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10-letter words containing p, a, t, i, s

  • semipostal — a postage stamp sold by a government at a premium above its face value, the excess being used for a nonpostal purpose, as a charity.
  • separation — an act or instance of separating or the state of being separated.
  • separatism — a person who separates, withdraws, or secedes, as from an established church.
  • separatist — a person who separates, withdraws, or secedes, as from an established church.
  • separative — tending to separate.
  • separatrix — something that divides or separates, as the line between light and dark areas on a partially illuminated surface.
  • septennial — occurring every seven years.
  • septicemia — the invasion and persistence of pathogenic bacteria in the blood-stream.
  • septicidal — (of a capsule) dehiscing lengthwise along a septum.
  • septuagint — the oldest Greek version of the Old Testament, traditionally said to have been translated by 70 or 72 Jewish scholars at the request of Ptolemy II: most scholars believe that only the Pentateuch was completed in the early part of the 3rd century b.c. and that the remaining books were translated in the next two centuries.
  • sexpartite — divided into or consisting of six parts.
  • shahaptian — Sahaptian
  • shipmaster — a person who commands a ship; master; captain.
  • side plate — a small plate used for bread or other accompaniments to a meal
  • sitophobia — abnormal aversion to food.
  • skin patch — an adhesive patch stuck to the skin to slowly and steadily release medicine into the bloodstream
  • slipstream — Aeronautics. the airstream pushed back by a revolving aircraft propeller. Compare backwash (def 2), wash (def 31).
  • sociopathy — a person with a psychopathic personality whose behavior is antisocial, often criminal, and who lacks a sense of moral responsibility or social conscience.
  • space suit — outfit worn by astronaut
  • space-time — Also called space-time continuum. the four-dimensional continuum, having three spatial coordinates and one temporal coordinate, in which all physical quantities may be located.
  • spaciality — spatial.
  • spallation — a nuclear reaction in which several nucleons are released from the nucleus of an atom.
  • spare time — leisure hours
  • spare tire — a tire used or kept available as an emergency replacement on a vehicle.
  • sparkliest — tending to sparkle; animated; lively: a row of sparkly cheerleaders.
  • spartacist — a member of a group of German radical socialists formed in 1916 and in 1919 becoming the German Communist Party, led by Karl Liebknecht and Rosa Luxemburg
  • spartanism — Also, Spartanic [spahr-tan-ik] /spɑrˈtæn ɪk/ (Show IPA). of or relating to Sparta or its people.
  • spasmodist — a person who is spasmodic, especially in style, as a writer, painter, etc.
  • spasticity — Pathology. pertaining to, of the nature of, or characterized by spasm, especially tonic spasm.
  • spatangoid — a type of sea urchin
  • spatiality — of or relating to space.
  • 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.
  • spec ratio — (benchmark)   Results for each individual benchmark of the SPEC benchmark suites, for example CINT92 and CFP92, expressed as the ratio of the wall clock time to execute one single copy of the benchmark, compared to a fixed "SPEC reference time", which was chosen early-on as the execution time on a VAX 11/780. See also SPEC rate.
  • specialist — a person who devotes himself or herself to one subject or to one particular branch of a subject or pursuit.
  • speciality — specialty.
  • 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.
  • spectatrix — a female spectator
  • spermaceti — a pearly white, waxy, translucent solid, obtained from the oil in the head of the sperm whale: used chiefly in cosmetics and candles, and as an emollient.
  • spermatial — relating to the male reproductive cells of certain red algae and fungi
  • spermatium — Botany. the nonmotile male gamete of a red alga.
  • spermatoid — resembling sperm.
  • sphalerite — a very common mineral, zinc sulfide, ZnS, usually containing some iron and a little cadmium, occurring in yellow, brown, or black crystals or cleavable masses with resinous luster: the principal ore of zinc and cadmium; blackjack.
  • spiculated — covered with spicules or needle-like
  • spiflicate — to destroy; annihilate
  • spinal tap — procedure to draw fluid from spine
  • spirantize — to change into or pronounce as a spirant.
  • spirituals — of, relating to, or consisting of spirit; incorporeal.
  • spit-roast — to cook on a spit
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