10-letter words containing l, e, p, n
- spleenwort — any of various temperate and tropical ferns of the genera Asplenium and Diplazium, certain species of which are grown as ornamentals.
- splenative — relating to the spleen or spleenful
- splendidly — gorgeous; magnificent; sumptuous. Synonyms: luxurious, dazzling, imposing. Antonyms: squalid.
- splendored — brilliant or gorgeous appearance, coloring, etc.; magnificence: the splendor of the palace.
- splintered — a small, thin, sharp piece of wood, bone, or the like, split or broken off from the main body.
- split cane — bamboo split into strips of triangular section, tapered, and glued to form a stiff but flexible hexagonal rod: used, esp formerly, for making fishing rods
- split ends — If you have split ends, some of your hairs are split at the ends because they are dry or damaged.
- spongeable — able to be cleaned with a sponge
- spongocoel — the central cavity in the body of a sponge.
- springdale — a city in NW Arkansas.
- springerle — anise-flavored cookies, orig. of Germany
- springless — having no springs: a springless bed.
- springlike — to rise, leap, move, or act suddenly and swiftly, as by a sudden dart or thrust forward or outward, or being suddenly released from a coiled or constrained position: to spring into the air; a tiger about to spring.
- staphyline — having a form resembling a bunch of grapes
- staple gun — a machine for fastening together sheets of paper or the like, with wire staples.
- stylophone — a type of battery-powered electronic instrument played with a steel-tipped penlike stylus
- sulphonate — a salt or ester of any sulphonic acid containing the ion RSO2O– or the group RSO2O–, R being an organic group
- superclean — exceptionally clean
- superliner — an ocean liner of relatively great size or speed.
- superlunar — situated above or beyond the moon.
- superplane — an extremely large or fast aeroplane
- supplanted — to take the place of (another), as through force, scheming, strategy, or the like.
- supplanter — to take the place of (another), as through force, scheming, strategy, or the like.
- supplement — something added to complete a thing, supply a deficiency, or reinforce or extend a whole.
- suppleness — bending readily without breaking or becoming deformed; pliant; flexible: a supple bough.
- suppletion — the use in inflection or derivation of an allomorph that is not related in form to the primary allomorph of a morpheme, as the use of better as the comparative of good.
- suppliance — appeal; entreaty; plea; supplication: He knelt in an attitude of suppliance.
- supplyment — the act of supplying; replenishment
- suprarenal — situated above or on the kidney.
- sylphidine — resembling a sylph
- synaloepha — the blending of two successive vowels into one, especially the coalescence of a vowel at the end of one word with a vowel at the beginning of the next.
- tablespoon — a spoon larger than a teaspoon or a dessert spoon, used in serving food at the table and as a standard measuring unit in recipes.
- tail plane — horizontal stabilizer.
- tau lepton — an unstable lepton with a mass approximately 3500 times that of the electron. Symbol: T.
- technopole — an area with high-tech industrial research and development facilities
- telephoned — an apparatus, system, or process for transmission of sound or speech to a distant point, especially by an electric device.
- telephonic — of, relating to, or happening by means of a telephone system.
- telpherman — someone who operates or works on a telpher
- terneplate — steel plate coated with terne metal.
- terreplein — the top platform or horizontal surface of a rampart where guns are mounted.
- tetrapylon — a structure having four gateways as features of an architectural composition.
- thiophenol — a colorless, foul-smelling liquid, C 6 H 6 S, used chiefly in organic synthesis.
- trampoline — a sheet, usually of canvas, attached by resilient cords or springs to a horizontal frame several feet above the floor, used by acrobats and gymnasts as a springboard in tumbling.
- treponemal — any of several anaerobic spirochetes of the genus Treponema, certain species of which are parasitic in and pathogenic for humans and warm-blooded animals.
- tropaeolin — any of a number of orange or yellow azo dyes of complex molecular structure.
- un-spliced — to join together or unite (two ropes or parts of a rope) by the interweaving of strands.
- unappalled — not appalled or daunted
- uncomplete — having all parts or elements; lacking nothing; whole; entire; full: a complete set of Mark Twain's writings.
- uncrippled — not crippled
- uncrumpled — rumpled; wrinkled; crushed.