10-letter words containing s, t, p
- postscript — a paragraph, phrase, etc., added to a letter that has already been concluded and signed by the writer.
- postseason — one of the four periods of the year (spring, summer, autumn, and winter), beginning astronomically at an equinox or solstice, but geographically at different dates in different climates.
- poststrike — of or relating to the period after a (workers) strike
- posttibial — Anatomy. the inner of the two bones of the leg, that extend from the knee to the ankle and articulate with the femur and the talus; shinbone.
- postulance — the period or state of being a postulant, especially in a religious order.
- postulancy — the period or state of being a postulant, especially in a religious order.
- postulator — a priest who presents a plea for a beatification or the canonization of a beatus. Compare devil's advocate (def 2).
- postulatum — a postulate
- posturized — to posture; pose.
- pot cheese — cottage cheese.
- potsticker — a pan-fried and steamed Chinese dumpling with a ground meat or vegetable filling.
- pottsville — a city in E Pennsylvania.
- power list — a list (esp one published in a newspaper, magazine, etc) of the most influential or successful people in a particular field or a particular country
- practicers — habitual or customary performance; operation: office practice.
- practisant — a conspirator; someone who plots or schemes
- practising — habitual or customary performance; operation: office practice.
- praepostor — a senior student at an English public school who is given authority over other students.
- praetorius — Michael (Michael Schultheiss) 1571–1621, German composer, organist, and theorist.
- pragmatics — pragmatic sanction.
- pragmatism — character or conduct that emphasizes practicality.
- pragmatist — a person who is oriented toward the success or failure of a particular line of action, thought, etc.; a practical person.
- praxiteles — flourished c350 b.c, Greek sculptor.
- pre-easter — an annual Christian festival in commemoration of the resurrection of Jesus Christ, observed on the first Sunday after the first full moon after the vernal equinox, as calculated according to tables based in Western churches on the Gregorian calendar and in Orthodox churches on the Julian calendar.
- preaseptic — pertaining to the period before the use of aseptic practices in surgery.
- prebiotics — natural substances in some foods that encourage the growth of healthy bacteria in the gut
- precedents — Law. a legal decision or form of proceeding serving as an authoritative rule or pattern in future similar or analogous cases.
- preciosity — fastidious or carefully affected refinement, as in language, style, or taste.
- predeposit — to place for safekeeping or in trust, especially in a bank account: He deposited his paycheck every Friday.
- predescent — the act, process, or fact of moving from a higher to a lower position. Synonyms: falling, sinking; fall, drop.
- predestine — to destine in advance; foreordain; predetermine: He seemed predestined for the ministry.
- predestiny — predestination; pre-determined destiny
- prefascist — relating to fascist leanings before Fascism was founded in 1919
- preharvest — Also, harvesting. the gathering of crops.
- prehistory — human history in the period before recorded events, known mainly through archaeological discoveries, study, research, etc.; history of prehistoric humans.
- premoisten — to moisten beforehand
- prepositor — praepostor.
- prerequest — the act of asking for something to be given or done, especially as a favor or courtesy; solicitation or petition: At his request, they left.
- presbytery — a body of presbyters or elders.
- presbytism — the condition of being affected by presbyopia
- presential — present, or implying actual presence
- presenting — to furnish or endow with a gift or the like, especially by formal act: to present someone with a gold watch.
- presentism — a partiality towards present-day points of view, esp by those interpreting history
- presentist — a person who maintains that the prophecies in the Apocalypse are now being fulfilled. Compare futurist, preterist (def 1).
- presentive — notional (def 7).
- press stud — snap fastener.
- press time — the time at which a pressrun begins, especially that of a newspaper.
- prestamped — stamped in advance
- prestation — a payment in money or in services.
- presternal — Anatomy. manubrium.
- presternum — Anatomy. manubrium.