10-letter words containing s, i, n, e, p
- 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.
- seamanship — knowledge and skill pertaining to the operation, navigation, management, safety, and maintenance of a ship.
- seed-snipe — any of several South American birds of the family Thinocoridae, related to the shorebirds but superficially resembling quail.
- separation — an act or instance of separating or the state of being separated.
- septennial — occurring every seven years.
- septennium — a period or cycle of 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.
- septuagint — the oldest Greek version of the Old Testament, traditionally said to have been translated by 70 or 72 Jewish scholars at the request of Ptolemy II: most scholars believe that only the Pentateuch was completed in the early part of the 3rd century b.c. and that the remaining books were translated in the next two centuries.
- serpentine — of, characteristic of, or resembling a serpent, as in form or movement.
- serpentize — to cause to be like a serpent
- setting-up — the establishment or creation of something
- sextonship — the office of a sexton
- shankpiece — a piece of metal or fiber for giving form to the shank of a shoe.
- sharpening — the act of making the edge of something very thin or of making its end pointed
- shell pink — delicate whitish to yellow pink.
- ship money — a tax levied to finance the fitting out of warships: abolished 1640
- shipentine — a four-masted bark.
- shrimp net — a net for catching shrimps
- signposted — A place or route that is signposted has signposts beside the road to show the way.
- silent cop — a small hemispherical traffic marker at an intersection
- simon pure — real; genuine: a simon-pure accent.
- simon-pure — real; genuine: a simon-pure accent.
- simpleness — easy to understand, deal with, use, etc.: a simple matter; simple tools.
- sine prole — without offspring or progeny: to die sine prole.
- sixtypenny — noting a nail 6 inches (15 cm) long. Abbreviation: 60d.
- skippering — the master or captain of a vessel, especially of a small trading or fishing vessel.
- slash pine — a pine, Pinus elliotii, found in slashes and swamps in the southeastern U.S., yielding a hard, durable wood.
- sleepiness — person: drowsy feeling
- slip noose — a noose made with a slipknot
- spaniolize — to cause to become Spanish
- spattering — to scatter or dash in small particles or drops: The dog spattered mud on everyone when he shook himself.
- speakerine — a female television or radio announcer
- speakingly — in an eloquent manner
- spearpoint — the point at the end of a spearhead.
- speciation — the formation of new species as a result of geographic, physiological, anatomical, or behavioral factors that prevent previously interbreeding populations from breeding with each other.
- spectating — to participate as a spectator, as at a horse race.
- speediness — characterized by speed; rapid; swift; fast.
- spellingly — one letter at a time
- spelunking — to explore caves, especially as a hobby.
- spencerian — pertaining to or characteristic of a system of penmanship, characterized by clear, rounded letters slanting to the right.
- spenserian — of or characteristic of Spenser or his work.
- spermidine — a biogenic polyamine, H 2 N(CH 2) 4 NH(CH 2) 3 NH 2 , formed from putrescine, occurring widely in nature and first identified in semen.
- sphenoidal — relating to the sphenoid bone
- sphenopsid — equisetoid.
- sphinxlike — like the Sphinx; enigmatic or inscrutable
- spiderling — the young of a spider.
- spin-dryer — to remove moisture from (laundry) by centrifugal force, as in an automatic washing machine.
- spinaceous — pertaining to or of the nature of spinach; belonging to the amaranth family of plants.
- spindleage — total number or capacity of spindles in a mill, area, etc.