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10-letter words containing r, i, t, u

  • pot liquor — Midland and Southern U.S. the broth in which meat or vegetables, as salt pork or greens, have been cooked.
  • pour it on — to flatter profusely
  • pour point — the lowest temperature at which a substance will flow under given conditions.
  • praetorium — (in Roman history) the headquarters or residence of a Roman official, governor or military commander
  • praetorius — Michael (Michael Schultheiss) 1571–1621, German composer, organist, and theorist.
  • precaution — a measure taken in advance to avert possible evil or to secure good results.
  • prefixture — something used or added as a prefix
  • prenuptial — before marriage.
  • productile — capable of being lengthened out; extensile.
  • production — the act of producing; creation; manufacture.
  • productive — having the power of producing; generative; creative: a productive effort.
  • profundity — the quality or state of being profound; depth.
  • promethium — a rare-earth, metallic, trivalent element. Symbol: Pm; atomic number: 61.
  • propertius — Sextus [seks-tuh s] /ˈsɛks təs/ (Show IPA), c50–c15 b.c, Roman poet.
  • propitious — presenting favorable conditions; favorable: propitious weather.
  • propositus — Law. the person from whom a line of descent is derived on a genealogical table.
  • prosciutto — salted ham that has been cured by drying, always sliced paper-thin for serving.
  • prostitute — a woman who engages in sexual intercourse for money; whore; harlot.
  • prostomium — the unsegmented, preoral portion of the head of certain lower invertebrates.
  • proteinous — Biochemistry. any of numerous, highly varied organic molecules constituting a large portion of the mass of every life form and necessary in the diet of all animals and other nonphotosynthesizing organisms, composed of 20 or more amino acids linked in a genetically controlled linear sequence into one or more long polypeptide chains, the final shape and other properties of each protein being determined by the side chains of the amino acids and their chemical attachments: proteins include such specialized forms as collagen for supportive tissue, hemoglobin for transport, antibodies for immune defense, and enzymes for metabolism.
  • protruding — to project.
  • protrusile — capable of being thrust forth or extended, as the tongue of a hummingbird.
  • protrusion — the act of protruding or the state of being protruded.
  • protrusive — projecting or protuberant; thrusting forward, upward, or outward.
  • prudential — of, pertaining to, characterized by, or resulting from prudence.
  • prudentius — Aurelius Clemens (ɔːˈriːlɪəs ˈklɛmɛnz). 348–410 ad, Latin Christian poet, born in Spain. His works include the allegory Psychomachia
  • psalterium — the omasum.
  • pulsimeter — an instrument for measuring the strength or quickness of the pulse.
  • pultrusion — a process for manufacturing reinforced plastic products in which a bundle of glass fibres is pulled through a resin bath and then through a heated die to shape the resin
  • punctiform — shaped like or of the nature of a point or dot.
  • puntillero — (in bullfighting) a worker, or assistant, who gives the coup de grâce to the fallen bull with a puntilla.
  • purgatives — purging or cleansing, especially by causing evacuation of the bowels.
  • purgatoire — a river in SE Colorado, flowing NE to the Arkansas River. 186 miles (299 km) long.
  • puritanism — the principles and practices of the Puritans.
  • puritanize — to (cause to) behave like a puritan
  • purporting — to present, especially deliberately, the appearance of being; profess or claim, often falsely: a document purporting to be official.
  • pursuivant — a heraldic officer of the lowest class, ranking below a herald.
  • put in for — to request or apply for
  • putrescine — a colourless crystalline amine produced by decaying animal matter; 1,4-diaminobutane. Formula: H2N(CH2)4NH2
  • pyrolusite — a common mineral, manganese dioxide, MnO 2 , the principal ore of manganese, used in various manufactures, as a decolorizer of brown or green tints in glass, and as a depolarizer in dry-cell batteries.
  • quad right — (in computer typesetting) flush right.
  • quadrantic — Of, pertaining to, or affecting a quadrant.
  • quadrantid — any member of a meteor shower occurring annually around January 3 and appearing to radiate from a point in the constellation Boötes
  • quadratics — a quadratic polynomial or equation.
  • quadrating — Present participle of quadrate.
  • quadratrix — a curve by which a curved figure, such as a circle, may be squared
  • quadrisect — to divide (something) into four equal parts.
  • quantifier — Logic. an expression, as “all” or “some,” that indicates the quantity of a proposition. Compare existential quantifier, universal quantifier.
  • quarantine — a strict isolation imposed to prevent the spread of disease.
  • quartation — the adding of silver to a mixture of gold and silver until the ratio is about one to three, at which point the silver can be removed using nitric acid
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