10-letter words containing p, e, r, o, t
- pyrethroid — any of several synthetic compounds that are similar to but more persistent than natural pyrethrins.
- pyretology — a discourse on fevers
- pyroborate — borax1 .
- 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.
- pyrolysate — a product of pyrolysis
- pyrotechny — the art of making fireworks
- pyroxenite — any rock composed essentially, or in large part, of pyroxene of any kind.
- pyrrhotite — a common mineral, iron sulfide, approximately FeS but variable because of a partial absence of ferrous ions, occurring in massive and in crystal forms with a bronze color and metallic luster; magnetic pyrites: generally slightly magnetic.
- pyrrophyte — any of various single-celled, biflagellated algae, of the phylum Pyrrophyta, especially the dinoflagellates.
- quadcopter — A rotorcraft propelled by four rotors.
- qwertyuiop — Filler text.
- rapportage — the factual reporting or recounting of events in writing
- rapporteur — a person responsible for compiling reports and presenting them, as to a governing body.
- readoption — the adoption of something or someone again
- 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.
- redemption — an act of redeeming or atoning for a fault or mistake, or the state of being redeemed.
- redemptory — of or relating to redemption; redemptive.
- reef point — one of several short lengths of line stitched through a sail for tying a reef
- reparation — the making of amends for wrong or injury done: reparation for an injustice.
- reparatory — tending to repair; repairing; mending.
- repertoire — the list of dramas, operas, parts, pieces, etc., that a company, actor, singer, or the like, is prepared to perform.
- repetition — the act of repeating, or doing, saying, or writing something again; repeated action, performance, production, or presentation.
- replicator — Any construct that acts to produce copies of itself; this could be a living organism, an idea (see meme), a program (see quine, worm, wabbit, fork bomb, and virus), a pattern in a cellular automaton (see life), or (speculatively) a robot or nanobot. It is even claimed by some that Unix and C are the symbiotic halves of an extremely successful replicator; see Unix conspiracy.
- replotting — a secret plan or scheme to accomplish some purpose, especially a hostile, unlawful, or evil purpose: a plot to overthrow the government.
- repointing — the act or process of repairing the joints of (brickwork, masonry, etc) with mortar or cement
- repopulate — to inhabit; live in; be the inhabitants of.
- reportable — an account or statement describing in detail an event, situation, or the like, usually as the result of observation, inquiry, etc.: a report on the peace conference; a medical report on the patient.
- reportedly — according to report or rumor: Reportedly, he is a billionaire.
- 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.
- reprobator — an action taken to demonstrate that a witness should be disqualified or rejected on account of perjury or other cause of invalidity
- 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.
- 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.
- respondent — a person who responds or makes reply.
- resumption — the act of resuming; a reassumption, as of something previously granted.
- retrospect — contemplation of the past; a survey of past time, events, etc.
- rheopectic — the property exhibited by certain slow-gelling, thixotropic sols of gelling more rapidly when the containing vessel is shaken gently.
- 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.
- 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.
- roodepoort — an industrial city in NE South Africa, in the Witwatersrand. Pop: 172 601 (2001)
- rose topaz — a rose-pink form of topaz produced by heating yellow-brown topaz
- round tape — (storage, jargon) Industry-standard 1/2-inch magnetic tape (7- or 9-track) on traditional circular reels. See macrotape, opposite: square tape.
- rudderpost — the vertical member of a stern frame on which the rudder is hung; a sternpost.
- saprophyte — any organism that lives on dead organic matter, as certain fungi and bacteria.
- 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)