10-letter words containing d, i, p, e
- spermicide — a sperm-killing agent, especially a commercial birth-control preparation, usually a cream or jelly.
- spermidine — a biogenic polyamine, H 2 N(CH 2) 4 NH(CH 2) 3 NH 2 , formed from putrescine, occurring widely in nature and first identified in semen.
- sphenoidal — relating to the sphenoid bone
- sphenopsid — equisetoid.
- spheroidal — pertaining to a spheroid or spheroids.
- spiculated — covered with spicules or needle-like
- spider fly — an artificial fly having a hackle body, little or no tail, no wings, and unusually long legs, dressed to resemble a spider.
- spider web — the web that is spun by a spider, made of interlaced threads of viscous fluid that harden on exposure to air.
- spiderlike — any of numerous predaceous arachnids of the order Araneae, most of which spin webs that serve as nests and as traps for prey.
- spiderling — the young of a spider.
- spiderwork — a thing which has the appearance of a spider's web
- spiderwort — any plant of the genus Tradescantia, having blue, purple, or rose-colored flowers.
- spin-dryer — to remove moisture from (laundry) by centrifugal force, as in an automatic washing machine.
- spindleage — total number or capacity of spindles in a mill, area, etc.
- spinigrade — a type of spiny echinoderm
- spissitude — compactness
- splendidly — gorgeous; magnificent; sumptuous. Synonyms: luxurious, dazzling, imposing. Antonyms: squalid.
- splintered — a small, thin, sharp piece of wood, bone, or the like, split or broken off from the main body.
- split ends — If you have split ends, some of your hairs are split at the ends because they are dry or damaged.
- springdale — a city in NW Arkansas.
- springhead — a spring or fountainhead from which a stream flows.
- steeped in — full of
- step aside — move to one side
- stipulated — to make an express demand or arrangement as a condition of agreement (often followed by for).
- stupidness — lacking ordinary quickness and keenness of mind; dull.
- sulphoxide — any compound containing a sulphinyl group (SO) and a hydrocarbon radical
- sun spider — any predatory, scorpionlike arachnid of the order Solifugae (or Solpugida), having enormously developed mouth pincers and a long body covered with tactile hairs, inhabiting deserts and plains regions in all warm parts of the world except Australia.
- superdrive — (storage) Apple Computer, Inc.'s name for a combined DVD-ROM, DVD-RW, CD-RW drive that appeared in the iMac in 2002.
- superfluid — a fluid that exhibits frictionless flow, very high heat conductivity, and other unusual physical properties, helium below 2.186 K being the only known example.
- superoxide — a compound containing the univalent ion O 2 − .
- supervised — to oversee (a process, work, workers, etc.) during execution or performance; superintend; have the oversight and direction of.
- suspensoid — a sol having a solid disperse phase.
- 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.
- sylphidine — resembling a sylph
- tape drive — a program-controlled device that reads data from or writes data on a magnetic tape which moves past a read-write head.
- tapestried — furnished or covered with tapestries.
- tepidarium — a warm room in Roman baths
- tetraploid — having a chromosome number that is four times the basic or haploid number.
- tip-tilted — (of a nose) slightly turned up
- torpedoing — a self-propelled, cigar-shaped missile containing explosives and often equipped with a homing device, launched from a submarine or other warship, for destroying surface vessels or other submarines.
- torpedoist — a person in favour of the use of torpedoes or a person knowledgeable about torpedoes
- transpired — to occur; happen; take place.
- tripehound — an objectionable person
- tripudiate — to dance for joy
- un-spliced — to join together or unite (two ropes or parts of a rope) by the interweaving of strands.
- unadaptive — serving or able to adapt; showing or contributing to adaptation: the adaptive coloring of a chameleon.
- unapprised — not informed or apprised of something
- unbaptized — not baptized
- uncrippled — not crippled
- undeprived — marked by deprivation; lacking the necessities of life, as adequate food and shelter: a deprived childhood.