10-letter words containing s, o, p, a
- sports day — In British schools, sports day is a day or an afternoon when pupils compete in athletics contests such as races and the high jump. Parents are often invited to come and watch the events.
- sports fan — sb who enjoys watching or playing sport
- sportscast — a radio or television program consisting of sports news or of a running description of a sports event.
- sportswear — clothing designed for wear while playing golf or tennis, hiking, bicycling, jogging, etc.; activewear.
- spot plate — a flat ceramic or plastic plate containing small wells on which spot tests are made.
- spread out — extend, splay
- spun rayon — yarn produced by spinning short, uniform lengths of rayon filaments into a continuous strand.
- stainproof — resistant to stains
- standpoint — the point or place at which a person stands to view something.
- staphyloma — a condition in which the sclera or cornea of the eye projects outwards due to inflammation
- star point — a common junction connected to the ends of windings of a polyphase electrical device or system of devices
- statoscope — an aneroid barometer for registering minute variations of atmospheric pressure.
- steganopod — a bird belonging to the Steganopodes, a group of swimming birds such as pelicans and cormorants
- stenograph — any of various keyboard instruments, somewhat resembling a typewriter, used for writing in shorthand, as by means of phonetic or arbitrary symbols.
- stenopaeic — pertaining to or containing a narrow slit or minute opening: a stenopeic device to aid vision after eye surgery.
- stereopair — a pair of photographs of the same area taken from slightly different positions so as to give a stereoscopic effect when properly mounted and viewed.
- stereotape — magnetic tape used for recording and reproducing sound stereophonically.
- stomatopod — any crustacean of the order Stomatopoda, having a carapace that does not cover the posterior thorax and a broad abdomen bearing gills on the appendages.
- stoop ball — a game resembling baseball, played in a street, schoolyard, or other confined paved area, in which a ball is thrown forcibly against a stairway or wall so that it rebounds into the air, bases and runs being awarded depending on the number of bounces the ball takes before being caught by the opposing player or team.
- stop plank — a board or boarding that is placed along the top of a dam to increase its height and capacity
- stop-frame — Also called stop frame. the process of filming puppets and other objects one frame at a time while incrementally moving or modifying them, giving the illusion of lifelike motion when the captured film frames are viewed in rapid sequence (often used attributively): stop-motion animation; a stop-motion film.
- stop-start — frequently stopping then starting again
- strap work — a type of ornamentation imitating pierced and interlaced straps or bands, usually forming a geometric pattern.
- strapontin — a seat which is folded down to sit on
- straw poll — an unofficial vote taken to obtain an indication of the general trend of opinion on a particular issue.
- stupration — an act of ravishing or a violation
- stylograph — a fountain pen in which the writing point is a fine, hollow tube instead of a nib.
- subcompact — an automobile that is smaller than a compact.
- subcompany — subsidiary company.
- suboptimal — being below an optimal level or standard.
- subpoenaed — the usual writ for the summoning of witnesses or the submission of evidence, as records or documents, before a court or other deliberative body.
- subprogram — procedure (def 4b).
- sugar soap — an alkaline compound used for cleaning or stripping paint
- sulphonate — a salt or ester of any sulphonic acid containing the ion RSO2O– or the group RSO2O–, R being an organic group
- sun parlor — a porch or room with many windows exposed to sunshine; sun porch; solarium.
- superalloy — an alloy, often with a nickel, nickel-iron, or cobalt base, capable of withstanding very high temperatures, used in jet engines, rockets, etc.
- superation — the action or process of superating, overcoming or surpassing
- superboard — a wooden board with exceptional properties of some kind
- supercargo — a merchant-ship officer who is in charge of the cargo and the commercial concerns of the voyage.
- supermacho — extremely macho
- superwoman — a woman of extraordinary or superhuman powers.
- supination — rotation of the hand or forearm so that the palmar surface is facing upward (opposed to pronation).
- supposable — to assume (something), as for the sake of argument or as part of a proposition or theory: Suppose the distance to be one mile.
- supposably — to assume (something), as for the sake of argument or as part of a proposition or theory: Suppose the distance to be one mile.
- supraoptic — above the optic chiasm
- swallow up — envelop completely
- swamp boat — Also called swamp boat. a small open boat having a very shallow draft and driven by a caged airplane propeller mounted above the rear transom, capable of traveling at relatively high speeds through shallow water, swamps, etc.
- swamp rose — a shrub, Rosa palustris, of eastern North America, having pink flowers nearly 2 inches (5 cm) wide.
- swampscott — a city in NE Massachusetts.
- sweat-shop — a shop employing workers at low wages, for long hours, and under poor conditions.