10-letter words containing p, a, s, y, t
- postulancy — the period or state of being a postulant, especially in a religious order.
- psychiatry — the practice or science of diagnosing and treating mental disorders.
- psychopath — a person with a psychopathic personality, which manifests as amoral and antisocial behavior, lack of ability to love or establish meaningful personal relationships, extreme egocentricity, failure to learn from experience, etc.
- pyatigorsk — a city in the SW Russian Federation in Europe, in Caucasia.
- pyramidist — an expert in the structure and history of the Egyptian pyramids
- pyrolysate — a product of pyrolysis
- pythagoras — c582–c500 b.c, Greek philosopher, mathematician, and religious reformer.
- safety pin — pin with covered point
- safety-pin — to secure or affix with a safety pin: to safety-pin a child's mittens to his coat sleeve.
- sally port — a gateway permitting the passage of a large number of troops at a time.
- saprophyte — any organism that lives on dead organic matter, as certain fungi and bacteria.
- satyr play — a burlesque or ribald drama having a chorus of satyrs, usually written by a poet to follow the poet's trilogy of tragedies presented at the Dionysian festival in ancient Greece.
- scatophagy — the act of eating dung or excrement
- scatoscopy — examination of the feces for diagnostic purposes.
- separately — to keep apart or divide, as by an intervening barrier or space: to separate two fields by a fence.
- separatory — serving to separate.
- sociopathy — a person with a psychopathic personality whose behavior is antisocial, often criminal, and who lacks a sense of moral responsibility or social conscience.
- somatotype — (of humans) physical type; physique.
- spaciality — spatial.
- spare tyre — A spare tyre is a wheel with a tyre on it that you keep in your car in case you get a flat tyre and need to replace one of your wheels.
- spasticity — Pathology. pertaining to, of the nature of, or characterized by spasm, especially tonic spasm.
- spatiality — of or relating to space.
- speciality — specialty.
- spectrally — of or relating to a specter; ghostly; phantom.
- splay-feet — a broad, flat foot, especially one turned outward.
- splay-foot — a broad, flat foot, especially one turned outward.
- sports day — In British schools, sports day is a day or an afternoon when pupils compete in athletics contests such as races and the high jump. Parents are often invited to come and watch the events.
- spray tank — a closed tank into which air is pumped to force out a liquid, especially for a spray.
- spycatcher — a person who works in counterintelligence to detect enemy espionage activities
- stag party — a social gathering or outing for men only.
- stamp duty — land tax
- staphyline — having a form resembling a bunch of grapes
- staphyloma — a condition in which the sclera or cornea of the eye projects outwards due to inflammation
- stay-press — (of fabric or clothing) treated so as to retain a freshly ironed look after washing.
- stepfamily — a family composed of a parent, a stepparent, and a child or children by a previous marriage.
- strathspey — a slow Scottish dance in quadruple meter.
- strike pay — strike benefit.
- strip away — remove entirely
- stylograph — a fountain pen in which the writing point is a fine, hollow tube instead of a nib.
- sympathies — harmony of or agreement in feeling, as between persons or on the part of one person with respect to another.
- sympathise — to be in sympathy or agreement of feeling; share in a feeling (often followed by with).
- sympathize — to be in sympathy or agreement of feeling; share in a feeling (often followed by with).
- symposiast — a person who attends or participates in a symposium.
- synaptical — Also called syndesis. Cell Biology. the pairing of homologous chromosomes, one from each parent, during early meiosis.
- syncopated — marked by syncopation: syncopated rhythm.
- tardy slip — a slip of paper given to students who are late for school
- tipsy cake — a kind of trifle made from a sponge cake soaked with white wine or sherry and decorated with almonds and crystallized fruit
- tuboplasty — surgical repair of one or both Fallopian tubes
- tympanites — distention of the abdominal wall, as in peritonitis, caused by the accumulation of gas or air in the intestine or peritoneal cavity.
- tympanitis — inflammation of the middle ear; otitis media.