10-letter words containing t, y, p, e
- 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.
- redemptory — of or relating to redemption; redemptive.
- rent party — (especially during the Great Depression) a party with music and dancing, given to raise money for the host's rent by collecting a contribution from each guest.
- reparatory — tending to repair; repairing; mending.
- repeatedly — done, made, or said again and again: repeated attempts.
- repentigny — a town in S Quebec, in E Canada: suburb of Montreal.
- 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.
- safety pin — pin with covered point
- safety-pin — to secure or affix with a safety pin: to safety-pin a child's mittens to his coat sleeve.
- saprophyte — any organism that lives on dead organic matter, as certain fungi and bacteria.
- separately — to keep apart or divide, as by an intervening barrier or space: to separate two fields by a fence.
- separatory — serving to separate.
- septectomy — excision of part or all of a septum, especially the nasal septum.
- sit pretty — to rest with the body supported by the buttocks or thighs; be seated.
- sixtypenny — noting a nail 6 inches (15 cm) long. Abbreviation: 60d.
- skytrooper — a paratrooper.
- somatotype — (of humans) physical type; physique.
- spare tyre — A spare tyre is a wheel with a tyre on it that you keep in your car in case you get a flat tyre and need to replace one of your wheels.
- speciality — specialty.
- speciosity — the quality or state of being specious.
- spectrally — of or relating to a specter; ghostly; phantom.
- sperrylite — a mineral, platinum arsenide, PtAs 2 , occurring in minute tin-white crystals, usually cubes: a minor ore of platinum.
- sphericity — a spherical state or form.
- spherocyte — an abnormal blood cell
- spinsterly — relating to or resembling a spinster
- spirometry — an instrument for determining the capacity of the lungs.
- splay-feet — a broad, flat foot, especially one turned outward.
- sporocytes — a diploid cell in certain spore-bearing plants, as liverworts, that produces four haploid spores through meiosis; a spore mother cell.
- sporophyte — the form of a plant in the alternation of generations that produces asexual spores.
- spycatcher — a person who works in counterintelligence to detect enemy espionage activities
- staphyline — having a form resembling a bunch of grapes
- stay-press — (of fabric or clothing) treated so as to retain a freshly ironed look after washing.
- stenotyper — a machine with a keyboard for recording speeches or dictation in phonetic shorthand
- stepfamily — a family composed of a parent, a stepparent, and a child or children by a previous marriage.
- stereotype — a process, now often replaced by more advanced methods, for making metal printing plates by taking a mold of composed type or the like in papier-mâché or other material and then taking from this mold a cast in type metal.
- stereotypy — the stereotype process.
- strathspey — a slow Scottish dance in quadruple meter.