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10-letter words containing c, i, s, p, e, r

  • procession — the act of moving along or proceeding in orderly succession or in a formal and ceremonious manner, as a line of people, animals, vehicles, etc.
  • processive — advancing or going forward; progressive: the processive quality of language.
  • proscenium — Also called proscenium arch. the arch that separates a stage from the auditorium. Abbreviation: pros.
  • proscience — a branch of knowledge or study dealing with a body of facts or truths systematically arranged and showing the operation of general laws: the mathematical sciences.
  • proscribed — condemned or prohibited
  • prosecting — to dissect (a cadaver or part) for anatomical demonstration.
  • prosthetic — of or relating to an artificial body part or prosthesis: He was fitted for a prosthetic arm.
  • proteomics — the study of the functions, structures, and interactions of proteins; the study of the proteome.
  • putrescine — a colourless crystalline amine produced by decaying animal matter; 1,4-diaminobutane. Formula: H2N(CH2)4NH2
  • quadriceps — a large muscle in front of the thigh, the action of which extends the leg or bends the hip joint.
  • radioscope — an instrument, such as a fluoroscope, capable of detecting radiant energy
  • redispatch — to send off or away with speed, as a messenger, telegram, body of troops, etc.
  • respecting — regarding; concerning.
  • respective — pertaining individually or severally to each of a number of persons, things, etc.; particular: I will now discuss the respective merits of the candidates.
  • 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.
  • sale price — discounted cost
  • saprogenic — producing putrefaction or decay, as certain bacteria.
  • sarcopenia — reduction in muscle tissue as a result of ageing
  • sarcophile — a flesh-eating animal, especially the Tasmanian devil.
  • scampering — to run or go hastily or quickly.
  • schipperke — one of a Belgian breed of small dogs having erect ears and a thick, black coat, originally used as a watchdog on boats in the Netherlands and Belgium.
  • scorpaenid — belonging or pertaining to the Scorpaenidae, a family of marine fishes with spiny fins, including the rockfishes, scorpionfishes, and lionfishes.
  • screw pile — a pile that is used for the foundations of bridges, lighthouses, etc., and has a screwlike lower end for drilling through and taking firm hold in compacted material.
  • screw pine — any tropical Asian tree or shrub of the genus Pandanus, having a palmlike or branched stem, long, narrow, rigid, spirally arranged leaves and aerial roots, and bearing an edible fruit.
  • scrimpness — sparingness
  • scrub pine — any of several pines, as the jack pine, characterized by a scrubby or irregular manner of growth, usually found in dry, sandy soil.
  • semaphoric — an apparatus for conveying information by means of visual signals, as a light whose position may be changed.
  • 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.
  • soil creep — creep of soil on even slopes; often accelerated by spring freeze-and-thaw or general periglacial conditions. Compare creep (def 22a).
  • spec ratio — (benchmark)   Results for each individual benchmark of the SPEC benchmark suites, for example CINT92 and CFP92, expressed as the ratio of the wall clock time to execute one single copy of the benchmark, compared to a fixed "SPEC reference time", which was chosen early-on as the execution time on a VAX 11/780. See also SPEC rate.
  • spectatrix — a female spectator
  • spencerian — pertaining to or characteristic of a system of penmanship, characterized by clear, rounded letters slanting to the right.
  • spermaceti — a pearly white, waxy, translucent solid, obtained from the oil in the head of the sperm whale: used chiefly in cosmetics and candles, and as an emollient.
  • spermicide — a sperm-killing agent, especially a commercial birth-control preparation, usually a cream or jelly.
  • sphericity — a spherical state or form.
  • spiceberry — a myrtaceous tree, Eugenia rhombea, of the Caribbean and Florida, with orange or black edible fruits
  • spirochete — any of various spiral-shaped motile bacteria of the family Spirochaetaceae, certain species, as Treponema, Leptospira, and Borrelia, being pathogenic to humans and other animals, and other species being free-living, saprophytic, or parasitic.
  • sporogenic — relating to the production or formation of spores, or producing spores
  • spot price — the price of spot goods or of commodities on the spot market.
  • stop price — the price at which a stop order is activated.
  • subphrenic — underneath the diaphragm
  • super-rich — having wealth or great possessions; abundantly supplied with resources, means, or funds; wealthy: a rich man; a rich nation.
  • superbitch — an exceptionally spiteful woman, a very bitchy person
  • supercilia — the fillet above the cyma of a cornice.
  • supermicro — the fastest and most powerful type of microcomputer, with capabilities more commonly associated with minicomputers.
  • supersonic — greater than the speed of sound waves through air.
  • superthick — extremely thick
  • supertonic — the second tone of a diatonic scale, being the next above the tonic.
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