10-letter words containing s, i, l, e, n, t
- palestrina — Giovanni Pierluigi da [jaw-vahn-nee pyer-loo-ee-jee dah] /dʒɔˈvɑn ni ˌpyɛr luˈi dʒi dɑ/ (Show IPA), 1526?–94, Italian composer.
- paltriness — ridiculously or insultingly small: a paltry sum.
- pearlstein — Philip, born 1924, U.S. painter.
- penologist — the study of the punishment of crime, in both its deterrent and its reformatory aspects.
- pentapolis — a group or federation of five cities; esp in reference to various ancient (Biblical and Classical) federations of five cities or towns
- pentelicus — Latin name of Pendelikon.
- pestilence — a deadly or virulent epidemic disease.
- philistine — (sometimes initial capital letter) a person who is lacking in or hostile or smugly indifferent to cultural values, intellectual pursuits, aesthetic refinement, etc., or is contentedly commonplace in ideas and tastes.
- plaintless — without complaint
- plastering — a composition, as of lime or gypsum, sand, water, and sometimes hair or other fiber, applied in a pasty form to walls, ceilings, etc., and allowed to harden and dry.
- plasticine — Plasticine is a soft coloured substance like clay which children use for making models.
- pleonastic — the use of more words than are necessary to express an idea; redundancy.
- pleustonic — a buoyant mat of weeds, algae, and associated organisms that floats on or near the surface of a lake, river, or other body of fresh water.
- polishment — the state of being polished or the action of polishing
- politeness — showing good manners toward others, as in behavior, speech, etc.; courteous; civil: a polite reply.
- polygenist — a person who advocates polygenism
- portliness — rather heavy or fat; stout; corpulent.
- presential — present, or implying actual presence
- priestling — a small or insignificant priest
- pristinely — in a pristine manner
- prosilient — prominent
- psalterian — psalm-like
- quinestrol — a synthetic estrogen, C 2 5 H 3 2 O 2 , used in oral contraceptives.
- quintuples — Plural form of quintuple.
- resolution — a formal expression of opinion or intention made, usually after voting, by a formal organization, a legislature, a club, or other group. Compare concurrent resolution, joint resolution.
- saint luke — a fellow worker of Paul and a physician (Colossians 4:14). Feast day: Oct 18
- salientian — belonging or pertaining to the superorder Salientia, comprising the frogs and toads (order Anura) and extinct species.
- salt mines — Dense quarters housing large numbers of programmers working long hours on grungy projects, with some hope of seeing the end of the tunnel in N years. Noted for their absence of sunshine. Compare playpen, sandbox.
- sapiential — containing, exhibiting, or affording wisdom; characterized by wisdom.
- schalstein — a slate-like rock formed by shearing basaltic or andesitic tuff or lava
- schnitzler — Arthur [ahr-ther;; German ahr-too r] /ˈɑr θər;; German ˈɑr tʊər/ (Show IPA), 1862–1931, Austrian dramatist and novelist.
- 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.
- sedimental — of, relating to, or of the nature of sediment.
- seethingly — to surge or foam as if boiling.
- self-unity — the state of being one; oneness.
- semantical — of, relating to, or arising from the different meanings of words or other symbols: semantic change; semantic confusion.
- semilucent — partially translucent
- senatorial — of, pertaining to, characteristic of, or befitting a senator or senate: senatorial oratory.
- sensualist — a person given to the indulgence of the senses or appetites.
- sensuality — sensual nature: the sensuality of Keats's poetry.
- sentential — pertaining to or of the nature of a sentence.
- septennial — occurring every seven years.
- septillion — a cardinal number represented in the U.S. by 1 followed by 24 zeros, and in Great Britain by 1 followed by 42 zeros.
- sequential — characterized by regular sequence of parts.
- sertraline — a drug, C 17 H 17 NCl 2 ·HCl, of the SSRI class, used in the treatment of depression.
- sexivalent — hexavalent.
- sextillion — a cardinal number represented in the U.S. by 1 followed by 21 zeros, and in Great Britain by 1 followed by 36 zeros.
- short line — a bus or rail route covering only a limited distance.
- signalment — a detailed description, especially of distinctive features, of a person for identification, usually for police purposes.