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10-letter words containing t, o, e, y

  • protervity — petulance
  • protophyte — a single-celled plant of the class Protophyta
  • prototyper — An interface builder for the Macintosh from Smethers Barnes.
  • protoxylem — the part of the primary xylem that develops first, consisting of narrow, thin-walled cells.
  • proxy vote — a vote cast by a person's representative
  • pseudo-tty — (operating system)   Berkeley Unix networking device which appears to an application program as an ordinary terminal but which is in fact connected via the network to a process running on a different host or a windowing system. Pseudo-ttys have a slave half and a control half. The slave tty (/dev/ttyp*) is the device that user programs use and the control tty (/dev/ptyp*) is used by daemons to talk to the net.
  • psilophyte — any plant that is adapted to grow well in the dry savannah
  • pterylosis — the arrangement of feathers on a bird
  • ptolemy ii — (surnamed Philadelphus) 309?–247? b.c, king of Egypt 285–247? (son of Ptolemy I).
  • pulpectomy — the removal of all the pulp tissue in a tooth in the course of endodontic therapy.
  • pumy stone — a piece of pumice stone
  • pussy-toes — any of various woolly composite plants of the genus Antennaria, having small white or grayish flower heads.
  • pycnometer — a container used for determining the density of a liquid or powder, having a specific volume and often provided with a thermometer to indicate the temperature of the contained substance.
  • pycnostyle — having an intercolumniation of 1½ diameters.
  • pyrethroid — any of several synthetic compounds that are similar to but more persistent than natural pyrethrins.
  • pyretology — a discourse on fevers
  • pyroborate — borax1 .
  • pyrolusite — a common mineral, manganese dioxide, MnO 2 , the principal ore of manganese, used in various manufactures, as a decolorizer of brown or green tints in glass, and as a depolarizer in dry-cell batteries.
  • pyrolysate — a product of pyrolysis
  • pyrotechny — the art of making fireworks
  • pyroxenite — any rock composed essentially, or in large part, of pyroxene of any kind.
  • pyrrhotite — a common mineral, iron sulfide, approximately FeS but variable because of a partial absence of ferrous ions, occurring in massive and in crystal forms with a bronze color and metallic luster; magnetic pyrites: generally slightly magnetic.
  • pyrrophyte — any of various single-celled, biflagellated algae, of the phylum Pyrrophyta, especially the dinoflagellates.
  • pythogenic — originating from filth or putrescence.
  • qwertyuiop — Filler text.
  • ray floret — one of the marginal florets surrounding the disk of tubular florets in the flower heads of certain composite plants, as the daisy.
  • recreatory — refreshment by means of some pastime, agreeable exercise, or the like.
  • redemptory — of or relating to redemption; redemptive.
  • refractory — hard or impossible to manage; stubbornly disobedient: a refractory child.
  • regulatory — to control or direct by a rule, principle, method, etc.: to regulate household expenses.
  • reparatory — tending to repair; repairing; mending.
  • reportedly — according to report or rumor: Reportedly, he is a billionaire.
  • repository — a receptacle or place where things are deposited, stored, or offered for sale: a repository for discarded clothing.
  • resolutely — firmly resolved or determined; set in purpose or opinion: Her parents wanted her to marry, but she was focused on her education and remained resolute.
  • resonantly — resounding or echoing, as sounds: the resonant thundering of cannons being fired.
  • revelatory — of, relating to, or having the characteristics of revelation.
  • revocatory — revoking or tending to revoke; containing or expressing a revocation
  • rotary hoe — a cultivating implement consisting of a row of wheels each with many fingerlike prongs, pulled over the ground to break up the soil and destroy weeds.
  • roystering — roister.
  • roysterous — boisterous
  • sainte foy — a SW suburb of Quebec, on the St Lawrence River. Pop: 72 547 (2001)
  • saprophyte — any organism that lives on dead organic matter, as certain fungi and bacteria.
  • sclerotomy — incision into the sclera, as to extract foreign bodies.
  • sentry box — a small structure for sheltering a sentry from bad weather.
  • separatory — serving to separate.
  • septectomy — excision of part or all of a septum, especially the nasal septum.
  • set theory — the branch of mathematics that deals with relations between sets.
  • shellycoat — a mythical creature dressed in shells who haunts rivers and streams
  • siderocyte — an erythrocyte that contains iron in forms other than hematin.
  • six-storey — having six floors or storeys
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