10-letter words containing p, o, e, t
- front-page — of major importance; worth putting on the first page of a newspaper.
- game point — (in tennis, squash, handball, etc.) the point that if won would enable the scorer or the scorer's side to win the game.
- gaptoothed — having a gap between two teeth, as because of a missing tooth
- gasteropod — Gastropod.
- genotyping — Present participle of genotype.
- geospatial — Relating to or denoting data that is associated with a particular location.
- geotropism — oriented growth with respect to the force of gravity.
- glycophyte — any plant that will only grow healthily in soils with a low content of sodium salts
- glyphosate — a compound, C 3 H 8 NO 5 P, used to kill a wide range of weeds.
- gnetophyte — Any of the plant division Gnetophyta, consisting of woody plants that differ from other gymnosperms in having vessel elements (which transport water within the plant) as found in flowering plants.
- go private — to restore private ownership of a corporation by buying back publicly held stock
- gobstopper — a large piece of hard candy.
- godparents — Plural form of godparent.
- gold plate — a thin coating of gold, usually produced by electroplating
- gold-plate — to coat (base metal) with gold, especially by electroplating.
- goldplated — to coat (base metal) with gold, especially by electroplating.
- goose-step — to march in a goose step: Troops goose-stepped past the reviewing stand.
- grapestone — the seed of a grape.
- grapholect — an established and standardized written language
- graptolite — any colonial animal of the extinct class Graptolithina, most common in the Ordovician and Silurian Periods, thought to be related to the pterobranchs.
- groupmates — Plural form of groupmate.
- guest rope — a rope suspended from the side of a vessel or a boom as an object to which other vessels can moor, or to afford a hold for persons in such vessels.
- guest-rope — a rope suspended from the side of a vessel or a boom as an object to which other vessels can moor, or to afford a hold for persons in such vessels.
- guideposts — Plural form of guidepost.
- gyrocopter — autogiro.
- halophytes — Plural form of halophyte.
- haplotypes — Plural form of haplotype.
- haptometer — a mechanical device for measuring the sense of touch.
- hartlepool — a seaport city in NE England.
- hectograph — a process for making copies of a letter, memorandum, etc., from a prepared gelatin surface to which the original writing has been transferred.
- hectorship — the quality or character of a hector
- hektograph — to copy with the hectograph.
- helicopter — any of a class of heavier-than-air craft that are lifted and sustained in the air horizontally by rotating wings or blades turning on vertical axes through power supplied by an engine.
- heliophyte — a plant that grows best in full sunlight.
- heliotrope — any hairy plant belonging to the genus Heliotropium, of the borage family, as H. arborescens, cultivated for its small, fragrant purple flowers.
- heliotropy — the growth of plants in a particular direction as a response to the stimulus of light, heliotropism
- hellespont — ancient name of the Dardanelles.
- hemipteron — Alternative form of hemipteran.
- hemitropal — hemitropous
- hemoptysis — the expectoration of blood or bloody mucus.
- hepatocyte — a cell of the main tissue of the liver; liver cell.
- hepatolith — A gallstone in the biliary duct of the liver.
- hepatology — (medicine) The study or treatment of the liver, gallbladder, and pancreas.
- heptachlor — a highly toxic, light-tan, waxy solid, C 10 H 5 Cl 7 , used as an insecticide: its manufacture and use are restricted in the U.S.
- heptachord — a musical scale of seven notes.
- heptagonal — having seven sides or angles.
- heptameron — A literary work whose action covers a period of seven days.
- heptapodic — having seven metrical feet
- heptathlon — an athletic contest for women comprising seven different track-and-field events and won by the contestant amassing the highest total score.
- heptatonic — (of a musical scale) comprising seven notes