10-letter words containing a, n, t, i, p
- saint paul — Saint, died a.d. c67, a missionary and apostle to the gentiles: author of several of the Epistles. Compare Saul (def 2).
- saint pius — Saint (Giuseppe Sarto) 1835–1914, Italian ecclesiastic: pope 1903–14.
- sapiential — containing, exhibiting, or affording wisdom; characterized by wisdom.
- satin spar — a fibrous variety of gypsum having a silky luster, used as a gem.
- seal point — a Siamese cat having a fawn-colored body and dark-brown points.
- seal-point — a Siamese cat having a fawn-colored body and dark-brown points.
- separation — an act or instance of separating or the state of being separated.
- septennial — occurring every seven years.
- septuagint — the oldest Greek version of the Old Testament, traditionally said to have been translated by 70 or 72 Jewish scholars at the request of Ptolemy II: most scholars believe that only the Pentateuch was completed in the early part of the 3rd century b.c. and that the remaining books were translated in the next two centuries.
- shahaptian — Sahaptian
- skin patch — an adhesive patch stuck to the skin to slowly and steadily release medicine into the bloodstream
- spallation — a nuclear reaction in which several nucleons are released from the nucleus of an atom.
- spartanism — Also, Spartanic [spahr-tan-ik] /spɑrˈtæn ɪk/ (Show IPA). of or relating to Sparta or its people.
- spatangoid — a type of sea urchin
- spattering — to scatter or dash in small particles or drops: The dog spattered mud on everyone when he shook himself.
- spearpoint — the point at the end of a spearhead.
- speciation — the formation of new species as a result of geographic, physiological, anatomical, or behavioral factors that prevent previously interbreeding populations from breeding with each other.
- spectating — to participate as a spectator, as at a horse race.
- spinal tap — procedure to draw fluid from spine
- spirantize — to change into or pronounce as a spirant.
- splenative — relating to the spleen or spleenful
- split cane — bamboo split into strips of triangular section, tapered, and glued to form a stiff but flexible hexagonal rod: used, esp formerly, for making fishing rods
- spoliation — the act or an instance of plundering or despoiling.
- springhalt — stringhalt.
- springtail — any of numerous minute, wingless primitive insects of the order Collembola, most possessing a special abdominal appendage for jumping that allows for the nearly perpetual springing pattern characteristic of the group.
- stainproof — resistant to stains
- standpoint — the point or place at which a person stands to view something.
- staphyline — having a form resembling a bunch of grapes
- star point — a common junction connected to the ends of windings of a polyphase electrical device or system of devices
- stenopaeic — pertaining to or containing a narrow slit or minute opening: a stenopeic device to aid vision after eye surgery.
- stephanite — a mineral, silver antimony sulfide, Ag 5 SbS 4 : an ore of silver.
- strapontin — a seat which is folded down to sit on
- stupration — an act of ravishing or a violation
- superation — the action or process of superating, overcoming or surpassing
- supergiant — Astronomy. supergiant star.
- superpaint — (graphics) A pioneering graphics program and framebuffer computer system developed by Richard Shoup at Xerox PARC. Design started in 1972 and the system produced its first stable image in April 1973. SuperPaint was one of the first computers used for creative work, video editing and animation, all which would become major sections within the entertainment industry and major components of industrial design. SuperPaint had a graphical user interface and could capture images from video input or combine them with digital data. SuperPaint was the first program with features such as changing hue, saturation and value, a colour palette, custom polygons and lines, virtual paintbrushes and pencils, auto-filling of images and anti-aliasing.
- supination — rotation of the hand or forearm so that the palmar surface is facing upward (opposed to pronation).
- suppliants — a tragedy (c463 b.c.) by Aeschylus.
- supplicant — supplicating.
- synaptical — Also called syndesis. Cell Biology. the pairing of homologous chromosomes, one from each parent, during early meiosis.
- tachypneic — excessively rapid respiration.
- tail plane — horizontal stabilizer.
- tapping up — (esp of a professional soccer club) the illicit practice of attempting to recruit a player while he is still bound by contract to another team
- tappit-hen — a hen with a crest or topknot.
- temptation — the act of tempting; enticement or allurement.
- tenantship — the state of being a tenant
- theophanic — a manifestation or appearance of God or a god to a person.
- timpanogos — Mount, a mountain in N central Utah, in the Wasatch Range: noted caves. 11,750 feet (3581 meters).
- tippecanoe — a river in N Indiana, flowing SW to the Wabash: battle 1811. 200 miles (320 km) long.
- topagnosia — a symptom of disease of or damage to the brain in which a person cannot identify a part of the body that has been touched