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10-letter words containing p, a, n, t

  • spattering — to scatter or dash in small particles or drops: The dog spattered mud on everyone when he shook himself.
  • 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.
  • spent gnat — an angler's name for the spinner of various mayflies, esp Ephemeris danica and E. vulgata, particularly when lying spent on the water surface after mating and egg-laying
  • spinal tap — procedure to draw fluid from spine
  • spirantize — to change into or pronounce as a spirant.
  • 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
  • spoliation — the act or an instance of plundering or despoiling.
  • sports fan — sb who enjoys watching or playing sport
  • spray tank — a closed tank into which air is pumped to force out a liquid, especially for a spray.
  • springhalt — stringhalt.
  • 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
  • standpoint — the point or place at which a person stands to view something.
  • 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.
  • star point — a common junction connected to the ends of windings of a polyphase electrical device or system of devices
  • steam-punk — a subgenre of science fiction and fantasy featuring advanced machines and other technology based on steam power of the 19th century and taking place in a recognizable historical period or a fantasy world.
  • 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.
  • step dance — a dance in which the steps are the most important characteristic, specifically a solo dance with intricate, vigorous steps, often performed with the hands kept in the pockets.
  • stepdancer — a person who engages in stepdancing
  • stephanite — a mineral, silver antimony sulfide, Ag 5 SbS 4 : an ore of silver.
  • stepparent — a stepfather or stepmother.
  • stop plank — a board or boarding that is placed along the top of a dam to increase its height and capacity
  • strapontin — a seat which is folded down to sit on
  • stupration — an act of ravishing or a violation
  • sulphonate — a salt or ester of any sulphonic acid containing the ion RSO2O– or the group RSO2O–, R being an organic group
  • superagent — an expert or highly effective agent, esp of a sports player or actor
  • superation — the action or process of superating, overcoming or surpassing
  • supergiant — Astronomy. supergiant star.
  • superjanet — An initiative started in 1989, under the Computer Board, with the aim of developing of a national broadband network to support UK higher education and research. The preparatory work culminated in 1992 with the award of a contract worth 18M pounds to British Telecom to provide networking services over a four year period that extends to March 1997. The BT contract will provide a national network with two components: a high speed, configurable bandwidth network serving up to 16 sites, initially using PDH to be replaced with SDH, and a high speed switched data service (SMDS) serving 50 or more sites. The primary role of the PDH/SDH component will be to support the development and deployment of an ATM network. These components will be complemented by several high performance Metropolitan Area Networks each serving several closely located sites. The aim is to provide, within the first year of the project, a pervasive network capable of supporting a large and diverse user community. The network has two parts, an IP data network and an ATM network, both operating at 34Mbit/s. Early in August 1993 the pilot IP network was transferred to full service and was configured to provide a trunk network for JIPS, the JANET IP Service. In November 1993 work was well advanced on the next phase which aims to extend SuperJANET to a large number of sites. The pilot four site ATM network will be extended to serve twelve sites and will expand the scope of the video network. The principal vehicle used for the expansion of the data network will be the SMDS service provided by BT. Most of the work associated with the development of this phase is expected to be completed by the end of March 1994.
  • superpaint — (graphics)   A pioneering graphics program and framebuffer computer system developed by Richard Shoup at Xerox PARC. Design started in 1972 and the system produced its first stable image in April 1973. SuperPaint was one of the first computers used for creative work, video editing and animation, all which would become major sections within the entertainment industry and major components of industrial design. SuperPaint had a graphical user interface and could capture images from video input or combine them with digital data. SuperPaint was the first program with features such as changing hue, saturation and value, a colour palette, custom polygons and lines, virtual paintbrushes and pencils, auto-filling of images and anti-aliasing.
  • supination — rotation of the hand or forearm so that the palmar surface is facing upward (opposed to pronation).
  • 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.
  • suppliants — a tragedy (c463 b.c.) by Aeschylus.
  • supplicant — supplicating.
  • sweatpants — loose-fitting pants of soft, absorbent fabric, as cotton jersey, usually with a drawstring at the waist and close-fitting or elastic cuffs at the ankles, commonly worn during athletic activity for warmth or to induce sweating.
  • synaptical — Also called syndesis. Cell Biology. the pairing of homologous chromosomes, one from each parent, during early meiosis.
  • 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.
  • tachypneic — excessively rapid respiration.
  • tachypnoea — excessively rapid respiration.
  • tail plane — horizontal stabilizer.
  • take up on — If you take someone up on their offer or invitation, you accept it.
  • tap dancer — to perform a tap dance.
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