10-letter words containing t, a, p, i, r
- propitiate — to make favorably inclined; appease; conciliate.
- proplastid — a plant cell organelle that a plastid develops from
- prostatism — symptoms of prostate disorder, especially obstructed urination, arising from benign enlargement or chronic disease of the prostate gland.
- protanopia — a defect of vision in which the retina fails to respond to red or green.
- proteanism — readily assuming different forms or characters; extremely variable.
- proteinase — any of a group of enzymes that are capable of hydrolyzing proteins.
- protistans — any of various one-celled organisms, classified in the kingdom Protista, that are either free-living or aggregated into simple colonies and that have diverse reproductive and nutritional modes, including the protozoans, eukaryotic algae, and slime molds: some classification schemes also include the fungi and the more primitive bacteria and blue-green algae or may distribute the organisms between the kingdoms Plantae and Animalia according to dominant characteristics.
- protogenia — the first woman born after the great flood of Zeus, daughter of Deucalion and Pyrrha.
- provitamin — a substance that an organism can transform into a vitamin, as carotene, which is converted to vitamin A in the liver.
- prudential — of, pertaining to, characterized by, or resulting from prudence.
- psalterian — psalm-like
- psalterium — the omasum.
- psychiatry — the practice or science of diagnosing and treating mental disorders.
- 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
- pursuivant — a heraldic officer of the lowest class, ranking below a herald.
- pyatigorsk — a city in the SW Russian Federation in Europe, in Caucasia.
- pyramidist — an expert in the structure and history of the Egyptian pyramids
- pyromantic — divination by fire, or by forms appearing in fire.
- quintipara — A female that has borne five offspring.
- radiophoto — an image created by radio waves rather than light
- rain-swept — A rain-swept place is a place where it is raining heavily.
- rap artist — singer who performs rap music
- rapid city — a city in SW South Dakota.
- rapidwrite — (language, tool) A method for translating set of abbreviations into the much more verbose COBOL code.
- rapier wit — ability to deliver witty and cutting remarks
- rat poison — substance toxic to rodents
- re-baptism — a new or second baptism
- re-baptize — to baptize (someone) again
- readoption — the adoption of something or someone again
- redispatch — to send off or away with speed, as a messenger, telegram, body of troops, etc.
- repaginate — to indicate the sequence of pages in (a book, manuscript, etc.) by placing numbers or other characters on each leaf; to number the pages of.
- repair kit — a set of items, instructions, etc designed to assist with the repair of a specific thing
- reparation — the making of amends for wrong or injury done: reparation for an injustice.
- reparative — tending to repair; repairing; mending.
- repatriate — to bring or send back (a person, especially a prisoner of war, a refugee, etc.) to his or her country or land of citizenship.
- replanting — to plant again.
- replicator — Any construct that acts to produce copies of itself; this could be a living organism, an idea (see meme), a program (see quine, worm, wabbit, fork bomb, and virus), a pattern in a cellular automaton (see life), or (speculatively) a robot or nanobot. It is even claimed by some that Unix and C are the symbiotic halves of an extremely successful replicator; see Unix conspiracy.
- reputation — the estimation in which a person or thing is held, especially by the community or the public generally; repute: a man of good reputation.
- reputative — reputed, putative, regarded as such
- respirator — a masklike device, usually of gauze, worn over the mouth, or nose and mouth, to prevent the inhalation of noxious substances or the like.
- resupinate — bent backward.
- rhapsodist — a person who rhapsodizes.
- rupestrian — made or found on cave walls or rocks
- satin spar — a fibrous variety of gypsum having a silky luster, used as a gem.
- scriptoria — a room, as in a monastery, library, or other institution, where manuscripts are stored, read, or copied.
- scriptural — (sometimes initial capital letter) of, relating to, or in accordance with sacred writings, especially the Scriptures.
- separation — an act or instance of separating or the state of being separated.