10-letter words containing p, r, e, t, i, o
- importance — the quality or state of being important; consequence; significance.
- importuned — Simple past tense and past participle of importune.
- importuner — One who importunes.
- importunes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of importune.
- impostures — Plural form of imposture.
- improperty — (obsolete) impropriety.
- inspectors — Plural form of inspector.
- intergroup — taking place or being between groups: intergroup relationships.
- interloped — Simple past tense and past participle of interlope.
- interloper — a person who interferes or meddles in the affairs of others: He was an athiest who felt like an interloper in this religious gathering.
- interlopes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of interlope.
- interphone — an intercommunication system using telephones to connect offices, stations, etc., as in a building or ship; intercom.
- interpoint — (transitive) To mark with stops or pauses; to punctuate.
- interpolar — connecting or being between poles: an interpolar flight.
- interposal — (dated) interposure.
- interposed — Simple past tense and past participle of interpose.
- interposer — One who interposes.
- interposes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of interpose.
- intertroop — occurring or existing between two or more troops
- introspect — to practice introspection; consider one's own internal state or feelings.
- isentropes — a line on a map or chart joining points having equal entropy.
- isentropic — having a constant entropy.
- isopterous — belonging or pertaining to social insects of the order Isoptera, comprising the termites.
- isotopomer — (chemistry) any isomer of an organic compound differing only in the position of an isotope.
- kryptonite — The one weakness of something or someone that is otherwise invulnerable, an Achilles' heel.
- laeotropic — oriented or coiled in a leftward direction, as a left-spiraling snail shell.
- lectorship — a lecturer in a college or university.
- leptospira — any of several spirally shaped, aerobic bacteria of the genus Leptospira, certain species of which are pathogenic for human beings.
- leptospire — Any bacterium of the genus Leptospira.
- limitrophe — (of a country or region) on or near a frontier
- liver spot — a dark brown skin spot, usually caused by sun exposure
- mentorship — a wise and trusted counselor or teacher.
- metaphoric — a figure of speech in which a term or phrase is applied to something to which it is not literally applicable in order to suggest a resemblance, as in “A mighty fortress is our God.”. Compare mixed metaphor, simile (def 1).
- metropolis — any large, busy city.
- microphyte — a microscopic plant.
- misreports — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of misreport.
- miter post — meeting post.
- montpelier — a state of the NE United States: a part of New England. 9609 sq. mi. (24,885 sq. km). Capital: Montpelier. Abbreviation: VT (for use with zip code), Vt.
- morphodite — (informal, slang) A comic slang version of hermaphrodite.
- mothership — a vessel or craft that services others operating far from a home port or center.
- multipower — Of or pertaining to more than one power (in various senses).
- near point — the point nearest the eye at which an object is clearly focused on the retina when accommodation of the eye is at a maximum.
- near-point — the point nearest the eye at which an object is clearly focused on the retina when accommodation of the eye is at a maximum.
- neotropics — Tropical America: the tropical areas of North, Central and South America; the tropics of the New World.
- nephrolith — a renal calculus; kidney stone.
- net profit — the actual profit made on a business transaction, sale, etc., or during a specific period of business activity, after deducting all costs from gross receipts.
- neutrophil — (of a cell or cell part) having an affinity for neutral dyes.
- nipplewort — a yellow-flowered plant, Lapsana communis, found in woods and on wasteland.
- nociceptor — A sensory receptor for painful stimuli.
- nonparties — Plural form of nonparty.