10-letter words that end in pe
- meatoscope — (medicine) A speculum for examining a natural passage, such as the urethra.
- media hype — intensive or exaggerated publicity in the mass media
- mediascape — Communications media as a whole.
- metal tape — a high-performance recording tape having a magnetic metal-particle coating that is not an oxide.
- metroscope — an instrument for examining the cavity of the uterus.
- microscope — an optical instrument having a magnifying lens or a combination of lenses for inspecting objects too small to be seen or too small to be seen distinctly and in detail by the unaided eye.
- myrioscope — a form of kaleidoscope
- named pipe — (operating system) A Unix pipe with a filename created using the "mknod" command. Named pipes allow unrelated processes to communicate with each other whereas the normal (un-named) kind can only be used by processes which are parent and child or siblings (forked from the same parent).
- nephoscope — an instrument for determining the speed and direction of cloud motion.
- nickeltype — an electrotype with a deposit of nickel.
- nightscape — a scene viewed at night, especially as represented in art.
- nightscope — An optical instrument that provides night vision.
- north cape — a point of land on an island at the N tip of Norway: the northernmost point of Europe.
- not a hope — used ironically to express little confidence that expectations will be fulfilled
- octothorpe — hash character
- oglethorpe — James Edward, 1696–1785, British general: founder of the colony of Georgia.
- organ pipe — one of the pipes of a pipe organ.
- orthoscope — (formerly) an instrument for examining the internal structures of the eye through a layer of water that neutralizes the refraction of the cornea.
- palaeotype — a system of Roman letters and symbols that represent spoken sounds
- palimscope — a hand instrument that produces concentrated ultraviolet light for reading palimpsests and other research materials.
- pantoscope — a panoramic camera
- paper tape — a narrow strip of paper in which holes are punched in designated patterns to represent characters: formerly in common use as an input/output medium.
- parthenope — a siren, who drowned herself when Odysseus evaded the lure of the sirens' singing. Her body was said to have been cast ashore at what became Naples
- peace pipe — calumet.
- phonoscope — an instrument for making visible the motions or properties of a sounding body.
- phototrope — a type of robot that either seeks or flees from sources of bright light
- physiotype — the set of physical features that make a person or organism different from others.
- pilot tape — Television. pilot (def 9).
- pin-stripe — a very thin stripe, especially in fabrics.
- pious hope — a wish or desire that is unlikely to be fulfilled
- pitch pipe — a small flute or reed pipe producing one or more pitches when blown into, used chiefly for establishing the proper pitch in singing or in tuning a musical instrument.
- pitch-pipe — a small flute or reed pipe producing one or more pitches when blown into, used chiefly for establishing the proper pitch in singing or in tuning a musical instrument.
- plastotype — a casting of a type specimen, especially of a fossil.
- radarscope — the viewing screen of radar equipment.
- radioscope — an instrument, such as a fluoroscope, capable of detecting radiant energy
- rhinoscope — a special instrument used to examine the nasal passages
- riflescope — a telescopic sight mounted on top of a rifle that helps to improve one's aim by magnifying and pinpointing a target.
- riverscape — a view, painting, etc., of a river and the land surrounding or adjacent to it.
- rock tripe — any lichen of the genus Umbilicaria.
- round tape — (storage, jargon) Industry-standard 1/2-inch magnetic tape (7- or 9-track) on traditional circular reels. See macrotape, opposite: square tape.
- san felipe — a city in NE Venezuela, on the Orinoco River.
- scunthorpe — a town in E England, in North Lincolnshire unitary authority, Lincolnshire: developed rapidly after the discovery of local iron ore in the late 19th century; iron and steel industries have declined. Pop: 72 660 (2001)
- seed-snipe — any of several South American birds of the family Thinocoridae, related to the shorebirds but superficially resembling quail.
- side-swipe — to strike with a sweeping stroke or blow along the side; strike a glancing blow obliquely.
- somatotype — (of humans) physical type; physique.
- soundscape — the component sounds of an environment.
- statoscope — an aneroid barometer for registering minute variations of atmospheric pressure.
- steel tape — a metal tape measure
- stereotape — magnetic tape used for recording and reproducing sound stereophonically.
- 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.