10-letter words containing s, e, p, t, a, r
- proteinase — any of a group of enzymes that are capable of hydrolyzing proteins.
- protestant — any Western Christian who is not an adherent of a Catholic, Anglican, or Eastern Church.
- psalterian — psalm-like
- psalterium — the omasum.
- pulse rate — the rate of the pulse: stated in pulsations per minute.
- puntarenas — a seaport in W Costa Rica.
- purgatives — purging or cleansing, especially by causing evacuation of the bowels.
- pyrolysate — a product of pyrolysis
- rain-swept — A rain-swept place is a place where it is raining heavily.
- rampasture — a large attic room.
- re-baptism — a new or second baptism
- redispatch — to send off or away with speed, as a messenger, telegram, body of troops, etc.
- respectant — aspectant.
- respirator — a masklike device, usually of gauze, worn over the mouth, or nose and mouth, to prevent the inhalation of noxious substances or the like.
- resupinate — bent backward.
- rose topaz — a rose-pink form of topaz produced by heating yellow-brown topaz
- rump steak — Rump or rump steak is meat cut from the rear end of a cow.
- rupestrian — made or found on cave walls or rocks
- sapperment — a German oath
- saprophyte — any organism that lives on dead organic matter, as certain fungi and bacteria.
- screwplate — a metal plate having threaded holes, used for cutting screw threads by hand.
- separately — to keep apart or divide, as by an intervening barrier or space: to separate two fields by a fence.
- 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.
- separatory — serving to separate.
- separatrix — something that divides or separates, as the line between light and dark areas on a partially illuminated surface.
- sepultural — the act of placing in a sepulcher or tomb; burial.
- sexpartite — divided into or consisting of six parts.
- sheeptrack — a small natural terrace on a hillside
- shipmaster — a person who commands a ship; master; captain.
- skate park — area for skateboarding
- slipstream — Aeronautics. the airstream pushed back by a revolving aircraft propeller. Compare backwash (def 2), wash (def 31).
- smarten up — improve appearance
- smartphone — a device that combines a cell phone with a handheld computer, typically offering Internet access, data storage, email capability, etc.
- space rate — a unit of compensation for written work, based on the amount of space that the submitted material occupies in print, and usually computed in column inches.
- spacecraft — a vehicle designed for travel or operation in space beyond the earth's atmosphere or in orbit around the earth.
- spare part — replacement component
- spare time — leisure hours
- spare tire — a tire used or kept available as an emergency replacement on a vehicle.
- spare tyre — A spare tyre is a wheel with a tyre on it that you keep in your car in case you get a flat tyre and need to replace one of your wheels.
- 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.
- 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
- spectrally — of or relating to a specter; ghostly; phantom.
- speculator — a person who is engaged in commercial or financial speculation.
- speed trap — a section of a road where hidden police, radar, etc., carefully check the speed of motorists and strictly enforce traffic regulations: sometimes characterized by hard-to-see signals, hidden traffic signs, etc.