10-letter words containing s, l, i, p, n
- ship canal — a canal navigable by ships.
- silent cop — a small hemispherical traffic marker at an intersection
- simpleness — easy to understand, deal with, use, etc.: a simple matter; simple tools.
- sine prole — without offspring or progeny: to die sine prole.
- sipunculid — an invertebrate of the phylum Sipuncula, comprising the peanut worms.
- skimpingly — in a manner marked by skimpiness
- skippingly — in the manner of a skip
- 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 joint — a joint made between an older and a newer masonry wall to form a continuous surface, masonry at the end of the newer wall fitting into a vertical groove cut in the end of the older wall.
- slip noose — a noose made with a slipknot
- slop basin — a basin or bowl into which the dregs, leaves, and grounds of teacups and coffee cups are emptied at the table.
- snappingly — involving a snap
- snappishly — in a sharp or irritable manner
- spallation — a nuclear reaction in which several nucleons are released from the nucleus of an atom.
- spaniolize — to cause to become Spanish
- spankingly — in a spanking manner
- speakingly — in an eloquent manner
- spellingly — one letter at a time
- spelunking — to explore caves, especially as a hobby.
- sphenoidal — relating to the sphenoid bone
- sphinxlike — like the Sphinx; enigmatic or inscrutable
- spiderling — the young of a spider.
- spillikins — a jackstraw.
- spinal tap — procedure to draw fluid from spine
- spindleage — total number or capacity of spindles in a mill, area, etc.
- spinnerule — part of the spinneret of a spider
- spinsterly — relating to or resembling a spinster
- spiralling — Geometry. a plane curve generated by a point moving around a fixed point while constantly receding from or approaching it.
- splanchnic — of or relating to the viscera or entrails; visceral.
- splenative — relating to the spleen or spleenful
- splendidly — gorgeous; magnificent; sumptuous. Synonyms: luxurious, dazzling, imposing. Antonyms: squalid.
- splintered — a small, thin, sharp piece of wood, bone, or the like, split or broken off from the main body.
- splintwood — a thin flexible wood often used for making baskets
- 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
- split ends — If you have split ends, some of your hairs are split at the ends because they are dry or damaged.
- split ring — a steel ring having two helical turns, often used as a key ring
- split-wing — of or relating to wings (of an artificial fly) that are dressed cocked up and separated into a V shape
- spoil bank — a bank of excavated refuse or waste earth, as of shale from surface coal mining.
- spoliation — the act or an instance of plundering or despoiling.
- spondaical — composed of spondees
- sponsional — relating to, involved in or entering into a sponsion
- spoon nail — an abnormal condition in which the outer surfaces of the nails are concave; koilonychia.
- sportingly — engaging in, disposed to, or interested in open-air or athletic sports: a rugged, sporting man.
- springdale — a city in NW Arkansas.
- springerle — anise-flavored cookies, orig. of Germany
- springhalt — stringhalt.
- springless — having no springs: a springless bed.
- springlike — to rise, leap, move, or act suddenly and swiftly, as by a sudden dart or thrust forward or outward, or being suddenly released from a coiled or constrained position: to spring into the air; a tiger about to spring.
- springlock — a lock that fastens automatically by a spring.