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10-letter words containing y, e, t, i, s

  • pinocytose — (of a cell) to take within by means of pinocytosis.
  • pitilessly — feeling or showing no pity; merciless: pitiless criticism of his last novel.
  • polybasite — a blackish mineral, Ag 9 SbS 6 : a minor ore of silver.
  • polygenist — a person who advocates polygenism
  • polytheism — the doctrine of or belief in more than one god or in many gods.
  • polytheist — the doctrine of or belief in more than one god or in many gods.
  • positively — with certainty; absolutely: The statement is positively true.
  • preciosity — fastidious or carefully affected refinement, as in language, style, or taste.
  • predestiny — predestination; pre-determined destiny
  • prehistory — human history in the period before recorded events, known mainly through archaeological discoveries, study, research, etc.; history of prehistoric humans.
  • presbytism — the condition of being affected by presbyopia
  • pristinely — in a pristine manner
  • propensity — a natural inclination or tendency: a propensity to drink too much.
  • prosperity — a successful, flourishing, or thriving condition, especially in financial respects; good fortune.
  • protensity — the actuality of duration
  • psilophyte — any plant that is adapted to grow well in the dry savannah
  • pterylosis — the arrangement of feathers on a bird
  • 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.
  • registrary — (at Cambridge University) a registrar
  • repository — a receptacle or place where things are deposited, stored, or offered for sale: a repository for discarded clothing.
  • rescrutiny — a searching examination or investigation; minute inquiry.
  • revestiary — the part of a church or temple where the clergy's gowns and other articles are kept; vestry
  • roystering — roister.
  • 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.
  • sainte foy — a SW suburb of Quebec, on the St Lawrence River. Pop: 72 547 (2001)
  • salicylate — a salt or ester of salicylic acid.
  • scythelike — an agricultural implement consisting of a long, curving blade fastened at an angle to a handle, for cutting grass, grain, etc., by hand.
  • secularity — secular views or beliefs; secularism.
  • seethingly — to surge or foam as if boiling.
  • seismicity — the frequency, intensity, and distribution of earthquakes in a given area.
  • self-unity — the state of being one; oneness.
  • seminudity — partial nudity; the state of being partly nude
  • sensuality — sensual nature: the sensuality of Keats's poetry.
  • sewability — the ability to be sewn or stitched
  • shrievalty — the office, term, or jurisdiction of a sheriff.
  • siderocyte — an erythrocyte that contains iron in forms other than hematin.
  • silentiary — someone who keeps silence in court
  • sinisterly — threatening or portending evil, harm, or trouble; ominous: a sinister remark.
  • sit pretty — to rest with the body supported by the buttocks or thighs; be seated.
  • six-storey — having six floors or storeys
  • sixth year — (in Scotland) the most senior class in a secondary school to which pupils, usually above the legal leaving age, may proceed to take sixth-year studies, retake or take additional Highers, etc
  • sixty-five — a cardinal number, 60 plus 5.
  • sixty-nine — a cardinal number, 60 plus 9.
  • sixtypenny — noting a nail 6 inches (15 cm) long. Abbreviation: 60d.
  • skylighted — having or illuminated by a skylight.
  • skywritten — created by the process of skywriting
  • societally — noting or pertaining to large social groups, or to their activities, customs, etc.
  • sociometry — the measurement of attitudes of social acceptance or rejection through expressed preferences among members of a social grouping.
  • speciality — specialty.
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