10-letter words containing c, i, s, a, l, p
- pleonastic — the use of more words than are necessary to express an idea; redundancy.
- polymastic — a person with a polymastic condition
- polyphasic — having more than two phases.
- postcoital — sexual intercourse, especially between a man and a woman.
- sale price — discounted cost
- sarcophile — a flesh-eating animal, especially the Tasmanian devil.
- scalloping — any of the bivalve mollusks of the genus Argopecten (Pecten) and related genera that swim by rapidly clapping the fluted shell valves together.
- scallopini — scallops, especially of veal, flattened by pounding and usually dredged in flour or breadcrumbs and sautéed quickly: scaloppine alla Marsala.
- scaloppine — scallops, especially of veal, flattened by pounding and usually dredged in flour or breadcrumbs and sautéed quickly: scaloppine alla Marsala.
- scampishly — in a scampish manner
- scriptural — (sometimes initial capital letter) of, relating to, or in accordance with sacred writings, especially the Scriptures.
- septicidal — (of a capsule) dehiscing lengthwise along a septum.
- ship canal — a canal navigable by ships.
- shopaholic — a frequent shopper, especially one who is unable to control his or her spending.
- simple arc — a curve that does not cross itself and has no points missing; a curve that can be put into one-to-one correspondence with the closed interval from 0 to 1.
- simplicial — relating to simplexes
- slip a cog — (not in technical use) a gear tooth, formerly especially one of hardwood or metal, fitted into a slot in a gearwheel of less durable material.
- small pica — (formerly) a size of printer's type approximately equal to 11 point
- spaciality — spatial.
- spark coil — a coil of many turns of insulated wire on an iron core, used for producing sparks.
- specialise — to pursue some special line of study, work, etc.; have a specialty: The doctor specializes in gastroenterology.
- specialism — devotion or restriction to a particular pursuit, branch of study, etc.
- specialist — a person who devotes himself or herself to one subject or to one particular branch of a subject or pursuit.
- speciality — specialty.
- specialize — to pursue some special line of study, work, etc.; have a specialty: The doctor specializes in gastroenterology.
- spiculated — covered with spicules or needle-like
- spiflicate — to destroy; annihilate
- splanchnic — of or relating to the viscera or entrails; visceral.
- 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
- spondaical — composed of spondees
- sporadical — (of similar things or occurrences) appearing or happening at irregular intervals in time; occasional: sporadic renewals of enthusiasm.
- sporicidal — a substance or preparation for killing spores.
- still pack — the pack not in play in a game in which two packs are used alternately.
- supercilia — the fillet above the cyma of a cornice.
- suppliance — appeal; entreaty; plea; supplication: He knelt in an attitude of suppliance.
- suppliancy — suppliance2 .
- supplicant — supplicating.
- supplicate — to pray humbly; make humble and earnest entreaty or petition.
- synaptical — Also called syndesis. Cell Biology. the pairing of homologous chromosomes, one from each parent, during early meiosis.
- zooplastic — the transplantation of living tissue to the human body from an animal of another species.