10-letter words containing p, i, s, e, a
- speed dial — phone feature: calling a number automatically
- speed-dial — to dial (a telephone number) using speed dial.
- spencerian — pertaining to or characteristic of a system of penmanship, characterized by clear, rounded letters slanting to the right.
- spenserian — of or characteristic of Spenser or his work.
- 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.
- spermarium — the sperm gland
- 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.
- sphenoidal — relating to the sphenoid bone
- spheroidal — pertaining to a spheroid or spheroids.
- spiculated — covered with spicules or needle-like
- spiflicate — to destroy; annihilate
- spinaceous — pertaining to or of the nature of spinach; belonging to the amaranth family of plants.
- spindleage — total number or capacity of spindles in a mill, area, etc.
- spinigrade — a type of spiny echinoderm
- spiralizer — a kitchen appliance for cutting vegetables into noodle-like strands
- spirantize — to change into or pronounce as a spirant.
- spitballer — a pitcher who is known or believed to throw spitballs.
- splenative — relating to the spleen or spleenful
- split cane — bamboo split into strips of triangular section, tapered, and glued to form a stiff but flexible hexagonal rod: used, esp formerly, for making fishing rods
- split page — (in a newspaper) a page replacing one of an earlier edition and containing chiefly the same material in altered form.
- split peas — peas that are dried and split and used in soups, pease pudding, or as a vegetable
- splittable — to divide or separate from end to end or into layers: to split a log in two.
- spoliative — blood-diminishing
- springdale — a city in NW Arkansas.
- springhare — a leaping and burrowing rodent, Pedetes capensis, native to southern Africa, having kangaroolike legs and long, pointed ears.
- springhead — a spring or fountainhead from which a stream flows.
- stair-step — to move or progress in steps of increasing height or level
- stairsteps — a flight of steps
- staphyline — having a form resembling a bunch of grapes
- star prize — The star prize in a competition is the most valuable prize.
- stenopaeic — pertaining to or containing a narrow slit or minute opening: a stenopeic device to aid vision after eye surgery.
- step aside — move to one side
- stepfamily — a family composed of a parent, a stepparent, and a child or children by a previous marriage.
- stephanite — a mineral, silver antimony sulfide, Ag 5 SbS 4 : an ore of silver.
- stereopair — a pair of photographs of the same area taken from slightly different positions so as to give a stereoscopic effect when properly mounted and viewed.
- stipulated — to make an express demand or arrangement as a condition of agreement (often followed by for).
- strike pay — strike benefit.
- strippable — Mining. of or relating to ore or coal that can be produced by strip mining.
- striptease — a burlesque act in which a dancer removes garments one at a time to the accompaniment of music.
- subhepatic — of or relating to the liver.
- subprimate — a primitive variety of primate
- sugar pine — a tall pine, Pinus lambertiana, of California, Oregon, etc., having cones 20 inches (51 cm) long.
- sulphatise — to convert into a sulfate, as by the roasting of ores.
- superation — the action or process of superating, overcoming or surpassing
- superbrain — (computer) A personal computer released in 1980 by Intertec. The Superbrain had two Z80A microprocessors running at 4 MHz, one for the main processing and the other for peripheral activities. It had an integrated keyboard and display. It was sold with the CP/M operating system, Microsoft Basic, an 8080 assembler and Microsoft Cobol 74. The base model, the "Superbrain 10", had no drives, only a network connection. Other models added one or two 5" floppy disc units. The "Jr" had 170K drives (single-sided), the "QD" had 340 KB drives (double-sided) and the "SD" had 780k. Intertec did not sell or support a hard drive or an S-100 bus for these machines. The network version of the SuperBrain was called CompuStar. The network was a large gray parallel cable. CompuStar had three "file servers" that accepted up to 255 machines. These were the "DSS-10" with a 10MB 8" Winchester drive; the "CDC" with 96MB consisting of 80MB fixed and a 16MB removable platter; and the "Priam" with a 144MB 14" platter winchester. Intertec manufactured the controllers for the last two and an enclosure and power supply for the Priam. CDC had to go on-site to install the 96MB. The SuperBrain was succeeded in 1982 by the SuperBrain II.
- supercilia — the fillet above the cyma of a cornice.
- supergiant — Astronomy. supergiant star.