10-letter words containing n, a, p, r
- rifampicin — a drug used in the treatment of tuberculosis, meningitis, and leprosy
- riprapping — a quantity of broken stone for foundations, revetments of embankments, etc.
- riproaring — boisterously wild and exciting; riotous: Have a rip-roaring good time.
- rock plant — a plant found among rocks or in rock gardens.
- roman pace — an ancient Roman unit of measurement, equal to 5 Roman feet or about 58 U.S. inches (147 cm).
- roof panel — The roof panel is the section of material, usually sheet metal, that forms the roof of a vehicle.
- ropedancer — a person who walks across or performs acrobatics upon a rope stretched at some height above the floor or ground.
- ropemaking — the act, skill, or process of fabricating rope.
- round tape — (storage, jargon) Industry-standard 1/2-inch magnetic tape (7- or 9-track) on traditional circular reels. See macrotape, opposite: square tape.
- rupestrian — made or found on cave walls or rocks
- saharanpur — a city in NW Uttar Pradesh, in N India.
- sailplaner — a person who flies sailplanes
- 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.
- saponifier — to convert (a fat) into soap by treating with an alkali.
- sapperment — a German oath
- sapphirine — consisting of sapphire; like sapphire, especially in color.
- saprogenic — producing putrefaction or decay, as certain bacteria.
- saran wrap — Saran wrap is a thin, clear, stretchy plastic which you use to cover food to keep it fresh.
- 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.
- screenplay — a motion-picture or television scenario.
- separation — an act or instance of separating or the state of being separated.
- sharpen up — hone, refine
- 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
- smarten up — improve appearance
- smartphone — a device that combines a cell phone with a handheld computer, typically offering Internet access, data storage, email capability, etc.
- snapdragon — any plant belonging to the genus Antirrhinum, of the figwort family, especially A. majus, cultivated for its spikes of showy flowers, each having a corolla supposed to resemble the mouth of a dragon.
- snapper up — a person who snaps up bargains, etc
- solar pond — a pool with a bottom layer of salt water and top layer of fresh water, designed to capture solar radiation as a source of energy for generating heat or electricity.
- sonography — the medical diagnostic imaging technique used to see internal organs, muscles, etc
- spaceborne — moving in orbit around the earth: a spaceborne surveillance system.
- sparganium — a marsh plant
- sparseness — thinly scattered or distributed: a sparse population.
- 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.
- sperm bank — a repository for storing sperm and keeping it viable under scientifically controlled conditions prior to its use in artificial insemination.
- sphenogram — a cuneiform character.
- 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.