10-letter words containing y, p, e
- repentigny — a town in S Quebec, in E Canada: suburb of Montreal.
- repiningly — in a repining manner, discontentedly
- reply card — a usually postage-paid postcard or coupon that can be mailed back to the sender to place an order, request information, or the like.
- reply-paid — having the cost of sending a reply (of a letter, etc) prepaid by the sender
- 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.
- repugnancy — the state of being repugnant.
- responsory — an anthem sung after a lection by a soloist and choir alternately.
- rice paddy — a field planted with rice
- rosary pea — a woody tropical vine, Abrus precatorius , of the legume family, having extremely poisonous scarlet and black seeds that are used for beads and a root used as a substitute for licorice.
- 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.
- sandpapery — of or suggesting the grating sound of sandpaper rubbing against wood or the rough texture of sandpaper.
- saprophyte — any organism that lives on dead organic matter, as certain fungi and bacteria.
- screenplay — a motion-picture or television scenario.
- 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.
- serigraphy — a print made by the silkscreen process.
- sevenpenny — noting a nail 2¼ inches (6 cm) long. Symbol: 7d.
- sharp-eyed — having keen sight or perception.
- sheepberry — a North American shrub or small tree, Viburnum lentago, of the honeysuckle family, having flat-topped clusters of small white flowers and edible, berrylike black drupes.
- sheepishly — embarrassed or bashful, as by having done something wrong or foolish.
- ship money — a tax levied to finance the fitting out of warships: abolished 1640
- 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.
- skyscraper — a relatively tall building of many stories, especially one for office or commercial use.
- skytrooper — a paratrooper.
- sleep away — to spend in sleeping; sleep during
- sleep-away — of or relating to a place at which one sleeps away from home: sleep-away camp.
- sleepyhead — a sleepy person.
- sloppy joe — greasy spoon.
- somatotype — (of humans) physical type; physique.
- sophrosyne — moderation; discretion; prudence.
- 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.
- speak-easy — a place where alcoholic drinks are sold illegally, esp. such a place in the U.S. during Prohibition
- speakingly — in an eloquent manner
- speciality — specialty.
- speciosity — the quality or state of being specious.
- speciously — apparently good or right though lacking real merit; superficially pleasing or plausible: specious arguments.
- spectrally — of or relating to a specter; ghostly; phantom.
- speech day — In some British schools, speech day is a day, usually at the end of the school year, when prizes are presented to pupils and speeches are made by guest speakers and the head teacher.
- speedfully — in a quick or effective manner
- speleology — the exploration and study of caves.
- spellingly — one letter at a time
- 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
- spiceberry — a myrtaceous tree, Eugenia rhombea, of the Caribbean and Florida, with orange or black edible fruits
- spider fly — an artificial fly having a hackle body, little or no tail, no wings, and unusually long legs, dressed to resemble a spider.