10-letter words containing a, u, s, p
- spaced out — dazed or stupefied because of the influence of narcotic drugs.
- spaced-out — dazed or stupefied because of the influence of narcotic drugs.
- spadiceous — Botany. of the nature of a spadix. bearing a spadix.
- sparganium — a marsh plant
- spark plug — a device designed to fit in each cylinder of a gasoline-powered internal-combustion engine and to produce the electric spark for igniting the mixture of gasoline and air.
- spathulate — spatulate.
- speculated — to engage in thought or reflection; meditate (often followed by on, upon, or a clause).
- speculator — a person who is engaged in commercial or financial speculation.
- spermaduct — a spermatic passage found in male animals
- spermarium — the sperm gland
- spermatium — Botany. the nonmotile male gamete of a red alga.
- spiculated — covered with spicules or needle-like
- spinaceous — pertaining to or of the nature of spinach; belonging to the amaranth family of plants.
- spirituals — of, relating to, or consisting of spirit; incorporeal.
- splash out — If you splash out on something, especially on a luxury, you buy it even though it costs a lot of money.
- sporangium — the case or sac in which spores are produced.
- spread out — extend, splay
- spuleblade — the shoulder blade
- spun glass — blown glass in which fine threads of glass form the surface texture.
- spun rayon — yarn produced by spinning short, uniform lengths of rayon filaments into a continuous strand.
- spun sugar — a confection resembling fluff or floss, made from hot boiled sugar that has threaded, used as a garnish, frosting, or in making cotton candy.
- spur track — a short branch track leading from the main track, and connected with it at one end only.
- square peg — a person or thing that is a misfit, such as an employee in a job for which he or she is unsuited
- st. paul's — a port in and the capital of Minnesota, in the SE part, on the Mississippi.
- stamp duty — land tax
- staple gun — a machine for fastening together sheets of paper or the like, with wire staples.
- steam-punk — a subgenre of science fiction and fantasy featuring advanced machines and other technology based on steam power of the 19th century and taking place in a recognizable historical period or a fantasy world.
- steamed up — obscured by vapour
- stipulated — to make an express demand or arrangement as a condition of agreement (often followed by for).
- stump farm — a farm that was started on previously forested land covered with the stumps of felled trees.
- stupration — an act of ravishing or a violation
- subchapter — a subdivision especially of a body of laws.
- subcompact — an automobile that is smaller than a compact.
- subcompany — subsidiary company.
- subhepatic — of or relating to the liver.
- suboptimal — being below an optimal level or standard.
- subpleural — situated under the pleura.
- subpoenaed — the usual writ for the summoning of witnesses or the submission of evidence, as records or documents, before a court or other deliberative body.
- subprimate — a primitive variety of primate
- subprogram — procedure (def 4b).
- sugar camp — a grove of sugar maples.
- sugar lump — cube of sugar for coffee or tea
- sugar palm — gomuti (def 1).
- sugar pine — a tall pine, Pinus lambertiana, of California, Oregon, etc., having cones 20 inches (51 cm) long.
- sugar soap — an alkaline compound used for cleaning or stripping paint
- sugar-plum — a small sweetmeat made of sugar with various flavoring and coloring ingredients; a bonbon.
- sulphatase — an enzyme of the esterase group that catalyses the hydrolysis of sulphate esters
- sulphatise — to convert into a sulfate, as by the roasting of ores.
- sulphonate — a salt or ester of any sulphonic acid containing the ion RSO2O– or the group RSO2O–, R being an organic group
- sulphurate — to combine or treat with sulphur or a sulphur compound