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10-letter words containing a, d, e, s

  • smaragdite — a green, foliated member of the amphibole group.
  • smartdrive — (storage, product)   A Microsoft MS DOS disk cache program to speed up disk access. For most users, a 1MB cache is sufficient. Devoting more memory to the cache offers diminishing returns, since the additional cache hits become fewer (and the extra memory could be better used to reduce swapping). Typing SMARTDRV /S at a DOS prompt shows the cache size, a hit-and-miss report, and information about which drives are being cached. The hit-and-miss statistics are crucial for gauging the effectiveness of SmartDrive settings. A score in the high 80s shows that SmartDrive is well configured. Run SMARTDRV /S several times during a Windows session and note the-hit-and-miss figures each time. If your percentage usually falls below 80 percent, you should consider increasing the cache size. You can edit the SMARTDRV line in your AUTOEXEC.BAT file to increase both the InitCacheSize and the WinCacheSize parameters. SmartDrive Monitor is an undocumented Windows program that comes with DOS 6.0 for logging and controling the cache.
  • smear word — a slanderous, vilifying epithet.
  • smokeboard — a board situated above a fireplace to prevent the emission of smoke into a room
  • snare drum — a small double-headed drum, carried at the side or placed on a stationary stand, having snares across the lower head to produce a rattling or reverberating effect.
  • snowblades — a type of skis, about half the length of normal downhill skis and used without poles
  • snowcapped — topped with snow: the snowcapped Alps.
  • socialised — to make social; make fit for life in companionship with others.
  • socialized — to make social; make fit for life in companionship with others.
  • soda bread — an Irish quick bread leavened with baking soda, usually made with buttermilk.
  • soda niter — a white or transparent mineral, sodium nitrate, NaNO 3 , used chiefly as a fertilizer and in the manufacture of sulfuric and nitric acids and potassium nitrate.
  • soda water — an effervescent beverage consisting of water charged with carbon dioxide.
  • sodertalje — a city in SE Sweden: suburb of Stockholm.
  • soft-pedal — to use the soft pedal.
  • softheaded — stupid or foolish
  • soil-based — having soil as the main constituent
  • solenoidal — of or relating to a solenoid.
  • solidarize — to unite or come together; become solidified.
  • sordamente — (of a piece of music) to be played softly or gently
  • sound head — a mechanism through which film passes in a projector for conversion of the soundtrack into audio-frequency signals that can be amplified and reproduced.
  • sound wave — a longitudinal wave in an elastic medium, especially a wave producing an audible sensation.
  • soundalike — a person or thing that sounds like another, especially a better known or more famous prototype: a whole spate of Elvis Presley soundalikes.
  • soundscape — the component sounds of an environment.
  • soundstage — a soundproof room or building in which cinematic films are shot
  • sour-faced — bad-tempered and unfriendly
  • spaced out — dazed or stupefied because of the influence of narcotic drugs.
  • spaced-out — dazed or stupefied because of the influence of narcotic drugs.
  • spade foot — a square foot, tapering toward its bottom.
  • spadiceous — Botany. of the nature of a spadix. bearing a spadix.
  • spear side — the male side, or line of descent, of a family (opposed to distaff side or spindle side).
  • spectacled — wearing spectacles.
  • speculated — to engage in thought or reflection; meditate (often followed by on, upon, or a clause).
  • 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.
  • speed dial — phone feature: calling a number automatically
  • speed gear — an adjustable gear for driving a machine at various speeds.
  • speed ramp — a raised band across a road, designed to make motorists reduce their speed, esp in built-up areas
  • speed trap — a section of a road where hidden police, radar, etc., carefully check the speed of motorists and strictly enforce traffic regulations: sometimes characterized by hard-to-see signals, hidden traffic signs, etc.
  • speed-dial — to dial (a telephone number) using speed dial.
  • speedfreak — an addict or habitual user of amphetamines, methamphetamines, or similar stimulating drugs.
  • speedwalks — power walking.
  • spermaduct — a spermatic passage found in male animals
  • spermatoid — resembling sperm.
  • sphenoidal — relating to the sphenoid bone
  • spheroidal — pertaining to a spheroid or spheroids.
  • spiculated — covered with spicules or needle-like
  • spindleage — total number or capacity of spindles in a mill, area, etc.
  • spinigrade — a type of spiny echinoderm
  • spread out — extend, splay
  • spreadable — capable of being spread; easily spread: a soft, spreadable cheese.
  • springdale — a city in NW Arkansas.
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