10-letter words containing p, a, i, n, s
- shaganappi — thongs, straps, or lacings made of rawhide.
- shahaptian — Sahaptian
- shankpiece — a piece of metal or fiber for giving form to the shank of a shoe.
- sharpening — the act of making the edge of something very thin or of making its end pointed
- ship canal — a canal navigable by ships.
- shrinkpack — flexible plastic used for shrink-wrapping goods
- sinophobia — a fear or dislike of China, or Chinese people, their language or culture
- siphonogam — a plant that is pollinated by siphonogamy
- skin patch — an adhesive patch stuck to the skin to slowly and steadily release medicine into the bloodstream
- slash pine — a pine, Pinus elliotii, found in slashes and swamps in the southeastern U.S., yielding a hard, durable wood.
- slop basin — a basin or bowl into which the dregs, leaves, and grounds of teacups and coffee cups are emptied at the table.
- snappingly — involving a snap
- snappishly — in a sharp or irritable manner
- spallation — a nuclear reaction in which several nucleons are released from the nucleus of an atom.
- spaniolize — to cause to become Spanish
- spankingly — in a spanking manner
- sparganium — a marsh plant
- spartanism — Also, Spartanic [spahr-tan-ik] /spɑrˈtæn ɪk/ (Show IPA). of or relating to Sparta or its people.
- spatangoid — a type of sea urchin
- 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
- speakingly — in an eloquent manner
- 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.
- spectating — to participate as a spectator, as at a horse race.
- 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.
- sphenoidal — relating to the sphenoid bone
- spinaceous — pertaining to or of the nature of spinach; belonging to the amaranth family of plants.
- spinal tap — procedure to draw fluid from spine
- spindleage — total number or capacity of spindles in a mill, area, etc.
- 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.
- spirantize — to change into or pronounce as a spirant.
- splanchnic — of or relating to the viscera or entrails; visceral.
- splenative — relating to the spleen or spleenful
- 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
- spoil bank — a bank of excavated refuse or waste earth, as of shale from surface coal mining.
- spoliation — the act or an instance of plundering or despoiling.
- spondaical — composed of spondees
- 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.
- sporangium — the case or sac in which spores are produced.
- springdale — a city in NW Arkansas.
- springhaas — a leaping and burrowing rodent, Pedetes capensis, native to southern Africa, having kangaroolike legs and long, pointed ears.
- springhalt — stringhalt.
- springhare — a leaping and burrowing rodent, Pedetes capensis, native to southern Africa, having kangaroolike legs and long, pointed ears.
- springhead — a spring or fountainhead from which a stream flows.
- 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.
- stainproof — resistant to stains