10-letter words containing p, e, t, i
- serpentize — to cause to be like a serpent
- setting-up — the establishment or creation of something
- setup file — a file needed to set up or install a computer program
- sexpartite — divided into or consisting of six parts.
- sextonship — the office of a sexton
- sheep tick — a wingless, bloodsucking, dipterous insect, Melophagus ovinus, that is parasitic on sheep.
- sheet pile — one of a number of piles, usually flat, driven side by side to retain earth, etc., or to prevent seepage into an excavation.
- shipentine — a four-masted bark.
- shipfitter — a person who forms plates, shapes, etc., of ship according to plans, patterns, or molds.
- shipmaster — a person who commands a ship; master; captain.
- shopfitter — a worker who makes and installs fittings for commercial premises
- shoplifter — a person who steals goods from the shelves or displays of a retail store while posing as a customer.
- shrimp net — a net for catching shrimps
- side plate — a small plate used for bread or other accompaniments to a meal
- signposted — A place or route that is signposted has signposts beside the road to show the way.
- silent cop — a small hemispherical traffic marker at an intersection
- sit pretty — to rest with the body supported by the buttocks or thighs; be seated.
- sixtypenny — noting a nail 6 inches (15 cm) long. Abbreviation: 60d.
- skepticism — skeptical attitude or temper; doubt.
- sleep with — to take the rest afforded by a suspension of voluntary bodily functions and the natural suspension, complete or partial, of consciousness; cease being awake.
- sleepshirt — a shirtlike garment, usually knee-length or shorter, worn for sleeping.
- slipstream — Aeronautics. the airstream pushed back by a revolving aircraft propeller. Compare backwash (def 2), wash (def 31).
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- speciosity — the quality or state of being specious.
- 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.
- sperrylite — a mineral, platinum arsenide, PtAs 2 , occurring in minute tin-white crystals, usually cubes: a minor ore of platinum.
- 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.
- sphericity — a spherical state or form.
- spherulite — a rounded aggregate of radiating crystals found in obsidian and other glassy igneous rocks.
- spiculated — covered with spicules or needle-like
- spiderwort — any plant of the genus Tradescantia, having blue, purple, or rose-colored flowers.
- spiflicate — to destroy; annihilate
- spinescent — Botany. becoming spinelike. ending in a spine. bearing spines.
- spinsterly — relating to or resembling a spinster
- spirantize — to change into or pronounce as a spirant.