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10-letter words containing t, i, e, u, p

  • septuagint — the oldest Greek version of the Old Testament, traditionally said to have been translated by 70 or 72 Jewish scholars at the request of Ptolemy II: most scholars believe that only the Pentateuch was completed in the early part of the 3rd century b.c. and that the remaining books were translated in the next two centuries.
  • setting-up — the establishment or creation of something
  • setup file — a file needed to set up or install a computer program
  • space suit — outfit worn by astronaut
  • 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.
  • spiculated — covered with spicules or needle-like
  • spissitude — compactness
  • spittlebug — the nymph of the froghopper, which surrounds itself with a frothy mass.
  • sputtering — the act or sound of sputtering.
  • stipulated — to make an express demand or arrangement as a condition of agreement (often followed by for).
  • strepitous — boisterous; noisy.
  • stuck pipe — Stuck pipe happens when part of the drillpipe cannot be turned or moved up or down.
  • stupefying — to put into a state of little or no sensibility; benumb the faculties of; put into a stupor.
  • stupidness — lacking ordinary quickness and keenness of mind; dull.
  • subhepatic — of or relating to the liver.
  • subpontine — of or relating to the Pontine Marshes.
  • 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).
  • sulphatise — to convert into a sulfate, as by the roasting of ores.
  • 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.
  • supertonic — the second tone of a diatonic scale, being the next above the tonic.
  • supertwist — the effect of twisting light rays to produce a high-resolution liquid crystal display
  • suppertime — the time at which supper is served, usually between the hours of 5 and 7 p.m.
  • suppletion — the use in inflection or derivation of an allomorph that is not related in form to the primary allomorph of a morpheme, as the use of better as the comparative of good.
  • suppletive — serving as an inflected form of a word with a totally different stem, as went, the suppletive past of go.
  • supplicate — to pray humbly; make humble and earnest entreaty or petition.
  • supportive — giving support.
  • suretyship — the relationship between the surety, the principal debtor, and the creditor.
  • susceptive — receptive.
  • suscipient — a recipient
  • suspecting — to believe to be guilty, false, counterfeit, undesirable, defective, bad, etc., with little or no proof: to suspect a person of murder.
  • tepidarium — a warm room in Roman baths
  • the pulpit — the preaching of the Christian message
  • theophilus — a walled plain in the 4th quadrant of the face of the moon: about 65 miles (105 km) in diameter.
  • thumbpiece — a lever over the hinge on the lid of a tankard, pressed by the thumb to raise the lid.
  • tighten up — fasten more securely
  • trickle-up — noting or pertaining to the theory that monetary benefits directed toward small businesses and the poor will gradually pass up to big business and the rich.
  • tripehound — an objectionable person
  • tripterous — three-winged; having three wings or winglike expansions.
  • tripudiate — to dance for joy
  • triumphery — a triumvir
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