10-letter words containing r, e, s, o, t, i
- stringendo — to be performed with increasing speed
- strobilate — to undergo strobilation
- strobiline — of or relating to a strobilus
- stromateid — any of numerous small marine fishes of the family Stromateidae, having a laterally compressed body and an expanded muscular esophagus, often lined with teeth.
- strophiole — a small growth on some plants' seeds
- sub-editor — A sub-editor is a person whose job it is to check and correct articles in newspapers or magazines before they are printed.
- 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).
- subroutine — an instruction sequence in a machine or assembly language program that can be prewritten and referred to as often as needed. Compare procedure (def 4a).
- 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.
- surjection — onto function.
- swinnerton — Frank (Arthur) 1884–1982, English novelist and critic.
- switcheroo — an unexpected or sudden change or reversal in attitude, character, position, action, etc.
- switchover — the act or process of changing from one power source, system, etc., to another.
- teliospore — a spore of certain rust fungi, which carries the fungus through the winter and which, on germination, produces the promycelium.
- tendrilous — a threadlike, leafless organ of climbing plants, often growing in spiral form, which attaches itself to or twines round some other body, so as to support the plant.
- tenebrious — dark; gloomy; obscure.
- tetrapolis — a conglomeration of four cities
- the minors — the minor leagues, esp. in baseball
- theocritus — flourished c270 b.c, Greek poet.
- theoretics — the theoretical or speculative part of a science or subject.
- thermistor — a resistor whose action depends upon changes of its resistance material with changes in temperature.
- thermotics — the scientific study of heat
- thesprotia — an ancient coastal district in SW Epirus.
- thimerosal — a cream-colored, crystalline, water-soluble powder, C 9 H 9 HgNaO 2 S, used chiefly as an antiseptic.
- toiletries — any article or preparation used in cleaning or grooming oneself, as soap or deodorant.
- tolu resin — tolu.
- tom cruise — Tom (Thomas Cruise Mapother, 4th) born 1962, U.S. film actor.
- toric lens — a lens used to correct astigmatism, having one of its surfaces shaped like part of a torus so that its focal lengths are different in different meridians
- torpedoist — a person in favour of the use of torpedoes or a person knowledgeable about torpedoes
- traditores — an early Christian who betrayed other Christians at the time of the Roman persecutions.
- traitoress — a female traitor
- trichinose — to infest with parasitic worms (trichinae)
- tricostate — having three ribs, costae, or raised lines.
- tricoteuse — a woman who knits, with reference to women who sat and witnessed the public executions taking place during the French Revolution
- triniscope — an early television with three tubes projecting the three primary colours
- trioecious — of or relating to a species having male, female, and hermaphrodite flowers on different plants.
- tripterous — three-winged; having three wings or winglike expansions.
- trisection — to divide into three parts, especially into three equal parts.
- triskelion — a symbolic figure consisting of three legs, arms, or branches radiating from a common center, as the device of Sicily and the Isle of Man.
- triticeous — used to refer to specific small rounded structures of tissue or cartilage, resembling grains of wheat, sometimes found in the area near the larynx and the base of the tongue
- trophesial — involving or relating to trophesy
- trotskyite — a supporter of Trotsky or Trotskyism.
- trousering — any cloth suitable for trousers
- tuberosity — a rough projection or protuberance of a bone, as for the attachment of a muscle.
- two rivers — a city in E Wisconsin.
- two-suiter — a suitcase designed to hold two suits and additional smaller items.
- tyrosinase — an oxidizing enzyme, occurring in plant and animal tissues, that catalyzes the aerobic oxidation of tyrosine into melanin and other pigments.
- uncloister — to free from confinement of any kind