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.