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

  • the pamirs — a mountainous area of central Asia, mainly in Tajikistan and partly in Kyrgyzstan, extending into China and Afghanistan: consists of a complex of high ranges, from which the Tian Shan projects to the north, the Kunlun and Karakoram to the east, and the Hindu Kush to the west; Ismoil Somoni (formerly Communism Peak) is situated in the Tajik Pamirs. Highest peak: Kongur Shan, 7719 m (25 326 ft)
  • the papers — newspapers
  • the parcae — the Roman goddesses of fate
  • the prince — a treatise on statecraft (1513) by Niccolò Machiavelli.
  • the purple — high rank; nobility
  • the spirit — Holy Spirit
  • the-prince — a treatise on statecraft (1513) by Niccolò Machiavelli.
  • theftproof — safe from theft.
  • theme park — an amusement park in which landscaping, buildings, and attractions are based on one or more specific themes, as jungle wildlife, fairy tales, or the Old West.
  • 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.
  • therophyte — a plant living only one year or one growing season.
  • thesprotia — an ancient coastal district in SW Epirus.
  • three-peat — to win a third consecutive victory.
  • three-spot — a playing card, an upward face of a die, or a domino half bearing three pips.
  • threepence — (used with a singular or plural verb) British. a sum of three pennies.
  • threepenny — of the amount or value of threepence.
  • thrippence — threepence.
  • throw open — to open completely and suddenly
  • thruppence — threepence.
  • timekeeper — a person or thing that keeps time.
  • tin opener — gadget for opening cans
  • tocopherol — one of several alcohols that constitute the dietary factor known as vitamin E, occurring in wheat-germ oil, lettuce or spinach leaves, egg yolk, etc.
  • tollkeeper — the collector at a tollgate.
  • toolpusher — a foreman who supervises drilling operations on an oil rig
  • top drawer — the highest level in rank, excellence, or importance: a musician strictly out of the top drawer.
  • top loader — a machine or appliance, as a washing machine, loaded and unloaded through an opening in the top (distinguished from front loader).
  • top secret — highly confidential, restricted
  • top timber — a timber forming the upper, straighter portion of a frame in a wooden hull.
  • top-drawer — the highest level in rank, excellence, or importance: a musician strictly out of the top drawer.
  • top-hamper — the light upper sails and their gear and spars, sometimes used to refer to all spars and gear above the deck.
  • top-loader — a washing machine with a horizontal door in its top rather than a vertical one in its front
  • top-ranked — A top-ranked sports player or team is the most successful player or team in a particular sport.
  • top-secret — bearing the classification top-secret, the highest level of classified information.
  • 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
  • torpedoman — a petty officer or warrant officer responsible for the maintenance, use, and repair of underwater weapons and equipment.
  • torpescent — becoming torpid
  • touchpaper — paper saturated with potassium nitrate to make it burn slowly, used for igniting explosives and fireworks.
  • 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.
  • transpired — to occur; happen; take place.
  • transpires — to occur; happen; take place.
  • transputer — A transputer is a type of fast powerful microchip.
  • transshape — to change shape
  • trap house — a shelter from which the clay pigeons are released in trapshooting.
  • trapessing — to walk over; tramp: to traipse the fields.
  • trappiness — the state of being trappy
  • trash heap — a heap of rubbish or garbage
  • travel rep — A travel rep is the same as a holiday rep.
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