10-letter words containing c, l, i, p, s
- 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.
- slow pitch — a variety of softball in which the ball is pitched with an underhand motion at moderate speed in an arc that rises at least six feet above the ground
- slow-pitch — a type of softball with ten players per side and in which each pitch must travel in an arc from three to ten feet high.
- small pica — (formerly) a size of printer's type approximately equal to 11 point
- soil creep — creep of soil on even slopes; often accelerated by spring freeze-and-thaw or general periglacial conditions. Compare creep (def 22a).
- 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.
- speciously — apparently good or right though lacking real merit; superficially pleasing or plausible: specious arguments.
- spice lisp — (language) A flavour of Lisp, the sources of which (in Lisp) are available from CMU.
- 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.
- springlock — a lock that fastens automatically by a spring.
- still pack — the pack not in play in a game in which two packs are used alternately.
- strip club — strip joint.
- 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.
- syphilitic — pertaining to, noting, or affected with syphilis.
- telescopic — of, relating to, or of the nature of a telescope.
- telescript — A communications-oriented programming language using "active software agents", released by General Magic in 1994. What PostScript did for cross-platform, device-independent documents, Telescript aims to do for cross-platform, network-independent messaging. Telescript protects programmers from many of the complexities of network protocols.
- triple sec — a type of curaçao liqueur.
- un-spliced — to join together or unite (two ropes or parts of a rope) by the interweaving of strands.
- uneclipsed — not obscured or overshadowed
- zooplastic — the transplantation of living tissue to the human body from an animal of another species.