0%

10-letter words containing p, r, e, t, i, o

  • 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.
  • supportive — giving support.
  • telecopier — a fax machine
  • teliospore — a spore of certain rust fungi, which carries the fungus through the winter and which, on germination, produces the promycelium.
  • tetraploid — having a chromosome number that is four times the basic or haploid number.
  • tetrapolis — a conglomeration of four cities
  • 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.
  • tin opener — gadget for opening cans
  • top timber — a timber forming the upper, straighter portion of a frame in a wooden hull.
  • 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
  • trail rope — a guide rope on an aerostat.
  • trampoline — a sheet, usually of canvas, attached by resilient cords or springs to a horizontal frame several feet above the floor, used by acrobats and gymnasts as a springboard in tumbling.
  • triniscope — an early television with three tubes projecting the three primary colours
  • tripehound — an objectionable person
  • tripterous — three-winged; having three wings or winglike expansions.
  • tropaeolin — any of a number of orange or yellow azo dyes of complex molecular structure.
  • trophesial — involving or relating to trophesy
  • turcophile — a person who favors or admires Turkey, Turkish customs, or Turks.
  • turkophile — a person who favors or admires Turkey, Turkish customs, or Turks.
  • unprofited — lacking profit or gain
  • voice part — the melody or succession of tones for one of the voices or instruments in a harmonic or concerted composition.
  • voiceprint — a graphic representation of a person's voice, showing the component frequencies as analyzed by a sound spectrograph.
  • waitperson — a waiter or waitress.
  • wristphone — A mobile phone that is built into a wristwatch.
  • xenotropic — (of a virus) able to replicate only in a different animal species from the host
  • xerophytic — (botany) Of, pertaining to, or being a xerophyte.
  • zero point — the point on a scale that denotes zero and from which positive and negative readings can be made
Was this page helpful?
Yes No
Thank you for your feedback! Tell your friends about this page
Tell us why?