10-letter words containing p, e, t, i
- teichopsia — a temporary visual impairment associated with migraine
- teinoscope — an optical device employing prisms to correct the chromatic aberration of light
- telecopier — a fax machine
- telepathic — communication between minds by some means other than sensory perception.
- telephonic — of, relating to, or happening by means of a telephone system.
- telescopic — of, relating to, or of the nature of a telescope.
- telescript — A communications-oriented programming language using "active software agents", released by General Magic in 1994. What PostScript did for cross-platform, device-independent documents, Telescript aims to do for cross-platform, network-independent messaging. Telescript protects programmers from many of the complexities of network protocols.
- teletypist — a person who operates a teletypewriter.
- teliospore — a spore of certain rust fungi, which carries the fungus through the winter and which, on germination, produces the promycelium.
- tempestive — occurring at the appropriate time
- temptation — the act of tempting; enticement or allurement.
- tenantship — the state of being a tenant
- tepidarium — a warm room in Roman baths
- terreplein — the top platform or horizontal surface of a rampart where guns are mounted.
- test piece — a piece of music played in an exam in order to test the abilities of the player
- test pilot — a pilot employed to test-fly newly-built aircraft.
- test strip — a strip of reactive paper that has been impregnated with an indicator for use in chemical tests
- tetraploid — having a chromosome number that is four times the basic or haploid number.
- tetrapolis — a conglomeration of four cities
- the pamirs — a mountainous area of central Asia, mainly in Tajikistan and partly in Kyrgyzstan, extending into China and Afghanistan: consists of a complex of high ranges, from which the Tian Shan projects to the north, the Kunlun and Karakoram to the east, and the Hindu Kush to the west; Ismoil Somoni (formerly Communism Peak) is situated in the Tajik Pamirs. Highest peak: Kongur Shan, 7719 m (25 326 ft)
- the police — the organized civil force of a state, concerned with maintenance of law and order, the detection and prevention of crime, etc
- the prince — a treatise on statecraft (1513) by Niccolò Machiavelli.
- the pulpit — the preaching of the Christian message
- the spirit — Holy Spirit
- the-prince — a treatise on statecraft (1513) by Niccolò Machiavelli.
- theophanic — a manifestation or appearance of God or a god to a person.
- theophilus — a walled plain in the 4th quadrant of the face of the moon: about 65 miles (105 km) in diameter.
- theophobia — morbid fear or hatred of God
- theophoric — having the name of a god embedded in something, such as a name
- thermopile — a device consisting of a number of thermocouples joined in series, used for generating thermoelectric current or for detecting and measuring radiant energy, as from a star.
- thesprotia — an ancient coastal district in SW Epirus.
- thinkpiece — an article analyzing and giving the background of a news event, often with the author's opinions and forecast for the future.
- thiophenol — a colorless, foul-smelling liquid, C 6 H 6 S, used chiefly in organic synthesis.
- thrippence — threepence.
- thumbpiece — a lever over the hinge on the lid of a tankard, pressed by the thumb to raise the lid.
- tighten up — fasten more securely
- time stamp — a device for stamping the date and time of day that letters, packages, etc., are received or mailed.
- time-lapse — done by means of time-lapse photography: a time-lapse study of the blooming of a flower.
- time-stamp — a device for stamping the date and time of day that letters, packages, etc., are received or mailed.
- timekeeper — a person or thing that keeps time.
- tin opener — gadget for opening cans
- tip-tilted — (of a nose) slightly turned up
- tippecanoe — a river in N Indiana, flowing SW to the Wabash: battle 1811. 200 miles (320 km) long.
- tipsy cake — a kind of trifle made from a sponge cake soaked with white wine or sherry and decorated with almonds and crystallized fruit
- title page — the page at the beginning of a volume that indicates the title, author's or editor's name, and the publication information, usually the publisher and the place and date of publication.
- top timber — a timber forming the upper, straighter portion of a frame in a wooden hull.
- topazolite — a greenish yellow variety of andradite garnet.
- topicalize — to introduce as, convert into, or mark as the topic of a sentence.
- torpedoing — a self-propelled, cigar-shaped missile containing explosives and often equipped with a homing device, launched from a submarine or other warship, for destroying surface vessels or other submarines.
- torpedoist — a person in favour of the use of torpedoes or a person knowledgeable about torpedoes