10-letter words containing u, p, t, e
- enraptures — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of enrapture.
- epaulement — a construction to protect troops from attack
- epauletted — Alternative form of epauleted.
- epaulettes — Plural form of epaulette.
- epicanthus — (anatomy) A skin fold of the upper eyelid, typical to East Asians.
- epicentrum — the focus of an earthquake
- epicuticle — The thin, waxy, protective outer layer covering the surfaces of some plants, fungi, insects, and other arthropods.
- episternum — (anatomy) The upper segment of the sternum.
- epithelium — The thin tissue forming the outer layer of a body’s surface and lining the alimentary canal and other hollow structures.
- éprouvette — a device for assessing the strength of gunpowder
- equiparate — equivalent
- equipments — (nonstandard) Plural form of equipment.
- equipotent — (chiefly of chemicals and medicines) equally powerful; having equal potencies.
- eruptional — relating to volcanic eruption
- eucalyptol — a colourless oily liquid with a camphor-like odour and a spicy taste; it is obtained from eucalyptus oil and used in perfumery and as a flavouring. Formula: C10H18O
- eucalyptus — A fast-growing evergreen Australasian tree that has been widely introduced elsewhere . It is valued for its timber, oil, gum, and resin, and as an ornamental tree.
- eupatorium — (botany) Any of the genus Eupatorium of perennial herbs.
- euphoriant — A drug which produces feelings of euphoria.
- euphuistic — Of or pertaining to euphuism.
- euplastics — the art of healing well
- eurypterid — An extinct marine arthropod of a group occurring in the Paleozoic era. They are related to horseshoe crabs and resemble large scorpions with a terminal pair of paddle-shaped swimming appendages.
- eutrapelia — the quality of being skilled in conversation; wit; urbanity
- exceptious — prone to taking exception or raising objections
- exculpated — Simple past tense and past participle of exculpate.
- exculpates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of exculpate.
- exit pupil — the smallest cross section of the beam of light from the eyepiece of a telescope through which all the light from the eyepiece passes. Its diameter is equal to the ratio of the focal length of the eyepiece to the focal ratio of the telescope
- expunction — The act of expunging or erasing.
- expurgated — Remove matter thought to be objectionable or unsuitable from (a book or account).
- expurgator — One who expurgates.
- face up to — the front part of the head, from the forehead to the chin.
- feel up to — to perceive or examine by touch.
- fepped out — (jargon) /fept owt/ The Symbolics 3600 LISP Machine has a Front-End Processor (FEP). When the main processor gets wedged, the FEP takes control of the keyboard and screen. Such a machine is said to have "fepped out" or "dropped into the fep".
- fetiparous — (of a marsupial) bearing young before they are fully developed.
- fluorotype — an early form of photograph produced on paper treated with sodium fluoride
- fourposter — a bed with four corner posts, as for supporting a canopy, curtains, etc.
- grapefruit — a large, roundish, yellow-skinned, edible citrus fruit having a juicy, acid pulp.
- groupmates — Plural form of groupmate.
- guest rope — a rope suspended from the side of a vessel or a boom as an object to which other vessels can moor, or to afford a hold for persons in such vessels.
- guest-rope — a rope suspended from the side of a vessel or a boom as an object to which other vessels can moor, or to afford a hold for persons in such vessels.
- guideposts — Plural form of guidepost.
- hatshepsut — 1495–75 b.c, queen of Egypt.
- hephaestus — the ancient Greek god of fire, metalworking, and handicrafts, identified by the Romans with Vulcan.
- heptateuch — the first seven books of the Old Testament.
- hog peanut — a twining plant, Amphicarpaea bracteata, of the legume family, bearing pods that ripen in or on the ground.
- houseplant — an ornamental plant that is grown indoors or adapts well to indoor culture.
- hugh capet — Hugh or Fr. Hugues [yg] /üg/ (Show IPA), a.d. 938?–996, king of France 987–996.
- hyperacute — sharp or severe in effect; intense: acute sorrow; an acute pain.
- hypotenuse — the side of a right triangle opposite the right angle.
- impictured — painted
- importuned — Simple past tense and past participle of importune.