10-letter words containing o, s, t, e, i
- 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.
- 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.
- quinestrol — a synthetic estrogen, C 2 5 H 3 2 O 2 , used in oral contraceptives.
- quodlibets — Plural form of quodlibet.
- rainforest — a tropical forest, usually of tall, densely growing, broad-leaved evergreen trees in an area of high annual rainfall.
- ratio test — the theorem that a given infinite series converges if the absolute value of the ratio of the term succeeding the n th term to the n th term approaches a limit less than 1 as n increases without bound.
- recusation — the act of recusing a judge
- rediscount — to discount again.
- removalist — a person or company that transports household effects to a new home
- reposition — the act of depositing or storing.
- repository — a receptacle or place where things are deposited, stored, or offered for sale: a repository for discarded clothing.
- reptilious — like a reptile, resembling or characteristic of a reptile
- requestion — a sentence in an interrogative form, addressed to someone in order to get information in reply.
- resistojet — a jet engine that obtains its thrust from a propellant heated by a resistance device using electrical power
- resolution — a formal expression of opinion or intention made, usually after voting, by a formal organization, a legislature, a club, or other group. Compare concurrent resolution, joint resolution.
- resolutive — having the ability to dissolve or terminate.
- resonating — to resound.
- resonation — to resound.
- resorption — the destruction, disappearance, or dissolution of a tissue or part by biochemical activity, as the loss of bone or of tooth dentin.
- respirator — a masklike device, usually of gauze, worn over the mouth, or nose and mouth, to prevent the inhalation of noxious substances or the like.
- restitutor — a person who makes restitution
- restrictor — to confine or keep within limits, as of space, action, choice, intensity, or quantity.
- resumption — the act of resuming; a reassumption, as of something previously granted.
- retentions — profits earned by a company but not distributed as dividends; retained earnings
- retrovirus — any of a family of single-stranded RNA viruses having a helical envelope and containing an enzyme that allows for a reversal of genetic transcription, from RNA to DNA rather than the usual DNA to RNA, the newly transcribed viral DNA being incorporated into the host cell's DNA strand for the production of new RNA retroviruses: the family includes the AIDS virus and certain oncogene-carrying viruses implicated in various cancers.
- reunionist — a person who advocates the reunion of the Anglican Church with the Roman Catholic Church.
- rheostatic — an adjustable resistor so constructed that its resistance may be changed without opening the circuit in which it is connected, thereby controlling the current in the circuit.
- rhinestone — an artificial gem of paste, often cut to resemble a diamond.
- rifle shot — sound of shotgun fire
- ring stone — a voussoir appearing on a face of an arch.
- ripsnorter — something or someone exceedingly strong or violent: a ripsnorter of a gale.
- roisterers — to act in a swaggering, boisterous, or uproarious manner.
- roistering — to act in a swaggering, boisterous, or uproarious manner.
- roisterous — to act in a swaggering, boisterous, or uproarious manner.
- rootsiness — the quality of being rootsy
- roscoelite — a brown variety of muscovite in which some aluminum is replaced by vanadium.
- rotisserie — a small broiler with a motor-driven spit, for barbecuing fowl, beef, etc.
- routinised — to develop into a regular procedure.
- roystering — roister.
- ruthenious — containing bivalent ruthenium.
- sailboater — a person who sails a boat
- saint-ouen — a suburb of Paris in N France.
- sainte foy — a SW suburb of Quebec, on the St Lawrence River. Pop: 72 547 (2001)
- san benito — a city in S Texas.
- sanctioned — authoritative permission or approval, as for an action.
- school tie — old school tie.
- schooltide — schooldays
- schooltime — the period during which schools are open