10-letter words containing p, l, i, e, s
- seal-point — a Siamese cat having a fawn-colored body and dark-brown points.
- self-pride — pride in one's abilities, status, possessions, etc.; self-esteem.
- 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.
- semipublic — partly or to some degree public.
- septennial — occurring every seven years.
- septicidal — (of a capsule) dehiscing lengthwise along a septum.
- septillion — a cardinal number represented in the U.S. by 1 followed by 24 zeros, and in Great Britain by 1 followed by 42 zeros.
- setup file — a file needed to set up or install a computer program
- sewer pill — a ribbed wooden ball for scraping the walls of a sewer through which it floats.
- sheepishly — embarrassed or bashful, as by having done something wrong or foolish.
- 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.
- shell pink — delicate whitish to yellow pink.
- shiplapped — of, related to, or resembling shiplap
- shoplifter — a person who steals goods from the shelves or displays of a retail store while posing as a customer.
- shopsoiled — worn, faded, tarnished, etc, from being displayed in a shop or store
- shrimplike — any of several small, long-tailed, chiefly marine crustaceans of the decapod suborder Natania, certain species of which are used as food.
- side plate — a small plate used for bread or other accompaniments to a meal
- silent cop — a small hemispherical traffic marker at an intersection
- silk paper — paper that contains silk fibers and is sometimes used for printing postage stamps and revenue stamps.
- simferopol — a city in S Ukraine, on the S Crimean Peninsula.
- 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.
- simple vow — a public vow taken by a religious, under which property may be retained and marriage, though held to be illicit, is valid under canon law.
- simpleness — easy to understand, deal with, use, etc.: a simple matter; simple tools.
- simplified — to make less complex or complicated; make plainer or easier: to simplify a problem.
- sine prole — without offspring or progeny: to die sine prole.
- 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.
- 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.
- sleepiness — person: drowsy feeling
- sleepshirt — a shirtlike garment, usually knee-length or shorter, worn for sleeping.
- 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
- slip noose — a noose made with a slipknot
- slipperier — tending or liable to cause slipping or sliding, as ice, oil, a wet surface, etc.: a slippery road.
- slipstream — Aeronautics. the airstream pushed back by a revolving aircraft propeller. Compare backwash (def 2), wash (def 31).
- slush pile — a collection of unsolicited manuscripts submitted to a publisher.
- soil creep — creep of soil on even slopes; often accelerated by spring freeze-and-thaw or general periglacial conditions. Compare creep (def 22a).
- spaniolize — to cause to become Spanish
- sparkliest — tending to sparkle; animated; lively: a row of sparkly cheerleaders.
- speakingly — in an eloquent manner
- specialise — to pursue some special line of study, work, etc.; have a specialty: The doctor specializes in gastroenterology.
- specialism — devotion or restriction to a particular pursuit, branch of study, etc.
- specialist — a person who devotes himself or herself to one subject or to one particular branch of a subject or pursuit.
- speciality — specialty.
- specialize — to pursue some special line of study, work, etc.; have a specialty: The doctor specializes in gastroenterology.
- speciously — apparently good or right though lacking real merit; superficially pleasing or plausible: specious arguments.
- speed dial — phone feature: calling a number automatically
- speed-dial — to dial (a telephone number) using speed dial.
- spellingly — one letter at a time
- spelunking — to explore caves, especially as a hobby.