10-letter words containing i, n, s, p, r, a
- rephrasing — to phrase again or differently: He rephrased the statement to give it less formality.
- reprimands — a severe reproof or rebuke, especially a formal one by a person in authority.
- resupinate — bent backward.
- rupestrian — made or found on cave walls or rocks
- sailplaner — a person who flies sailplanes
- sand viper — hognose snake.
- saponifier — to convert (a fat) into soap by treating with an alkali.
- sapphirine — consisting of sapphire; like sapphire, especially in color.
- saprogenic — producing putrefaction or decay, as certain bacteria.
- sarcopenia — reduction in muscle tissue as a result of ageing
- satin spar — a fibrous variety of gypsum having a silky luster, used as a gem.
- scampering — to run or go hastily or quickly.
- scorpaenid — belonging or pertaining to the Scorpaenidae, a family of marine fishes with spiny fins, including the rockfishes, scorpionfishes, and lionfishes.
- scrap iron — old iron to be remelted or reworked.
- separation — an act or instance of separating or the state of being separated.
- sharpening — the act of making the edge of something very thin or of making its end pointed
- shrinkpack — flexible plastic used for shrink-wrapping goods
- sparganium — a marsh plant
- spartanism — Also, Spartanic [spahr-tan-ik] /spɑrˈtæn ɪk/ (Show IPA). of or relating to Sparta or its people.
- spattering — to scatter or dash in small particles or drops: The dog spattered mud on everyone when he shook himself.
- speakerine — a female television or radio announcer
- spearpoint — the point at the end of a spearhead.
- spencerian — pertaining to or characteristic of a system of penmanship, characterized by clear, rounded letters slanting to the right.
- spenserian — of or characteristic of Spenser or his work.
- spinigrade — a type of spiny echinoderm
- spiralling — Geometry. a plane curve generated by a point moving around a fixed point while constantly receding from or approaching it.
- spirantize — to change into or pronounce as a spirant.
- sporangium — the case or sac in which spores are produced.
- springdale — a city in NW Arkansas.
- springhaas — a leaping and burrowing rodent, Pedetes capensis, native to southern Africa, having kangaroolike legs and long, pointed ears.
- springhalt — stringhalt.
- springhare — a leaping and burrowing rodent, Pedetes capensis, native to southern Africa, having kangaroolike legs and long, pointed ears.
- springhead — a spring or fountainhead from which a stream flows.
- springtail — any of numerous minute, wingless primitive insects of the order Collembola, most possessing a special abdominal appendage for jumping that allows for the nearly perpetual springing pattern characteristic of the group.
- stainproof — resistant to stains
- star point — a common junction connected to the ends of windings of a polyphase electrical device or system of devices
- strapontin — a seat which is folded down to sit on
- stupration — an act of ravishing or a violation
- sugar pine — a tall pine, Pinus lambertiana, of California, Oregon, etc., having cones 20 inches (51 cm) long.
- sun pillar — a halo phenomenon in which a vertical streak of light appears above and below the sun, believed to be caused by the reflection of sunlight by ice crystals with vertical axes.
- superation — the action or process of superating, overcoming or surpassing
- superbrain — (computer) A personal computer released in 1980 by Intertec. The Superbrain had two Z80A microprocessors running at 4 MHz, one for the main processing and the other for peripheral activities. It had an integrated keyboard and display. It was sold with the CP/M operating system, Microsoft Basic, an 8080 assembler and Microsoft Cobol 74. The base model, the "Superbrain 10", had no drives, only a network connection. Other models added one or two 5" floppy disc units. The "Jr" had 170K drives (single-sided), the "QD" had 340 KB drives (double-sided) and the "SD" had 780k. Intertec did not sell or support a hard drive or an S-100 bus for these machines. The network version of the SuperBrain was called CompuStar. The network was a large gray parallel cable. CompuStar had three "file servers" that accepted up to 255 machines. These were the "DSS-10" with a 10MB 8" Winchester drive; the "CDC" with 96MB consisting of 80MB fixed and a 16MB removable platter; and the "Priam" with a 144MB 14" platter winchester. Intertec manufactured the controllers for the last two and an enclosure and power supply for the Priam. CDC had to go on-site to install the 96MB. The SuperBrain was succeeded in 1982 by the SuperBrain II.
- supergiant — Astronomy. supergiant star.
- superpaint — (graphics) A pioneering graphics program and framebuffer computer system developed by Richard Shoup at Xerox PARC. Design started in 1972 and the system produced its first stable image in April 1973. SuperPaint was one of the first computers used for creative work, video editing and animation, all which would become major sections within the entertainment industry and major components of industrial design. SuperPaint had a graphical user interface and could capture images from video input or combine them with digital data. SuperPaint was the first program with features such as changing hue, saturation and value, a colour palette, custom polygons and lines, virtual paintbrushes and pencils, auto-filling of images and anti-aliasing.
- supragenic — beyond the limits or above the level of genes.
- surpassing — of a large amount or high degree; exceeding, excelling, or extraordinary: structures of surpassing magnificence.
- transcript — a written, typewritten, or printed copy; something transcribed or made by transcribing.
- transpired — to occur; happen; take place.
- transpires — to occur; happen; take place.
- trapessing — to walk over; tramp: to traipse the fields.