10-letter words containing o, p, r, t, u
- profulgent — radiant
- profundity — the quality or state of being profound; depth.
- projecture — a projection beyond the surface
- prolocutor — a presiding officer of an assembly; chairperson.
- 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.
- promptuary — a storehouse
- promulgate — to make known by open declaration; publish; proclaim formally or put into operation (a law, decree of a court, etc.).
- propertius — Sextus [seks-tuh s] /ˈsɛks təs/ (Show IPA), c50–c15 b.c, Roman poet.
- propitious — presenting favorable conditions; favorable: propitious weather.
- propositus — Law. the person from whom a line of descent is derived on a genealogical table.
- prosciutto — salted ham that has been cured by drying, always sliced paper-thin for serving.
- prosecutor — Law. prosecuting attorney. a person, as a complainant or chief witness, instigating prosecution in a criminal proceeding.
- prospectus — a document describing the major features of a proposed literary work, project, business venture, etc., in enough detail so that prospective investors, participants, or buyers may evaluate it: Don't buy the new stock offering until you read the prospectus carefully.
- prosternum — the ventral sclerite of the prothorax of an insect.
- prostitute — a woman who engages in sexual intercourse for money; whore; harlot.
- prostomium — the unsegmented, preoral portion of the head of certain lower invertebrates.
- 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.
- prothallus — prothallium.
- protohuman — of, relating to, or resembling extinct hominid populations that had some but not all the features of modern Homo sapiens.
- protologue — the original description of a species, genus, etc.
- protruding — to project.
- protrusile — capable of being thrust forth or extended, as the tongue of a hummingbird.
- protrusion — the act of protruding or the state of being protruded.
- protrusive — projecting or protuberant; thrusting forward, upward, or outward.
- pulsometer — a pulsimeter.
- pultrusion — a process for manufacturing reinforced plastic products in which a bundle of glass fibres is pulled through a resin bath and then through a heated die to shape the resin
- punctiform — shaped like or of the nature of a point or dot.
- punctuator — to mark or divide (something written) with punctuation marks in order to make the meaning clear.
- puntillero — (in bullfighting) a worker, or assistant, who gives the coup de grâce to the fallen bull with a puntilla.
- purgatoire — a river in SE Colorado, flowing NE to the Arkansas River. 186 miles (299 km) long.
- purporting — to present, especially deliberately, the appearance of being; profess or claim, often falsely: a document purporting to be official.
- put across — to move or place (anything) so as to get it into or out of a specific location or position: to put a book on the shelf.
- put in for — to request or apply for
- put up for — If you put something up for sale or auction, for example, you make it available to be sold or auctioned.
- pyrolusite — a common mineral, manganese dioxide, MnO 2 , the principal ore of manganese, used in various manufactures, as a decolorizer of brown or green tints in glass, and as a depolarizer in dry-cell batteries.
- quadcopter — A rotorcraft propelled by four rotors.
- qwertyuiop — Filler text.
- rapporteur — a person responsible for compiling reports and presenting them, as to a governing body.
- recomputed — to determine by calculation; reckon; calculate: to compute the period of Jupiter's revolution.
- recoupment — to get back the equivalent of: to recoup one's losses by a lucky investment.
- repopulate — to inhabit; live in; be the inhabitants of.
- reptilious — like a reptile, resembling or characteristic of a reptile
- 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.
- resumption — the act of resuming; a reassumption, as of something previously granted.
- round tape — (storage, jargon) Industry-standard 1/2-inch magnetic tape (7- or 9-track) on traditional circular reels. See macrotape, opposite: square tape.
- round trip — a trip to a given place and back again: Fares for round trips often have a discount.
- rudderpost — the vertical member of a stern frame on which the rudder is hung; a sternpost.
- scunthorpe — a town in E England, in North Lincolnshire unitary authority, Lincolnshire: developed rapidly after the discovery of local iron ore in the late 19th century; iron and steel industries have declined. Pop: 72 660 (2001)
- speculator — a person who is engaged in commercial or financial speculation.