10-letter words containing p, e, s, a
- push media — (messaging) A model of media distribution where items of content are sent to the user (viewer, listener, etc.) in a sequence, and at a rate, determined by a server to which the user has connected. This contrasts with pull media where the user requests each item individually. Push media usually entail some notion of a "channel" which the user selects and which delivers a particular kind of content. Broadcast television is (for the most part) the prototypical example of push media: you turn on the TV set, select a channel and shows and commercials stream out until you turn the set off. By contrast, the web is (mostly) the prototypical example of pull media: each "page", each bit of content, comes to the user only if he requests it; put down the keyboard and the mouse, and everything stops. At the time of writing (April 1997), much effort is being put into blurring the line between push media and pull media. Most of this is aimed at bringing more push media to the Internet, mainly as a way to disseminate advertising, since telling people about products they didn't know they wanted is very difficult in a strict pull media model. These emergent forms of push media are generally variations on targeted advertising mixed in with bits of useful content. "At home on your computer, the same system will run soothing screensavers underneath regular news flashes, all while keeping track, in one corner, of press releases from companies whose stocks you own. With frequent commercial messages, of course." (Wired, March 1997, page 12). As part of the eternal desire to apply a fun new words to boring old things, "push" is occasionally used to mean nothing more than email spam.
- push plate — a rectangular protective plate of metal, plastic, ceramic, or other material applied vertically to the lock stile of a door.
- put to sea — the salt waters that cover the greater part of the earth's surface.
- pyranoside — a glycoside containing a pyran ring structure.
- pyrolysate — a product of pyrolysis
- quadriceps — a large muscle in front of the thigh, the action of which extends the leg or bends the hip joint.
- quadrupeds — Plural form of quadruped.
- quadruples — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of quadruple.
- radarscope — the viewing screen of radar equipment.
- radioscope — an instrument, such as a fluoroscope, capable of detecting radiant energy
- rain-swept — A rain-swept place is a place where it is raining heavily.
- rampageous — violent; unruly; boisterous.
- rampasture — a large attic room.
- rangership — the office or position of a ranger
- re-baptism — a new or second baptism
- readership — the people who read or are thought to read a particular book, newspaper, magazine, etc.: The periodical has a dwindling readership.
- reappraise — to estimate the monetary value of; determine the worth of; assess: We had an expert appraise the house before we bought it.
- redispatch — to send off or away with speed, as a messenger, telegram, body of troops, etc.
- rephrasing — to phrase again or differently: He rephrased the statement to give it less formality.
- repoussage — the art or process of working in repoussé.
- reprimands — a severe reproof or rebuke, especially a formal one by a person in authority.
- repurchase — to buy again; regain by purchase.
- respectant — aspectant.
- respirable — capable of being respired.
- respirator — a masklike device, usually of gauze, worn over the mouth, or nose and mouth, to prevent the inhalation of noxious substances or the like.
- resupinate — bent backward.
- rhapsodize — to talk with extravagant enthusiasm.
- riverscape — a view, painting, etc., of a river and the land surrounding or adjacent to it.
- roof space — the attic space inside a roof
- rosary pea — a woody tropical vine, Abrus precatorius , of the legume family, having extremely poisonous scarlet and black seeds that are used for beads and a root used as a substitute for licorice.
- rose aphid — a dark green aphid, Macrosiphum rosae, that feeds on roses and related plants.
- rose apple — any of various tropical trees belonging to the genus Syzygium, of the myrtle family, especially S. jambos, of the East Indies, having showy, greenish-white flowers and oval, yellowish fruit.
- rose topaz — a rose-pink form of topaz produced by heating yellow-brown topaz
- rump steak — Rump or rump steak is meat cut from the rear end of a cow.
- rupestrian — made or found on cave walls or rocks
- sachemship — the office of a sachem
- safe space — a place or forum where people can openly discuss controversial subjects without fear of reprisal
- 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.
- sailplaner — a person who flies sailplanes
- sale price — discounted cost
- sales slip — a receipt or other slip of paper issued by a store or other vendor showing where a purchase was made and also the amount, date, department, etc.
- salopettes — a garment worn for skiing, consisting of quilted trousers reaching to the chest and held up by shoulder straps
- san felipe — a city in NE Venezuela, on the Orinoco River.
- sand perch — squirrelfish.
- sand viper — hognose snake.
- sandgroper — a nickname for a Western Australian
- sandpapery — of or suggesting the grating sound of sandpaper rubbing against wood or the rough texture of sandpaper.
- sapiential — containing, exhibiting, or affording wisdom; characterized by wisdom.
- saponifier — to convert (a fat) into soap by treating with an alkali.