone in order to get information in reply.
- quiet down — stop talking so loudly