10-letter words containing l, p, s
- split-wing — of or relating to wings (of an artificial fly) that are dressed cocked up and separated into a V shape
- splittable — to divide or separate from end to end or into layers: to split a log in two.
- spoil bank — a bank of excavated refuse or waste earth, as of shale from surface coal mining.
- spoilsport — a person whose selfish or unsportsmanlike attitudes or actions spoil the pleasure of others, as in a game or social gathering.
- spoliation — the act or an instance of plundering or despoiling.
- spoliative — blood-diminishing
- spondaical — composed of spondees
- spondylous — relating to a vertebra or vertebrae
- spongeable — able to be cleaned with a sponge
- spongocoel — the central cavity in the body of a sponge.
- spongology — the study of sponges
- sponsional — relating to, involved in or entering into a sponsion
- spoon nail — an abnormal condition in which the outer surfaces of the nails are concave; koilonychia.
- sporadical — (of similar things or occurrences) appearing or happening at irregular intervals in time; occasional: sporadic renewals of enthusiasm.
- sporicidal — a substance or preparation for killing spores.
- sporophyll — a modified leaf that bears sporangia.
- sporoplasm — the protoplasm within a spore that is injected into a host cell by various parasitic organisms.
- sportingly — engaging in, disposed to, or interested in open-air or athletic sports: a rugged, sporting man.
- spot plate — a flat ceramic or plastic plate containing small wells on which spot tests are made.
- spouseless — without a spouse
- spoylefull — plundering
- spreadable — capable of being spread; easily spread: a soft, spreadable cheese.
- sprightful — sprightly.
- springdale — a city in NW Arkansas.
- springerle — anise-flavored cookies, orig. of Germany
- springhalt — stringhalt.
- 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.
- springlock — a lock that fastens automatically by a spring.
- 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.
- sprinkling — the act or an instance of sprinkling.
- spritelike — an elf, fairy, or goblin.
- spuleblade — the shoulder blade
- spun glass — blown glass in which fine threads of glass form the surface texture.
- spur wheel — spur gear.
- spuriously — not genuine, authentic, or true; not from the claimed, pretended, or proper source; counterfeit.
- st. paul's — a port in and the capital of Minnesota, in the SE part, on the Mississippi.
- stamp mill — a mill or machine in which ore is crushed to powder by means of heavy stamps or pestles.
- staphyline — having a form resembling a bunch of grapes
- staphyloma — a condition in which the sclera or cornea of the eye projects outwards due to inflammation
- staple gun — a machine for fastening together sheets of paper or the like, with wire staples.
- star apple — the edible fruit of a West Indian tree, Chrysophyllum cainito, of the sapodilla family, which when cut across exhibits a star-shaped figure within.
- star-apple — the edible fruit of a West Indian tree, Chrysophyllum cainito, of the sapodilla family, which when cut across exhibits a star-shaped figure within.
- steel tape — a metal tape measure
- steel trap — a trap for catching animals, consisting of spring-operated steel jaws with sharp projections that clamp shut.
- stepfamily — a family composed of a parent, a stepparent, and a child or children by a previous marriage.
- stepladder — a ladder having flat steps or treads in place of rungs.
- still pack — the pack not in play in a game in which two packs are used alternately.
- stipulated — to make an express demand or arrangement as a condition of agreement (often followed by for).
- stoop ball — a game resembling baseball, played in a street, schoolyard, or other confined paved area, in which a ball is thrown forcibly against a stairway or wall so that it rebounds into the air, bases and runs being awarded depending on the number of bounces the ball takes before being caught by the opposing player or team.