10-letter words containing p, e, s, a
- shape note — a musical note in which the degree of the scale is indicated by the shape of the note's head.
- shapetools — (tool, programming) A code management system for Unix from The Technical University of Berlin.
- share shop — A share shop is a shop or Internet website where members of the public can buy shares in companies.
- sharp-eyed — having keen sight or perception.
- sharpen up — hone, refine
- sharpening — the act of making the edge of something very thin or of making its end pointed
- sheep farm — place where sheep are raised
- sheep race — a single-file walkway for sheep at the entrance to a sheep-dip
- sheepshank — a kind of knot, hitch, or bend made on a rope to shorten it temporarily.
- sheepshead — a deep-bodied, black-banded food fish, Archosargus probatocephalus, living along the Atlantic coast of the U.S.
- sheeptrack — a small natural terrace on a hillside
- ship-bread — hardtack.
- shiplapped — of, related to, or resembling shiplap
- shipmaster — a person who commands a ship; master; captain.
- shopwalker — a floorwalker.
- show-place — an estate, mansion, or the like, usually open to the public, renowned for its beauty, excellent design and workmanship, historical interest, etc.
- shower cap — a plastic cap worn in the shower to keep the hair dry
- side plate — a small plate used for bread or other accompaniments to a meal
- silk paper — paper that contains silk fibers and is sometimes used for printing postage stamps and revenue stamps.
- simple arc — a curve that does not cross itself and has no points missing; a curve that can be put into one-to-one correspondence with the closed interval from 0 to 1.
- skate park — area for skateboarding
- sketch map — a rough map of the principal features of a locale, as one drawn from memory.
- skyscraper — a relatively tall building of many stories, especially one for office or commercial use.
- slash pine — a pine, Pinus elliotii, found in slashes and swamps in the southeastern U.S., yielding a hard, durable wood.
- slave ship — a ship for transporting slaves from their native homes to places of bondage.
- slavophile — a person who greatly admires the Slavs and Slavic ways.
- slavophobe — a person who fears or hates the Slavs, their influence, or things Slavic.
- sleep away — to spend in sleeping; sleep during
- sleep sofa — a sofa that can be used as a bed; sofa bed.
- sleep-away — of or relating to a place at which one sleeps away from home: sleep-away camp.
- sleepyhead — a sleepy person.
- slip gauge — a very accurately ground block of hardened steel used to measure a gap with close accuracy: used mainly in tool-making and inspection
- slipstream — Aeronautics. the airstream pushed back by a revolving aircraft propeller. Compare backwash (def 2), wash (def 31).
- smarten up — improve appearance
- smartphone — a device that combines a cell phone with a handheld computer, typically offering Internet access, data storage, email capability, etc.
- smoothpate — a bald person with a smooth head
- snaphaunce — an early flintlock mechanism for igniting a charge of gunpowder in a gun.
- snapper up — a person who snaps up bargains, etc
- snmp agent — (networking) A software process that responds to queries using the Simple Network Management Protocol to provide status and statistics about a network node.
- snow apple — Fameuse.
- snowcapped — topped with snow: the snowcapped Alps.
- soap opera — a radio or television series depicting the interconnected lives of many characters often in a sentimental, melodramatic way.
- soapflakes — small particles of solid soap or detergent used for washing clothes
- soft paste — any of a variety of artificial porcelains, usually incorporating glass or glass ingredients.
- soft-pedal — to use the soft pedal.
- solar apex — the point on the celestial sphere, near Vega, toward which the solar system is moving relative to the visible stars.
- somatotype — (of humans) physical type; physique.
- someplaces — somewhere
- sophoclean — 495?–406? b.c, Greek dramatist.
- soundscape — the component sounds of an environment.