10-letter words containing p, a, s, l
- 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.
- stop plank — a board or boarding that is placed along the top of a dam to increase its height and capacity
- strap-laid — noting a type of flat cordage made by stitching strands together side by side.
- straw poll — an unofficial vote taken to obtain an indication of the general trend of opinion on a particular issue.
- streetlamp — light mounted on a post in street
- strip mall — a retail complex consisting of stores or restaurants in adjacent spaces in one long building, typically having a narrow parking area directly in front of the stores.
- strippable — Mining. of or relating to ore or coal that can be produced by strip mining.
- stylograph — a fountain pen in which the writing point is a fine, hollow tube instead of a nib.
- suboptimal — being below an optimal level or standard.
- subpleural — situated under the pleura.
- sugar lump — cube of sugar for coffee or tea
- sugar palm — gomuti (def 1).
- sugar-plum — a small sweetmeat made of sugar with various flavoring and coloring ingredients; a bonbon.
- sulphatase — an enzyme of the esterase group that catalyses the hydrolysis of sulphate esters
- sulphatise — to convert into a sulfate, as by the roasting of ores.
- sulphonate — a salt or ester of any sulphonic acid containing the ion RSO2O– or the group RSO2O–, R being an organic group
- sulphurate — to combine or treat with sulphur or a sulphur compound
- sun parlor — a porch or room with many windows exposed to sunshine; sun porch; solarium.
- sun pillar — a halo phenomenon in which a vertical streak of light appears above and below the sun, believed to be caused by the reflection of sunlight by ice crystals with vertical axes.
- superalloy — an alloy, often with a nickel, nickel-iron, or cobalt base, capable of withstanding very high temperatures, used in jet engines, rockets, etc.
- superaltar — a consecrated portable stone slab for use on an unconsecrated altar
- supercilia — the fillet above the cyma of a cornice.
- superclass — a category of related classes within a phylum or subphylum.
- superclean — exceptionally clean
- superexalt — to exalt further; to exalt or raise above others or above a previous position
- superflack — an extremely competent, successful press agent
- superlarge — extremely large
- superlunar — situated above or beyond the moon.
- superplane — an extremely large or fast aeroplane
- superscale — on a very large scale
- 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.
- supplejack — a strong, pliant cane or walking stick.
- suppliance — appeal; entreaty; plea; supplication: He knelt in an attitude of suppliance.
- suppliancy — suppliance2 .
- suppliants — a tragedy (c463 b.c.) by Aeschylus.
- supplicant — supplicating.
- supplicate — to pray humbly; make humble and earnest entreaty or petition.
- supposable — to assume (something), as for the sake of argument or as part of a proposition or theory: Suppose the distance to be one mile.
- supposably — to assume (something), as for the sake of argument or as part of a proposition or theory: Suppose the distance to be one mile.
- supralunar — beyond the moon
- suprarenal — situated above or on the kidney.
- supravital — pertaining to or involving a staining method for a preparation of living cells.
- surplusage — something that is surplus; an excess amount.
- swallow up — envelop completely
- symphysial — of, relating to, or noting a symphysis.
- synaloepha — the blending of two successive vowels into one, especially the coalescence of a vowel at the end of one word with a vowel at the beginning of the next.
- synaptical — Also called syndesis. Cell Biology. the pairing of homologous chromosomes, one from each parent, during early meiosis.
- 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.
- tamaulipas — a state in NE Mexico, bordering on the Gulf of Mexico. 30,731 sq. mi. (79,595 sq. km). Capital: Ciudad Victoria.