10-letter words containing p, o, e, t, i
- spirometry — an instrument for determining the capacity of the lungs.
- spoliative — blood-diminishing
- 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.
- stenopaeic — pertaining to or containing a narrow slit or minute opening: a stenopeic device to aid vision after eye surgery.
- stenotopic — (of an animal or plant) able to tolerate only small environmental changes.
- step on it — a movement made by lifting the foot and setting it down again in a new position, accompanied by a shifting of the weight of the body in the direction of the new position, as in walking, running, or dancing.
- 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.
- stereopsis — stereoscopic vision; the ability to perceive depth.
- stone pine — Also called umbrella pine, parasol pine. a tree, Pinus pinea, native to southern Europe, having branches forming an umbrellalike crown and bearing edible, nutlike seeds.
- stop price — the price at which a stop order is activated.
- stovepipes — a pipe, as of sheet metal, serving as a stove chimney or to connect a stove with a chimney flue.
- strepitoso — (to be performed) boisterously
- strepitous — boisterous; noisy.
- strophiole — a small growth on some plants' seeds
- subpontine — of or relating to the Pontine Marshes.
- subreption — Canon Law. a concealment of the pertinent facts in a petition, as for dispensation or favor, that in certain cases nullifies the grant. Compare obreption (def 1).
- superation — the action or process of superating, overcoming or surpassing
- supertonic — the second tone of a diatonic scale, being the next above the tonic.
- suppletion — the use in inflection or derivation of an allomorph that is not related in form to the primary allomorph of a morpheme, as the use of better as the comparative of good.
- supportive — giving support.
- symptomize — to be a symptom or sign of.
- 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
- telephonic — of, relating to, or happening by means of a telephone system.
- telescopic — of, relating to, or of the nature of a telescope.
- teliospore — a spore of certain rust fungi, which carries the fungus through the winter and which, on germination, produces the promycelium.
- temptation — the act of tempting; enticement or allurement.
- test pilot — a pilot employed to test-fly newly-built aircraft.
- tetraploid — having a chromosome number that is four times the basic or haploid number.
- tetrapolis — a conglomeration of four cities
- the police — the organized civil force of a state, concerned with maintenance of law and order, the detection and prevention of crime, etc
- 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.
- thiophenol — a colorless, foul-smelling liquid, C 6 H 6 S, used chiefly in organic synthesis.
- tin opener — gadget for opening cans
- tippecanoe — a river in N Indiana, flowing SW to the Wabash: battle 1811. 200 miles (320 km) long.
- 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
- totipotent — (of a cell or part) having the potential for developing in various specialized ways in response to external or internal stimuli.
- trail rope — a guide rope on an aerostat.