10-letter words containing p, r, e, c, t, s
- prospected — Usually, prospects. an apparent probability of advancement, success, profit, etc. the outlook for the future: good business prospects.
- prospector — Usually, prospects. an apparent probability of advancement, success, profit, etc. the outlook for the future: good business prospects.
- prospectus — a document describing the major features of a proposed literary work, project, business venture, etc., in enough detail so that prospective investors, participants, or buyers may evaluate it: Don't buy the new stock offering until you read the prospectus carefully.
- prosthetic — of or relating to an artificial body part or prosthesis: He was fitted for a prosthetic arm.
- proteomics — the study of the functions, structures, and interactions of proteins; the study of the proteome.
- putrescent — becoming putrid; undergoing putrefaction.
- putrescine — a colourless crystalline amine produced by decaying animal matter; 1,4-diaminobutane. Formula: H2N(CH2)4NH2
- redispatch — to send off or away with speed, as a messenger, telegram, body of troops, etc.
- respectant — aspectant.
- respectful — full of, characterized by, or showing politeness or deference: a respectful reply.
- respecting — regarding; concerning.
- respective — pertaining individually or severally to each of a number of persons, things, etc.; particular: I will now discuss the respective merits of the candidates.
- retrospect — contemplation of the past; a survey of past time, events, etc.
- schumpeter — Joseph Alois [uh-lois] /əˈlɔɪs/ (Show IPA), 1883–1950, U.S. economist, born in Austria.
- screwplate — a metal plate having threaded holes, used for cutting screw threads by hand.
- sculptress — a woman who practices the art of sculpture.
- sculptured — having a surface or shape molded, marked, carved, indented, etc., by or as if by sculpture: sculptured leather belts.
- 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)
- sheeptrack — a small natural terrace on a hillside
- space rate — a unit of compensation for written work, based on the amount of space that the submitted material occupies in print, and usually computed in column inches.
- spacecraft — a vehicle designed for travel or operation in space beyond the earth's atmosphere or in orbit around the earth.
- spec ratio — (benchmark) Results for each individual benchmark of the SPEC benchmark suites, for example CINT92 and CFP92, expressed as the ratio of the wall clock time to execute one single copy of the benchmark, compared to a fixed "SPEC reference time", which was chosen early-on as the execution time on a VAX 11/780. See also SPEC rate.
- spectatrix — a female spectator
- spectrally — of or relating to a specter; ghostly; phantom.
- speculator — a person who is engaged in commercial or financial speculation.
- spermaceti — a pearly white, waxy, translucent solid, obtained from the oil in the head of the sperm whale: used chiefly in cosmetics and candles, and as an emollient.
- spermaduct — a spermatic passage found in male animals
- sphericity — a spherical state or form.
- spherocyte — an abnormal blood cell
- spirochete — any of various spiral-shaped motile bacteria of the family Spirochaetaceae, certain species, as Treponema, Leptospira, and Borrelia, being pathogenic to humans and other animals, and other species being free-living, saprophytic, or parasitic.
- sporocytes — a diploid cell in certain spore-bearing plants, as liverworts, that produces four haploid spores through meiosis; a spore mother cell.
- spot price — the price of spot goods or of commodities on the spot market.
- spycatcher — a person who works in counterintelligence to detect enemy espionage activities
- stepdancer — a person who engages in stepdancing
- stop price — the price at which a stop order is activated.
- subchapter — a subdivision especially of a body of laws.
- subprefect — an administrator junior to a prefect or chief official
- subproject — something that is contemplated, devised, or planned; plan; scheme.
- superacute — sharp or severe in effect; intense: acute sorrow; an acute pain.
- superbitch — an exceptionally spiteful woman, a very bitchy person
- superfecta — a type of bet, especially on horse races, in which the bettor must select the first four finishers in exact order.
- superscout — a highly skilled scout
- superstock — an exceptionally lucrative investment
- superthick — extremely thick
- supertonic — the second tone of a diatonic scale, being the next above the tonic.
- supertruck — a fast powerful truck used in truck racing
- taperstick — a candlestick designed to hold tapers.
- tapescript — a recording of the spoken word on tape or a transcript of this
- 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.
- the creeps — to move slowly with the body close to the ground, as a reptile or an insect, or a person on hands and knees.