10-letter words containing e, s, p, a, d, r
- pilastrade — a row of pilasters.
- postmarked — an official mark stamped on letters and other mail, serving as a cancellation of the postage stamp and indicating the place, date, and sometimes time of sending or receipt.
- pre-advise — to give counsel to; offer an opinion or suggestion as worth following: I advise you to be cautious.
- pre-leased — to sign or grant a lease on (a building, apartment, etc.) in advance of construction: Agents have preleased more than 60 percent of the new building.
- predacious — predatory; rapacious.
- predecease — to die before (another person, the occurrence of an event, etc.).
- press card — a card issued to journalists, certifying they work for the press, and authorizing them to attend certain events, venues, etc
- pressboard — a kind of millboard or pasteboard.
- prestamped — stamped in advance
- prose edda — either of two old Icelandic literary works, one a collection of poems on mythical and religious subjects (or) erroneously attributed to Saemund Sigfusson (c1055–1133), the other a collection of ancient Scandinavian myths and legends, rules and theories of versification, poems, etc. (or) compiled and written in part by Snorri Sturluson (1179–1241).
- prostrated — to cast (oneself) face down on the ground in humility, submission, or adoration.
- pseudocarp — accessory fruit.
- pyranoside — a glycoside containing a pyran ring structure.
- quadriceps — a large muscle in front of the thigh, the action of which extends the leg or bends the hip joint.
- quadrupeds — Plural form of quadruped.
- quadruples — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of quadruple.
- radarscope — the viewing screen of radar equipment.
- radioscope — an instrument, such as a fluoroscope, capable of detecting radiant energy
- readership — the people who read or are thought to read a particular book, newspaper, magazine, etc.: The periodical has a dwindling readership.
- redispatch — to send off or away with speed, as a messenger, telegram, body of troops, etc.
- reprimands — a severe reproof or rebuke, especially a formal one by a person in authority.
- rhapsodize — to talk with extravagant enthusiasm.
- rose aphid — a dark green aphid, Macrosiphum rosae, that feeds on roses and related plants.
- sand perch — squirrelfish.
- sand viper — hognose snake.
- sandgroper — a nickname for a Western Australian
- sandpapery — of or suggesting the grating sound of sandpaper rubbing against wood or the rough texture of sandpaper.
- scorpaenid — belonging or pertaining to the Scorpaenidae, a family of marine fishes with spiny fins, including the rockfishes, scorpionfishes, and lionfishes.
- scrapegood — a stingy person; a miser
- sea spider — any member of the arthropod class Pycnogonida, marine invertebrates with eight long walking legs attached to a small body consisting of a cephalothorax and vestigial abdomen.
- seed pearl — a pearl weighing less than ¼ grain.
- sharp-eyed — having keen sight or perception.
- ship-bread — hardtack.
- spear side — the male side, or line of descent, of a family (opposed to distaff side or spindle side).
- speed gear — an adjustable gear for driving a machine at various speeds.
- speed ramp — a raised band across a road, designed to make motorists reduce their speed, esp in built-up areas
- speed trap — a section of a road where hidden police, radar, etc., carefully check the speed of motorists and strictly enforce traffic regulations: sometimes characterized by hard-to-see signals, hidden traffic signs, etc.
- speedfreak — an addict or habitual user of amphetamines, methamphetamines, or similar stimulating drugs.
- spermaduct — a spermatic passage found in male animals
- spermatoid — resembling sperm.
- spheroidal — pertaining to a spheroid or spheroids.
- spinigrade — a type of spiny echinoderm
- spread out — extend, splay
- spreadable — capable of being spread; easily spread: a soft, spreadable cheese.
- springdale — a city in NW Arkansas.
- springhead — a spring or fountainhead from which a stream flows.
- stampeders — a sudden, frenzied rush or headlong flight of a herd of frightened animals, especially cattle or horses.
- stepdancer — a person who engages in stepdancing
- stepladder — a ladder having flat steps or treads in place of rungs.
- super band — the band of frequencies between 216 and 600 megahertz, used for cable television channels and Citizens Band.