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10-letter words containing p, r, a, i, s, e

  • sapphirine — consisting of sapphire; like sapphire, especially in color.
  • saprogenic — producing putrefaction or decay, as certain bacteria.
  • sarcopenia — reduction in muscle tissue as a result of ageing
  • sarcophile — a flesh-eating animal, especially the Tasmanian devil.
  • scampering — to run or go hastily or quickly.
  • scorpaenid — belonging or pertaining to the Scorpaenidae, a family of marine fishes with spiny fins, including the rockfishes, scorpionfishes, and lionfishes.
  • sea spider — any member of the arthropod class Pycnogonida, marine invertebrates with eight long walking legs attached to a small body consisting of a cephalothorax and vestigial abdomen.
  • semaphoric — an apparatus for conveying information by means of visual signals, as a light whose position may be changed.
  • separation — an act or instance of separating or the state of being separated.
  • separatism — a person who separates, withdraws, or secedes, as from an established church.
  • separatist — a person who separates, withdraws, or secedes, as from an established church.
  • separative — tending to separate.
  • separatrix — something that divides or separates, as the line between light and dark areas on a partially illuminated surface.
  • serigraphy — a print made by the silkscreen process.
  • sexpartite — divided into or consisting of six parts.
  • sharpening — the act of making the edge of something very thin or of making its end pointed
  • ship-bread — hardtack.
  • shipmaster — a person who commands a ship; master; captain.
  • 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.
  • slipstream — Aeronautics. the airstream pushed back by a revolving aircraft propeller. Compare backwash (def 2), wash (def 31).
  • spare ribs — a cut of meat from the rib section, especially of pork or beef, with some meat adhering to the bones.
  • 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.
  • speakerine — a female television or radio announcer
  • spear side — the male side, or line of descent, of a family (opposed to distaff side or spindle side).
  • 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.
  • spectatrix — a female spectator
  • 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.
  • spheroidal — pertaining to a spheroid or spheroids.
  • 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.
  • 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
  • star prize — The star prize in a competition is the most valuable prize.
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