10-letter words containing o, p, e, n, s, t
- resumption — the act of resuming; a reassumption, as of something previously granted.
- ripsnorter — something or someone exceedingly strong or violent: a ripsnorter of a gale.
- scots pine — a coniferous tree, Pinus sylvestris, of Europe and W and N Asia, having blue-green needle-like leaves and brown cones with a small prickle on each scale: a valuable timber tree
- scunthorpe — a town in E England, in North Lincolnshire unitary authority, Lincolnshire: developed rapidly after the discovery of local iron ore in the late 19th century; iron and steel industries have declined. Pop: 72 660 (2001)
- 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.
- separation — an act or instance of separating or the state of being separated.
- septillion — a cardinal number represented in the U.S. by 1 followed by 24 zeros, and in Great Britain by 1 followed by 42 zeros.
- seven-spot — a playing card the face of which bears seven pips.
- sextonship — the office of a sexton
- shape note — a musical note in which the degree of the scale is indicated by the shape of the note's head.
- signposted — A place or route that is signposted has signposts beside the road to show the way.
- silent cop — a small hemispherical traffic marker at an intersection
- smartphone — a device that combines a cell phone with a handheld computer, typically offering Internet access, data storage, email capability, etc.
- spearpoint — the point at the end of a spearhead.
- speciation — the formation of new species as a result of geographic, physiological, anatomical, or behavioral factors that prevent previously interbreeding populations from breeding with each other.
- sphenodont — a member of the Sphenodont group of lizards
- spleenwort — any of various temperate and tropical ferns of the genera Asplenium and Diplazium, certain species of which are grown as ornamentals.
- sportiness — flashy; showy.
- steepdowne — very steep or precipitous
- steganopod — a bird belonging to the Steganopodes, a group of swimming birds such as pelicans and cormorants
- stenograph — any of various keyboard instruments, somewhat resembling a typewriter, used for writing in shorthand, as by means of phonetic or arbitrary symbols.
- stenopaeic — pertaining to or containing a narrow slit or minute opening: a stenopeic device to aid vision after eye surgery.
- stenotopic — (of an animal or plant) able to tolerate only small environmental changes.
- stenotyper — a machine with a keyboard for recording speeches or dictation in phonetic shorthand
- step on it — a movement made by lifting the foot and setting it down again in a new position, accompanied by a shifting of the weight of the body in the direction of the new position, as in walking, running, or dancing.
- stephenson — George, 1781–1848, English inventor and engineer.
- stone pine — Also called umbrella pine, parasol pine. a tree, Pinus pinea, native to southern Europe, having branches forming an umbrellalike crown and bearing edible, nutlike seeds.
- stupendous — causing amazement; astounding; marvelous: stupendous news.
- stylophone — a type of battery-powered electronic instrument played with a steel-tipped penlike stylus
- subpontine — of or relating to the Pontine Marshes.
- subpotency — a condition of reduced potency, as of a medication.
- subreption — Canon Law. a concealment of the pertinent facts in a petition, as for dispensation or favor, that in certain cases nullifies the grant. Compare obreption (def 1).
- sulphonate — a salt or ester of any sulphonic acid containing the ion RSO2O– or the group RSO2O–, R being an organic group
- superation — the action or process of superating, overcoming or surpassing
- supertonic — the second tone of a diatonic scale, being the next above the tonic.
- 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.
- syncopated — marked by syncopation: syncopated rhythm.
- 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.
- teinoscope — an optical device employing prisms to correct the chromatic aberration of light
- theopneust — inspired by God or a god
- torpescent — becoming torpid
- triniscope — an early television with three tubes projecting the three primary colours
- viewpoints — a place affording a view of something; position of observation: to sketch a river from the viewpoint of a bluff.
- waitperson — a waiter or waitress.
- west point — a military reservation in SE New York, on the Hudson: U.S. Military Academy.
- wristphone — A mobile phone that is built into a wristwatch.