10-letter words containing s, t, p
- prestorage — occurring before storage
- prestretch — to draw out or extend (oneself, a body, limbs, wings, etc.) to the full length or extent (often followed by out): to stretch oneself out on the ground.
- presweeten — to sweeten in advance
- presystole — Physiology. the normal rhythmical contraction of the heart, during which the blood in the chambers is forced onward. Compare diastole.
- pretension — the laying of a claim to something.
- pretensive — pretentious
- prettiness — pleasing or attractive to the eye, as by delicacy or gracefulness: a pretty face.
- price list — a list giving the prices of items for sale.
- prick-post — (in a framed structure) a secondary post, as a queen post.
- priestfish — blue rockfish.
- priesthood — the condition or office of a priest.
- priestling — a small or insignificant priest
- prime cost — that part of the cost of a commodity deriving from the labor and materials directly utilized in its manufacture.
- print shop — a shop where prints or graphics are sold.
- printworks — (used with a singular or plural verb) a factory that prints textiles or other materials.
- prioritise — to arrange or do in order of priority: learning to prioritize our assignments.
- prismatoid — a polyhedron having its vertices lying on two parallel planes.
- pristinely — in a pristine manner
- prize list — a list of winners of a prize or prizes
- pro-soviet — (before the revolution) any governmental council. (after the revolution) a local council, originally elected only by manual workers, with certain powers of local administration. (after the revolution) a higher council elected by a local council, being part of a hierarchy of soviets culminating in the Supreme Soviet.
- probiotics — a therapeutic treatment involving the ingestion of harmless bacteria
- problemist — someone who composes and solves problems, esp in chess or mathematics
- procrustes — a robber who stretched or amputated the limbs of travelers to make them conform to the length of his bed. He was killed by Theseus.
- profascist — a person who believes in or sympathizes with fascism.
- profitless — Often, profits. pecuniary gain resulting from the employment of capital in any transaction. Compare gross profit, net profit. the ratio of such pecuniary gain to the amount of capital invested. returns, proceeds, or revenue, as from property or investments.
- profitwise — from the point of view of profit
- proglottis — one of the segments or joints of a tapeworm, containing complete reproductive systems, usually both male and female.
- prognostic — of or relating to prognosis.
- prometheus — a Titan, the father of Deucalion and brother of Atlas and Epimetheus, who taught humankind various arts and was sometimes said to have shaped humans out of clay and endowed them with the spark of life. For having stolen fire from Olympus and given it to humankind in defiance of Zeus, he was chained to a rock where an eagle daily tore at his liver, until he was finally released by Hercules.
- promptness — done, performed, delivered, etc., at once or without delay: a prompt reply.
- propagates — to cause (an organism) to multiply by any process of natural reproduction from the parent stock.
- propensity — a natural inclination or tendency: a propensity to drink too much.
- properties — that which a person owns; the possession or possessions of a particular owner: They lost all their property in the fire.
- propertius — Sextus [seks-tuh s] /ˈsɛks təs/ (Show IPA), c50–c15 b.c, Roman poet.
- prophetess — a woman who speaks for God or a deity, or by divine inspiration.
- propitious — presenting favorable conditions; favorable: propitious weather.
- proplastid — a plant cell organelle that a plastid develops from
- 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.
- prosecting — to dissect (a cadaver or part) for anatomical demonstration.
- prosecutor — Law. prosecuting attorney. a person, as a complainant or chief witness, instigating prosecution in a criminal proceeding.
- prosilient — prominent
- prospected — Usually, prospects. an apparent probability of advancement, success, profit, etc. the outlook for the future: good business prospects.
- prospector — Usually, prospects. an apparent probability of advancement, success, profit, etc. the outlook for the future: good business prospects.
- prospectus — a document describing the major features of a proposed literary work, project, business venture, etc., in enough detail so that prospective investors, participants, or buyers may evaluate it: Don't buy the new stock offering until you read the prospectus carefully.
- prosperity — a successful, flourishing, or thriving condition, especially in financial respects; good fortune.
- prostatism — symptoms of prostate disorder, especially obstructed urination, arising from benign enlargement or chronic disease of the prostate gland.
- prosternum — the ventral sclerite of the prothorax of an insect.
- prostheses — a device, either external or implanted, that substitutes for or supplements a missing or defective part of the body.
- prosthesis — a device, either external or implanted, that substitutes for or supplements a missing or defective part of the body.