10-letter words containing l, a, s, t, i, n
- phalangist — a member of a Lebanese Christian paramilitary organization founded in 1936 and originally based on similar ideas to the fascist Falange in Spain
- philistian — an ancient country on the E coast of the Mediterranean.
- plain suit — a suit other than the trump suit.
- plaintless — without complaint
- plastering — a composition, as of lime or gypsum, sand, water, and sometimes hair or other fiber, applied in a pasty form to walls, ceilings, etc., and allowed to harden and dry.
- plasticine — Plasticine is a soft coloured substance like clay which children use for making models.
- plastilina — a non-drying, oil-based modeling material
- pleonastic — the use of more words than are necessary to express an idea; redundancy.
- positional — condition with reference to place; location; situation.
- presential — present, or implying actual presence
- psalterian — psalm-like
- ritschlian — of or relating to the theology of Albrecht Ritschl (1822–89), who developed a liberal Christian theology and maintained that religious faith is based on value judgments.
- saint gall — a canton in NE Switzerland. 777 sq. mi. (2010 sq. km).
- saint luke — a fellow worker of Paul and a physician (Colossians 4:14). Feast day: Oct 18
- saint paul — Saint, died a.d. c67, a missionary and apostle to the gentiles: author of several of the Epistles. Compare Saul (def 2).
- salientian — belonging or pertaining to the superorder Salientia, comprising the frogs and toads (order Anura) and extinct species.
- salivating — to produce saliva.
- salivation — the act or process of salivating.
- salt mines — Dense quarters housing large numbers of programmers working long hours on grungy projects, with some hope of seeing the end of the tunnel in N years. Noted for their absence of sunshine. Compare playpen, sandbox.
- salting-in — Salting-in is the effect when adding a salt to a solvent containing an organic solute increases the solubility of that solute.
- salutation — the act of saluting.
- sanitarily — of or relating to health or the conditions affecting health, especially with reference to cleanliness, precautions against disease, etc.
- sapiential — containing, exhibiting, or affording wisdom; characterized by wisdom.
- saturnalia — (sometimes used with a plural verb) the festival of Saturn, celebrated in December in ancient Rome as a time of unrestrained merrymaking.
- scantlings — a timber of relatively slight width and thickness, as a stud or rafter in a house frame.
- scarlatina — scarlet fever.
- schalstein — a slate-like rock formed by shearing basaltic or andesitic tuff or lava
- seal point — a Siamese cat having a fawn-colored body and dark-brown points.
- seal-point — a Siamese cat having a fawn-colored body and dark-brown points.
- sedimental — of, relating to, or of the nature of sediment.
- semantical — of, relating to, or arising from the different meanings of words or other symbols: semantic change; semantic confusion.
- senatorial — of, pertaining to, characteristic of, or befitting a senator or senate: senatorial oratory.
- sensualist — a person given to the indulgence of the senses or appetites.
- sensuality — sensual nature: the sensuality of Keats's poetry.
- sentential — pertaining to or of the nature of a sentence.
- septennial — occurring every seven years.
- sequential — characterized by regular sequence of parts.
- sertraline — a drug, C 17 H 17 NCl 2 ·HCl, of the SSRI class, used in the treatment of depression.
- sexivalent — hexavalent.
- signalment — a detailed description, especially of distinctive features, of a person for identification, usually for police purposes.
- silentiary — someone who keeps silence in court
- simulation — imitation or enactment, as of something anticipated or in testing.
- single tax — a tax, as on land, that constitutes the sole source of public revenue.
- sinoatrial — relating to specific tissue in the wall of the right atrium of the heart that acts as a pacemaker
- slathering — to spread or apply thickly: to slather butter on toast.
- snail kite — a bird of prey, Rostrhamus sociabilis, that travels in flocks in the American tropics and feeds on snails.
- solicitant — a solicitor
- solitarian — a hermit
- solivagant — a lone wanderer
- solutional — the act of solving a problem, question, etc.: The situation is approaching solution.