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10-letter words containing p, e, t, i

  • psalterium — the omasum.
  • pseudosuit — /soo'doh-s[y]oot"/ A suit wannabee; a hacker who has decided that he wants to be in management or administration and begins wearing ties, sport coats, and (shudder!) suits voluntarily. It's his funeral. See also lobotomy.
  • psilophyte — any plant that is adapted to grow well in the dry savannah
  • psittacine — of or relating to parrots.
  • pterylosis — the arrangement of feathers on a bird
  • ptolemaist — an adherent or advocate of the Ptolemaic system of astronomy.
  • ptolemy ii — (surnamed Philadelphus) 309?–247? b.c, king of Egypt 285–247? (son of Ptolemy I).
  • pulsimeter — an instrument for measuring the strength or quickness of the pulse.
  • punishment — the act of punishing.
  • punitively — serving for, concerned with, or inflicting punishment: punitive laws; punitive action.
  • puntillero — (in bullfighting) a worker, or assistant, who gives the coup de grâce to the fallen bull with a puntilla.
  • puppetlike — resembling a puppet
  • purgatives — purging or cleansing, especially by causing evacuation of the bowels.
  • purgatoire — a river in SE Colorado, flowing NE to the Arkansas River. 186 miles (299 km) long.
  • puritanize — to (cause to) behave like a puritan
  • putatively — commonly regarded as such; reputed; supposed: the putative boss of the mob.
  • 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
  • pyrethroid — any of several synthetic compounds that are similar to but more persistent than natural pyrethrins.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • pythogenic — originating from filth or putrescence.
  • quicksteps — Plural form of quickstep.
  • quintupled — Simple past tense and past participle of quintuple.
  • quintuples — Plural form of quintuple.
  • quintuplet — any group or combination of five, especially of the same kind.
  • quintuplex — fivefold; quintuple.
  • quivertips — Plural form of quivertip.
  • qwertyuiop — Filler text.
  • rain-swept — A rain-swept place is a place where it is raining heavily.
  • rapidwrite — (language, tool)   A method for translating set of abbreviations into the much more verbose COBOL code.
  • rapier wit — ability to deliver witty and cutting remarks
  • re-baptism — a new or second baptism
  • re-baptize — to baptize (someone) again
  • readoption — the adoption of something or someone again
  • receipting — a written acknowledgment of having received, or taken into one's possession, a specified amount of money, goods, etc.
  • receptible — adapted to or suitable for reception.
  • redemption — an act of redeeming or atoning for a fault or mistake, or the state of being redeemed.
  • redemptive — serving to redeem.
  • redispatch — to send off or away with speed, as a messenger, telegram, body of troops, etc.
  • reef point — one of several short lengths of line stitched through a sail for tying a reef
  • reinspirit — to give a new spirit to; inspirit anew
  • repaginate — to indicate the sequence of pages in (a book, manuscript, etc.) by placing numbers or other characters on each leaf; to number the pages of.
  • repair kit — a set of items, instructions, etc designed to assist with the repair of a specific thing
  • reparation — the making of amends for wrong or injury done: reparation for an injustice.
  • reparative — tending to repair; repairing; mending.
  • repatriate — to bring or send back (a person, especially a prisoner of war, a refugee, etc.) to his or her country or land of citizenship.
  • repentigny — a town in S Quebec, in E Canada: suburb of Montreal.
  • repertoire — the list of dramas, operas, parts, pieces, etc., that a company, actor, singer, or the like, is prepared to perform.
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