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

  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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
  • purgatives — purging or cleansing, especially by causing evacuation of the bowels.
  • puritanism — the principles and practices of the Puritans.
  • pursuivant — a heraldic officer of the lowest class, ranking below a herald.
  • 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.
  • quikscript — Simulation language derived from SIMSCRIPT, based on 20-GATE.
  • quivertips — Plural form of quivertip.
  • reptilious — like a reptile, resembling or characteristic of a reptile
  • resumption — the act of resuming; a reassumption, as of something previously granted.
  • resumptive — that summarizes: a resumptive statement.
  • resupinate — bent backward.
  • rupestrian — made or found on cave walls or rocks
  • rupestrine — living or growing on or among rocks.
  • scriptural — (sometimes initial capital letter) of, relating to, or in accordance with sacred writings, especially the Scriptures.
  • spermatium — Botany. the nonmotile male gamete of a red alga.
  • spherulite — a rounded aggregate of radiating crystals found in obsidian and other glassy igneous rocks.
  • spirit gum — a glue used in fastening false hair, as a beard or mustache, to an actor's skin.
  • spirituals — of, relating to, or consisting of spirit; incorporeal.
  • spirituous — containing, of the nature of, or pertaining to alcohol; alcoholic.
  • sprightful — sprightly.
  • spuriosity — something spurious
  • sputtering — the act or sound of sputtering.
  • strepitous — boisterous; noisy.
  • strip club — strip joint.
  • stupration — an act of ravishing or a violation
  • subprimate — a primitive variety of primate
  • 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).
  • subtropics — the region lying between the tropics and temperate lands
  • superation — the action or process of superating, overcoming or surpassing
  • superbitch — an exceptionally spiteful woman, a very bitchy person
  • superelite — (often used with a plural verb) the choice or best of anything considered collectively, as of a group or class of persons.
  • supergiant — Astronomy. supergiant star.
  • superlight — extremely light
  • superpaint — (graphics)   A pioneering graphics program and framebuffer computer system developed by Richard Shoup at Xerox PARC. Design started in 1972 and the system produced its first stable image in April 1973. SuperPaint was one of the first computers used for creative work, video editing and animation, all which would become major sections within the entertainment industry and major components of industrial design. SuperPaint had a graphical user interface and could capture images from video input or combine them with digital data. SuperPaint was the first program with features such as changing hue, saturation and value, a colour palette, custom polygons and lines, virtual paintbrushes and pencils, auto-filling of images and anti-aliasing.
  • superthick — extremely thick
  • supertight — extremely tight
  • supertitle — (especially in opera production) a translation of a segment of the libretto or other text or sometimes a brief summary of the plot projected onto a screen above the stage during a performance.
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