10-letter words containing p, r, e, t
- 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.
- j particle — an early name for the J/psi particle.
- jasperated — Containing particles of jasper, mixed with jasper.
- jumper ant — bulldog ant.
- jumpmaster — a person who supervises the jumping of paratroopers or other parachutists.
- kapok tree — any of several tropical bombacaceous trees of the genus Ceiba, esp Ceiba pentandra, having seeds covered with silky hairs from which kapok is obtained
- karyotyped — Simple past tense and past participle of karyotype.
- karyotypes — Plural form of karyotype.
- keep track — a structure consisting of a pair of parallel lines of rails with their crossties, on which a railroad train, trolley, or the like runs.
- ketoprofen — A nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug, derived from propionic acid, that has analgesic and antipyretic effects and acts by inhibiting the body's production of prostaglandin.
- kipper tie — a very wide tie, often brightly coloured and patterned
- kleptocrat — a government official who is a thief or exploiter.
- krung thep — Bangkok
- kryptonate — (inorganic chemistry) To infuse a solid with krypton gas (especially with radioactive krypton-85).
- 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.
- laparotome — a cutting instrument for performing a laparotomy.
- lapse rate — the rate of decrease of atmospheric temperature with increase of elevation vertically above a given location.
- lapstrakes — Plural form of lapstrake.
- laser trap — a device in which atoms or particles are slowed by the use of lasers and then confined to a small region of space.
- 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.
- let it rip — If you let it rip, you do something forcefully and without trying to control yourself.
- limitrophe — (of a country or region) on or near a frontier
- list price — the price at which a product is usually sold to the public and from which a trade discount is computed by a wholesaler.
- liver pâté — pâté made from minced liver meat
- liver spot — a dark brown skin spot, usually caused by sun exposure
- livescript — JavaScript
- macrophyte — a plant, especially a marine plant, large enough to be visible to the naked eye.
- magstripes — Plural form of magstripe.
- map turtle — any of several aquatic turtles of the genus Graptemys, as G. geographica, of the eastern and central U.S., usually having yellow stripes on the head and neck.
- market cap — A market cap is the total market value of all the shares in a company.
- marprelate — Martin, the pen name of the anonymous author or authors of a series of satirical Puritan tracts (1588–89), attacking the bishops of the Church of England
- masspriest — a Roman Catholic priest
- masterplan — a general plan or program for achieving an objective.
- mastership — the office, function, or authority of a master.
- maupertuis — Pierre Louis Moreau de [pyer lwee maw-roh duh] /pyɛr lwi mɔˈroʊ də/ (Show IPA), 1698–1759, French mathematician, astronomer, and biologist.
- mckeesport — a city in SW Pennsylvania, near Pittsburgh.
- meatpacker — a person or company involved in the wholesale meat trade
- mecopteran — mecopterous.
- mentorship — a wise and trusted counselor or teacher.
- mercaptide — a metallic salt of a mercaptan.
- met report — a statement saying what the weather will be like the next day or for the next few days
- metacarpal — of or relating to the metacarpus.
- metacarpus — the part of a hand or forelimb, especially of its bony structure, included between the wrist, or carpus, and the fingers, or phalanges.
- 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).