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10-letter words containing c, r, a, p

  • spark coil — a coil of many turns of insulated wire on an iron core, used for producing sparks.
  • spartacist — a member of a group of German radical socialists formed in 1916 and in 1919 becoming the German Communist Party, led by Karl Liebknecht and Rosa Luxemburg
  • 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.
  • specmark89 — (benchmark)   An old SPECmark benchmark result derived from a set of floating-point and integer benchmarks. It is the geometric mean of ten SPEC ratios of the outdated 1989 SPEC benchmark suite. The use of SPECmark89 is strongly discouraged, having been superseded by CINT92 and CFP92.
  • spectatrix — a female spectator
  • spectrally — of or relating to a specter; ghostly; phantom.
  • speculator — a person who is engaged in commercial or financial speculation.
  • 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.
  • spermaduct — a spermatic passage found in male animals
  • sporadical — (of similar things or occurrences) appearing or happening at irregular intervals in time; occasional: sporadic renewals of enthusiasm.
  • spore case — the case or sac in which spores are produced.
  • sporicidal — a substance or preparation for killing spores.
  • sport coat — A sport coat is a man's jacket. It is worn on informal occasions with pants of a different material.
  • sports cap — a hat designed for sports or to look sporty
  • sports car — small, low, fast car
  • sportscast — a radio or television program consisting of sports news or of a running description of a sports event.
  • spur track — a short branch track leading from the main track, and connected with it at one end only.
  • spy camera — a hidden, disguised or miniature camera used in espionage
  • spycatcher — a person who works in counterintelligence to detect enemy espionage activities
  • stepdancer — a person who engages in stepdancing
  • subchapter — a subdivision especially of a body of laws.
  • sugar camp — a grove of sugar maples.
  • superacute — sharp or severe in effect; intense: acute sorrow; an acute pain.
  • supercargo — a merchant-ship officer who is in charge of the cargo and the commercial concerns of the voyage.
  • supercilia — the fillet above the cyma of a cornice.
  • superclass — a category of related classes within a phylum or subphylum.
  • superclean — exceptionally clean
  • superfecta — a type of bet, especially on horse races, in which the bettor must select the first four finishers in exact order.
  • superflack — an extremely competent, successful press agent
  • supermacho — extremely macho
  • superscale — on a very large scale
  • supragenic — beyond the limits or above the level of genes.
  • supraoptic — above the optic chiasm
  • suprapubic — above the pubic bone
  • swipe card — a plastic card with magnetically encoded data that is decoded when passed through a slotted electronic reader, especially for payment or identification purposes.
  • syncarpous — of the nature of or pertaining to a syncarp.
  • tachograph — a recording tachometer.
  • tachygraph — tachygraphic writing.
  • tap dancer — to perform a tap dance.
  • taper jack — a device for melting sealing wax, having a waxed wick fed through a plate from a reel.
  • taperstick — a candlestick designed to hold tapers.
  • tapescript — a recording of the spoken word on tape or a transcript of this
  • temperance — moderation or self-restraint in action, statement, etc.; self-control.
  • the parcae — the Roman goddesses of fate
  • touchpaper — paper saturated with potassium nitrate to make it burn slowly, used for igniting explosives and fireworks.
  • trackpoint — (hardware)   (Or "pointing stick", "nipple") A small knob found in the middle of some keyboards that works like a very short isometric joystick. Pressing it toward or away from you or from side to side moves the pointer on the screen. Ted Selker brought the concept of an in-keyboard pointing device to IBM in September 1987. TrackPoint was introduced in 1992 on the IBM ThinkPad and later on some desktops. It takes up virtually no extra room on the box or the work area and also requires minimal movement of the hands from the keyboard. Many imitations of highly variable quality appeared. Pointing sticks have also been used in many other notebook brands, including TI, HP, Compac, Dell, Toshiba (e.g. Portege 4000's "AccuPoint II"), and AST (e.g. Ascentia 910N). "TrackPoint" and "Trackpoint" are IBM trademarks.
  • transcript — a written, typewritten, or printed copy; something transcribed or made by transcribing.
  • triplicate — one of three identical items, especially copies of typewritten material.
  • tropically — pertaining to, characteristic of, occurring in, or inhabiting the tropics, especially the humid tropics: tropical flowers.
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