10-letter words containing s, a, r, p, l
- lunarscape — the landscape of the moon.
- mailperson — A mailman or mailwoman.
- malapropos — inappropriate; out of place; inopportune; untimely: a malapropos remark.
- marsupials — Plural form of marsupial.
- masterplan — a general plan or program for achieving an objective.
- morse lamp — a blinker lamp for signaling in Morse code.
- narcolepsy — a condition characterized by frequent and uncontrollable periods of deep sleep.
- neuroplasm — the cytoplasm of a nerve cell.
- nonpareils — Plural form of nonpareil.
- nulliparas — Plural form of nullipara.
- oleographs — Plural form of oleograph.
- outsparkle — to sparkle more brilliantly than
- palaestral — relating to the palaestra
- palaverous — a conference or discussion.
- pale horse — a representation of Death, as in literature or the Bible.
- palestrina — Giovanni Pierluigi da [jaw-vahn-nee pyer-loo-ee-jee dah] /dʒɔˈvɑn ni ˌpyɛr luˈi dʒi dɑ/ (Show IPA), 1526?–94, Italian composer.
- palisander — Brazilian rosewood.
- palm sugar — sugar from the sap of certain palm trees.
- palmerston — Henry John Temple, 3rd Viscount, 1784–1865, British statesman: prime minister 1855–58, 1859–65.
- paltriness — ridiculously or insultingly small: a paltry sum.
- paper loss — an investment loss which has occurred but not yet been realized
- parablepsy — a hallucination
- paracelsus — Philippus Aureolus [fi-lip-uh s aw-ree-oh-luh s] /fɪˈlɪp əs ɔˈri oʊ ləs/ (Show IPA), (Theophrastus Bombastus von Hohenheim) 1493?–1541, Swiss physician and alchemist.
- paraglossa — the outer lobe of the lingua or labium of certain insects
- paralepsis — paralipsis.
- paralipsis — the suggestion, by deliberately concise treatment of a topic, that much of significance is being omitted, as in “not to mention other faults.”.
- parallaxis — (language) A procedural programming language developed by Thomas Braeunl <[email protected]> at the University of Stuttgart. It is based on Modula-2, but extended for data parallel (SIMD) programming. The main approach for machine independent parallel programming is to include a description of the virtual parallel machine with each parallel algorithm. There is a simulator and X Window System-based profiler for workstations, Macintosh, and IBM PC. Version 2.0 runs on MP-1, CM-2, Sun-3, Sun-4, DECstation, HP 700, RS/6000.
- paralogism — argument violating principles of valid reasoning.
- paraselene — a bright moonlike spot on a lunar halo; a mock moon.
- parasexual — of or relating to any form of reproduction in which the recombination of genes occurs by a process other than the fusion of gametes
- parastatal — working with the government in an unofficial capacity.
- parcelwise — bit by bit
- parentless — a father or a mother.
- paris club — an informal group of representatives from IMF member nations whose governments or central banks have lent money to governments of other countries
- parkleaves — a species of St John's wort
- paroxysmal — any sudden, violent outburst; a fit of violent action or emotion: paroxysms of rage.
- parsonical — a member of the clergy, especially a Protestant minister; pastor; rector.
- partialism — a theory or view that does not take into account all the facts
- partialist — a person who is partial
- partisanly — in a partisan manner
- party list — of or relating to a system of voting in which people vote for a party rather than for a candidate. Parties are assigned the number of seats which reflects their share of the vote
- passiflora — a plant of the genus Passiflora
- pastorally — having the simplicity, charm, serenity, or other characteristics generally attributed to rural areas: pastoral scenery; the pastoral life.
- pasturable — capable of providing pasture, as land.
- patrialise — to make patrial, one with a legal right to enter and stay in the UK
- patrialism — (in Britain formerly) the policy regarding conferment of patrial status
- patronless — having no patron(s), without patrons
- pearlstein — Philip, born 1924, U.S. painter.
- pectoralis — either of two muscles on each side of the upper and anterior part of the thorax, the action of the larger (pectoralis major) assisting in drawing the shoulder forward and rotating the arm inward, and the action of the smaller (pectoralis minor) assisting in drawing the shoulder downward and forward.
- pedernales — a river in central Texas, flowing E to the Colorado river. About 105 miles (169 km) long.