10-letter words containing s, c, p, i
- spinescent — Botany. becoming spinelike. ending in a spine. bearing spines.
- spirochete — any of various spiral-shaped motile bacteria of the family Spirochaetaceae, certain species, as Treponema, Leptospira, and Borrelia, being pathogenic to humans and other animals, and other species being free-living, saprophytic, or parasitic.
- spit chips — to be very angry
- spitchcock — an eel that is split, cut into pieces, and broiled or fried.
- splanchnic — of or relating to the viscera or entrails; visceral.
- 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
- spondaical — composed of spondees
- sporadical — (of similar things or occurrences) appearing or happening at irregular intervals in time; occasional: sporadic renewals of enthusiasm.
- sporicidal — a substance or preparation for killing spores.
- sporogenic — relating to the production or formation of spores, or producing spores
- sporogonic — involving or relating to sporogony
- spot price — the price of spot goods or of commodities on the spot market.
- springbuck — springbok.
- springlock — a lock that fastens automatically by a spring.
- spss, inc. — (company) A company selling a variety of software under the general description of "Statistical Product and Service Solutions". The company was founded to distribute and support the Statistical Package for the Social Sciences, but now supplies software or four broad markets: data mining, survey/market research, quality improvement, and scientific research.
- stenopaeic — pertaining to or containing a narrow slit or minute opening: a stenopeic device to aid vision after eye surgery.
- stenotopic — (of an animal or plant) able to tolerate only small environmental changes.
- still pack — the pack not in play in a game in which two packs are used alternately.
- stock whip — a whip with a long lash and a short handle, as used to herd cattle
- stop price — the price at which a stop order is activated.
- strip city — a continuous area of urban development lying between or embracing two or more large cities and having a population of at least one million; megalopolis.
- strip club — strip joint.
- stuck pipe — Stuck pipe happens when part of the drillpipe cannot be turned or moved up or down.
- subhepatic — of or relating to the liver.
- subphrenic — underneath the diaphragm
- subspecies — a subdivision of a species, especially a geographical or ecological subdivision.
- subtropics — the region lying between the tropics and temperate lands
- super-rich — having wealth or great possessions; abundantly supplied with resources, means, or funds; wealthy: a rich man; a rich nation.
- superbitch — an exceptionally spiteful woman, a very bitchy person
- supercilia — the fillet above the cyma of a cornice.
- supermicro — the fastest and most powerful type of microcomputer, with capabilities more commonly associated with minicomputers.
- supersonic — greater than the speed of sound waves through air.
- superthick — extremely thick
- supertonic — the second tone of a diatonic scale, being the next above the tonic.
- suppliance — appeal; entreaty; plea; supplication: He knelt in an attitude of suppliance.
- suppliancy — suppliance2 .
- supplicant — supplicating.
- supplicate — to pray humbly; make humble and earnest entreaty or petition.
- supragenic — beyond the limits or above the level of genes.
- supraoptic — above the optic chiasm
- suprapubic — above the pubic bone
- susceptive — receptive.
- suscipient — a recipient
- suspecting — to believe to be guilty, false, counterfeit, undesirable, defective, bad, etc., with little or no proof: to suspect a person of murder.
- suspicious — tending to cause or excite suspicion; questionable: suspicious behavior.
- swipe card — a plastic card with magnetically encoded data that is decoded when passed through a slotted electronic reader, especially for payment or identification purposes.
- synaptical — Also called syndesis. Cell Biology. the pairing of homologous chromosomes, one from each parent, during early meiosis.
- syphilitic — pertaining to, noting, or affected with syphilis.
- taperstick — a candlestick designed to hold tapers.
- tapescript — a recording of the spoken word on tape or a transcript of this