10-letter words containing p, s, i, l, a, n
- salpingian — a trumpet-shaped tube, as a Fallopian or Eustachian tube.
- san felipe — a city in NE Venezuela, on the Orinoco River.
- sapiential — containing, exhibiting, or affording wisdom; characterized by wisdom.
- scalloping — any of the bivalve mollusks of the genus Argopecten (Pecten) and related genera that swim by rapidly clapping the fluted shell valves together.
- scallopini — scallops, especially of veal, flattened by pounding and usually dredged in flour or breadcrumbs and sautéed quickly: scaloppine alla Marsala.
- scaloppine — scallops, especially of veal, flattened by pounding and usually dredged in flour or breadcrumbs and sautéed quickly: scaloppine alla Marsala.
- seal point — a Siamese cat having a fawn-colored body and dark-brown points.
- seal-point — a Siamese cat having a fawn-colored body and dark-brown points.
- septennial — occurring every seven years.
- ship canal — a canal navigable by ships.
- slash pine — a pine, Pinus elliotii, found in slashes and swamps in the southeastern U.S., yielding a hard, durable wood.
- slop basin — a basin or bowl into which the dregs, leaves, and grounds of teacups and coffee cups are emptied at the table.
- snappingly — involving a snap
- snappishly — in a sharp or irritable manner
- spallation — a nuclear reaction in which several nucleons are released from the nucleus of an atom.
- spaniolize — to cause to become Spanish
- spankingly — in a spanking manner
- speakingly — in an eloquent manner
- sphenoidal — relating to the sphenoid bone
- spinal tap — procedure to draw fluid from spine
- spindleage — total number or capacity of spindles in a mill, area, etc.
- spiralling — Geometry. a plane curve generated by a point moving around a fixed point while constantly receding from or approaching it.
- splanchnic — of or relating to the viscera or entrails; visceral.
- 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
- spoil bank — a bank of excavated refuse or waste earth, as of shale from surface coal mining.
- spoliation — the act or an instance of plundering or despoiling.
- spondaical — composed of spondees
- sponsional — relating to, involved in or entering into a sponsion
- spoon nail — an abnormal condition in which the outer surfaces of the nails are concave; koilonychia.
- springdale — a city in NW Arkansas.
- springhalt — stringhalt.
- springtail — any of numerous minute, wingless primitive insects of the order Collembola, most possessing a special abdominal appendage for jumping that allows for the nearly perpetual springing pattern characteristic of the group.
- staphyline — having a form resembling a bunch of grapes
- sun pillar — a halo phenomenon in which a vertical streak of light appears above and below the sun, believed to be caused by the reflection of sunlight by ice crystals with vertical axes.
- suppliance — appeal; entreaty; plea; supplication: He knelt in an attitude of suppliance.
- suppliancy — suppliance2 .
- suppliants — a tragedy (c463 b.c.) by Aeschylus.
- supplicant — supplicating.
- synaptical — Also called syndesis. Cell Biology. the pairing of homologous chromosomes, one from each parent, during early meiosis.
- unplausive — not applauding; disapproving
- unpleasing — not pleasing
- unprisable — not able to be prised or released from a grip
- upflashing — flashing or flaring up
- wallopings — Plural form of walloping.
- wild pansy — any uncultivated or wild form of the common pansy, Viola tricolor.