10-letter words containing s, t, p
- petroleous — having or consisting of petroleum or an oil obtained from rock
- petroleuse — a female individual who uses petroleum to cause explosions or fires
- petrópolis — a city in SE Brazil, north of Rio de Janeiro: resort. Pop: 280 000 (2005 est)
- petrostate — a small oil-rich country in which institutions are weak and wealth and power are concentrated in the hands of a few
- pettedness — the condition of being petulant
- pettichaps — any of the warblers that belongs to the family Sylviinae
- petty cash — funds kept for minor expenses
- phalangist — a member of a Lebanese Christian paramilitary organization founded in 1936 and originally based on similar ideas to the fascist Falange in Spain
- phantasime — a person who is extremely imaginative and fanciful
- phantasize — to conceive fanciful or extravagant notions, ideas, suppositions, or the like (often followed by about): to fantasize about the ideal job.
- phantasmal — pertaining to or of the nature of a phantasm; unreal; illusory; spectral: phantasmal creatures of nightmare.
- phantasmic — pertaining to or of the nature of a phantasm; unreal; illusory; spectral: phantasmal creatures of nightmare.
- phantastry — a display of flamboyance or extravagance
- phantomish — resembling or reminiscent of a phantom
- pharmacist — a person licensed to prepare and dispense drugs and medicines; druggist; apothecary; pharmaceutical chemist.
- phd thesis — a research thesis written and submitted by a student wishing to be awarded a PhD
- pheasantry — a place where pheasants are bred or are kept together
- phenocryst — any of the conspicuous crystals in a porphyritic rock.
- phenoplast — phenolic resin.
- phenotypes — the observable constitution of an organism.
- philistian — an ancient country on the E coast of the Mediterranean.
- philistine — (sometimes initial capital letter) a person who is lacking in or hostile or smugly indifferent to cultural values, intellectual pursuits, aesthetic refinement, etc., or is contentedly commonplace in ideas and tastes.
- phlogistic — Pathology. inflammatory.
- phlogiston — a nonexistent chemical that, prior to the discovery of oxygen, was thought to be released during combustion.
- phosgenite — a mineral, lead chlorocarbonate, Pb 2 Cl 2 CO 3 , occurring in crystals.
- phosphatic — of, relating to, or containing phosphates: phosphatic slag.
- phosphuret — a phosphate
- photocells — a solid-state device that converts light into electrical energy by producing a voltage, as in a photovoltaic cell, or uses light to regulate the flow of current, as in a photoconductive cell: used in automatic control systems for doors, lighting, etc.
- photoflash — flashbulb.
- photolyses — the chemical decomposition of materials under the influence of light.
- photolysis — the chemical decomposition of materials under the influence of light.
- photonasty — a nastic movement in response to a change in light intensity
- photophase — a phase of light in a cycle of light and dark
- photoshoot — a session in which a photographer takes pictures of someone for publication
- photostory — photo essay.
- phototaxis — movement of an organism toward or away from a source of light.
- phototonus — the normal condition of sensitiveness to light in organisms or their organs.
- phragmites — any of several tall grasses of the genus Phragmites, having plumed heads, growing in marshy areas, especially the common reed P. australis (or P. communis).
- phthisical — pertaining to, of the nature of, or affected by phthisis.
- physiatric — physical medicine.
- physiocrat — one of a school of political economists who followed Quesnay in holding that an inherent natural order properly governed society, regarding land as the basis of wealth and taxation, and advocating a laissez-faire economy.
- physiotype — the set of physical features that make a person or organism different from others.
- phytoplasm — protoplasm of a plant or plants.
- pianistics — (used with a singular verb) the art or practice of playing the piano.
- piatigorsk — a city in the SW Russian Federation in Europe, in Caucasia.
- piccoloist — a person who plays the piccolo.
- pictorials — pertaining to, expressed in, or of the nature of a picture.
- picturised — to represent in a picture, especially in a motion picture; make a picture of.
- piesporter — any of various white wines from the area around the village of Piesport in the Moselle valley in Germany
- pigsticker — to hunt for wild boar, usually on horseback and using a spear.