10-letter words containing c, o, p, r, e, s
- shower cap — a plastic cap worn in the shower to keep the hair dry
- snow-creep — a continuous, slow, downhill movement of snow.
- soil creep — creep of soil on even slopes; often accelerated by spring freeze-and-thaw or general periglacial conditions. Compare creep (def 22a).
- spaceborne — moving in orbit around the earth: a spaceborne surveillance system.
- 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.
- speculator — a person who is engaged in commercial or financial speculation.
- spherocyte — an abnormal blood cell
- 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.
- spore case — the case or sac in which spores are produced.
- sporocytes — a diploid cell in certain spore-bearing plants, as liverworts, that produces four haploid spores through meiosis; a spore mother cell.
- 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.
- subprocess — a process that is part of a larger process
- subproject — something that is contemplated, devised, or planned; plan; scheme.
- superblock — an area of city land larger than the usual block, treated according to a unified plan and generally closed to vehicular through traffic.
- supercargo — a merchant-ship officer who is in charge of the cargo and the commercial concerns of the voyage.
- supercover — an insurance policy with additional benefits
- supermacho — extremely macho
- supermicro — the fastest and most powerful type of microcomputer, with capabilities more commonly associated with minicomputers.
- superscout — a highly skilled scout
- supersonic — greater than the speed of sound waves through air.
- superstock — an exceptionally lucrative investment
- supertonic — the second tone of a diatonic scale, being the next above the tonic.
- top secret — highly confidential, restricted
- top-secret — bearing the classification top-secret, the highest level of classified information.
- torpescent — becoming torpid
- triniscope — an early television with three tubes projecting the three primary colours
- unprecious — of high price or great value; very valuable or costly: precious metals.
- work space — area used for work
- workpieces — Plural form of workpiece.
- workplaces — Plural form of workplace.
- workspaces — Plural form of workspace.