10-letter words containing p, e, r, i, o
- responsion — the act of responding or answering.
- responsive — responding especially readily and sympathetically to appeals, efforts, influences, etc.: a responsive government.
- resumption — the act of resuming; a reassumption, as of something previously granted.
- rhapsodize — to talk with extravagant enthusiasm.
- rheopectic — the property exhibited by certain slow-gelling, thixotropic sols of gelling more rapidly when the containing vessel is shaken gently.
- rhinoscope — a special instrument used to examine the nasal passages
- rhizophore — a downward-growing stem in moss that forms roots
- rhizoplane — the part of the root of a plant that is near the soil surface
- ribbentrop — Joachim von [yoh-ah-khim fuh n] /ˈyoʊ ɑ xɪm fən/ (Show IPA), 1893–1946, German leader in the Nazi party: minister of foreign affairs 1938–45; executed for war crimes.
- riflescope — a telescopic sight mounted on top of a rifle that helps to improve one's aim by magnifying and pinpointing a target.
- ripidolite — a mineral of the chlorite group, essentially hydrated magnesium and aluminum silicate with some ferrous iron.
- ripsnorter — something or someone exceedingly strong or violent: a ripsnorter of a gale.
- rock tripe — any lichen of the genus Umbilicaria.
- rood spire — a spire over the crossing of a church.
- ropemaking — the act, skill, or process of fabricating rope.
- ropinirole — a dopamine agonist used in the treatment of Parkinson's disease.
- rose aphid — a dark green aphid, Macrosiphum rosae, that feeds on roses and related plants.
- russophile — a person who is friendly to, admires, or prefers Russia or Russian customs, institutions, etc.
- saponifier — to convert (a fat) into soap by treating with an alkali.
- saprogenic — producing putrefaction or decay, as certain bacteria.
- sarcopenia — reduction in muscle tissue as a result of ageing
- sarcophile — a flesh-eating animal, especially the Tasmanian devil.
- scorpaenid — belonging or pertaining to the Scorpaenidae, a family of marine fishes with spiny fins, including the rockfishes, scorpionfishes, and lionfishes.
- semaphoric — an apparatus for conveying information by means of visual signals, as a light whose position may be changed.
- separation — an act or instance of separating or the state of being separated.
- shopfitter — a worker who makes and installs fittings for commercial premises
- shoplifter — a person who steals goods from the shelves or displays of a retail store while posing as a customer.
- shropshire — a former county in W England, now part of Salop.
- simferopol — a city in S Ukraine, on the S Crimean Peninsula.
- simon pure — real; genuine: a simon-pure accent.
- simon-pure — real; genuine: a simon-pure accent.
- sine prole — without offspring or progeny: to die sine prole.
- soil creep — creep of soil on even slopes; often accelerated by spring freeze-and-thaw or general periglacial conditions. Compare creep (def 22a).
- spearpoint — the point at the end of a spearhead.
- spec ratio — (benchmark) Results for each individual benchmark of the SPEC benchmark suites, for example CINT92 and CFP92, expressed as the ratio of the wall clock time to execute one single copy of the benchmark, compared to a fixed "SPEC reference time", which was chosen early-on as the execution time on a VAX 11/780. See also SPEC rate.
- spermatoid — resembling sperm.
- spheroidal — pertaining to a spheroid or spheroids.
- spiderwork — a thing which has the appearance of a spider's web
- spiderwort — any plant of the genus Tradescantia, having blue, purple, or rose-colored flowers.
- spill over — be full of: emotion
- spirochete — any of various spiral-shaped motile bacteria of the family Spirochaetaceae, certain species, as Treponema, Leptospira, and Borrelia, being pathogenic to humans and other animals, and other species being free-living, saprophytic, or parasitic.
- spirometer — an instrument for determining the capacity of the lungs.
- spirometry — an instrument for determining the capacity of the lungs.
- spirophore — a device for producing artificial respiration
- spoonerism — the transposition of initial or other sounds of words, usually by accident, as in a blushing crow for a crushing blow.
- sporogenic — relating to the production or formation of spores, or producing spores
- sporozoite — one of the minute, active bodies into which the spore of certain Sporozoa divides, each developing into an adult individual.
- sportiness — flashy; showy.
- spot price — the price of spot goods or of commodities on the spot market.
- stereopair — a pair of photographs of the same area taken from slightly different positions so as to give a stereoscopic effect when properly mounted and viewed.