9-letter words containing t, o, p, e
- pyrometer — an apparatus for measuring high temperatures that uses the radiation emitted by a hot body as a basis for measurement.
- pyrometry — an apparatus for measuring high temperatures that uses the radiation emitted by a hot body as a basis for measurement.
- pythoness — a woman believed to be possessed by a soothsaying spirit, as the priestess of Apollo at Delphi.
- rantipole — wild, reckless, boisterous
- re-export — to export again, as imported goods.
- re-import — to import back into the country of exportation.
- reappoint — to name or assign to a position, an office, or the like; designate: to appoint a new treasurer; to appoint a judge to the bench.
- recaption — the taking back without violence of one's property or a member of one's family or household unlawfully in the possession or custody of another.
- receiptor — a person who receipts.
- reception — the act of receiving or the state of being received.
- recompact — to pack or join (something) closely together again
- recompute — to determine by calculation; reckon; calculate: to compute the period of Jupiter's revolution.
- redeposit — to place for safekeeping or in trust, especially in a bank account: He deposited his paycheck every Friday.
- reed stop — a set of reed pipes in a pipe organ.
- reoperate — to operate again (on the same thing as a previous operation)
- repertory — a type of theatrical presentation in which a company presents several works regularly or in alternate sequence in one season.
- repletion — the condition of being abundantly supplied or filled; fullness.
- replotted — a secret plan or scheme to accomplish some purpose, especially a hostile, unlawful, or evil purpose: a plot to overthrow the government.
- reportage — the act or technique of reporting news.
- reporting — an account or statement describing in detail an event, situation, or the like, usually as the result of observation, inquiry, etc.: a report on the peace conference; a medical report on the patient.
- reportion — a part of any whole, either separated from or integrated with it: I read a portion of the manuscript.
- repositor — any surgical instrument used for correcting the position of displaced organs or bones
- reprobate — a depraved, unprincipled, or wicked person: a drunken reprobate.
- reproject — something that is contemplated, devised, or planned; plan; scheme.
- reptation — a creeping motion; the act of crawling
- reptiloid — having the form or shape of a reptile
- rest stop — a stop made, as during a motor trip, to allow passengers to stretch their legs, use rest rooms, get refreshments, etc.
- retropack — a system of retrorockets on a spacecraft
- rheotrope — a device that reverses an electric current
- rotaplane — an aircraft that derives its lift from freely revolving rotor blades
- rotoscope — a projection device that allows images from live-action films to be traced to create an animated sequence
- route map — road plan showing where to go
- saponated — treated or combined with soap
- saprolite — soft, disintegrated, usually more or less decomposed rock remaining in its original place.
- scapegoat — a person or group made to bear the blame for others or to suffer in their place.
- scapolite — any of a group of minerals of variable composition, essentially silicates of aluminum, calcium, and sodium, occurring as massive aggregates or tetragonal crystals.
- scarpetto — a type of shoe traditionally worn by Alpine climbers
- sciophyte — any plant that grows best in the shade
- scope out — extent or range of view, outlook, application, operation, effectiveness, etc.: an investigation of wide scope.
- scopulate — broom-shaped; brushlike.
- screw top — (of a container) having a top that screws on.
- screw-top — (of a container) having a top that screws on.
- sellotape — clear sticking tape
- separator — a person or thing that separates.
- sepiolite — meerschaum (def 1).
- septation — a division between cavities or parts of an organism by partitions or septa
- septiform — sevenfold
- septimole — a group of seven musical notes to be played in the same space of time as either four or six
- serotypic — of or relating to a serotype
- set point — tennis: point that will win a set