10-letter words containing s, o, p, a
- spacewoman — a woman astronaut.
- spade foot — a square foot, tapering toward its bottom.
- spadiceous — Botany. of the nature of a spadix. bearing a spadix.
- spallation — a nuclear reaction in which several nucleons are released from the nucleus of an atom.
- spaniolize — to cause to become Spanish
- spare room — guest bedroom
- spark coil — a coil of many turns of insulated wire on an iron core, used for producing sparks.
- spasmodist — a person who is spasmodic, especially in style, as a writer, painter, etc.
- spatangoid — a type of sea urchin
- spatchcock — a fowl that has been dressed and split open for grilling.
- spaza shop — South African slang for a small shop in a township
- 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.
- 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.
- speculator — a person who is engaged in commercial or financial speculation.
- spermatoid — resembling sperm.
- sphenogram — a cuneiform character.
- sphenoidal — relating to the sphenoid bone
- spheroidal — pertaining to a spheroid or spheroids.
- spinaceous — pertaining to or of the nature of spinach; belonging to the amaranth family of plants.
- spirograph — an instrument for recording respiratory movements.
- spit-roast — to cook on a spit
- splanchno- — the viscera
- splash out — If you splash out on something, especially on a luxury, you buy it even though it costs a lot of money.
- splashdown — the landing of a space vehicle in a body of water, especially the ocean.
- splay-foot — a broad, flat foot, especially one turned outward.
- spodomancy — divination by studying ashes
- spoil bank — a bank of excavated refuse or waste earth, as of shale from surface coal mining.
- spokeshave — a cutting tool having a blade set between two handles, originally for shaping spokes, but now in general use for dressing curved edges of wood and forming round bars and shapes.
- spoliation — the act or an instance of plundering or despoiling.
- spoliative — blood-diminishing
- spondaical — composed of spondees
- sponge bag — a small, usually waterproof, case for carrying toilet articles.
- spongeable — able to be cleaned with a sponge
- spongecake — sweet cake of eggs and flour
- spongeware — earthenware decorated with color applied with a sponge.
- sponsional — relating to, involved in or entering into a sponsion
- spoon back — a back of a chair or the like, having a splat curved outward at the bottom.
- spoon nail — an abnormal condition in which the outer surfaces of the nails are concave; koilonychia.
- sporadical — (of similar things or occurrences) appearing or happening at irregular intervals in time; occasional: sporadic renewals of enthusiasm.
- sporangium — the case or sac in which spores are produced.
- spore case — the case or sac in which spores are produced.
- sporicidal — a substance or preparation for killing spores.
- sporoplasm — the protoplasm within a spore that is injected into a host cell by various parasitic organisms.
- sport coat — A sport coat is a man's jacket. It is worn on informal occasions with pants of a different material.
- sports bag — a bag used by an individual to carry his or her clothing and equipment for taking part in sport
- sports bar — a bar featuring televised sporting events.
- sports bra — a woman's undergarment designed for extra support and protection during sports and recreational activities.
- sports cap — a hat designed for sports or to look sporty
- sports car — small, low, fast car