10-letter words containing s, p, a, c, e, t
- metacarpus — the part of a hand or forelimb, especially of its bony structure, included between the wrist, or carpus, and the fingers, or phalanges.
- metaphasic — Relating to metaphase.
- metaphysic — metaphysics.
- neoplastic — the theory and practice of the de Stijl school, chiefly characterized by an emphasis on the formal structure of a work of art, and restriction of spatial or linear relations to vertical and horizontal movements as well as restriction of the artist's palette to black, white, and the primary colors.
- nightscape — a scene viewed at night, especially as represented in art.
- opalescent — exhibiting a play of colors like that of the opal.
- open-stack — having or being a system of library management in which patrons have direct access to stacks for browsing and selecting books; open-shelf.
- oyster cap — an edible, brownish-gray to white mushroom, Pleurotus ostreatus, that grows in clusters on fallen trees and their stumps.
- pacesetter — a person, group, or organization that is the most progressive or successful and serves as a model to be imitated.
- paedeutics — the study of teaching
- pallescent — becoming paler in colour with increasing age
- pandectist — a German law student who followed the Pandects of Justinian
- pantoscope — a panoramic camera
- part-score — a contract to make less than the number of tricks required for game: to bid a part-score of three diamonds.
- pasticheur — a person who makes, composes, or concocts a pastiche.
- patch test — Medicine/Medical. a test for suspected allergy by application to the skin of a patch impregnated with an allergen: allergic reaction is indicated by redness at the site of application.
- patchiness — characterized by or made up of patches.
- pectoralis — either of two muscles on each side of the upper and anterior part of the thorax, the action of the larger (pectoralis major) assisting in drawing the shoulder forward and rotating the arm inward, and the action of the smaller (pectoralis minor) assisting in drawing the shoulder downward and forward.
- pediatrics — the branch of medicine concerned with the development, care, and diseases of babies and children.
- pentastich — a strophe, stanza, or poem consisting of five lines or verses.
- percussant — (of an animal's tail on a heraldic shield) bent round to the animal's side
- pettichaps — any of the warblers that belongs to the family Sylviinae
- petty cash — funds kept for minor expenses
- plasmacyte — Anatomy. an antibody-secreting cell, derived from B cells, that plays a major role in antibody-mediated immunity.
- plasticine — Plasticine is a soft coloured substance like clay which children use for making models.
- plasticize — to make or become plastic, as by the addition of a plasticizer
- pleonastic — the use of more words than are necessary to express an idea; redundancy.
- pneumatics — a pneumatic tire.
- polycrates — died 522? b.c, Greek tyrant of Samos.
- postulance — the period or state of being a postulant, especially in a religious order.
- practicers — habitual or customary performance; operation: office practice.
- preaseptic — pertaining to the period before the use of aseptic practices in surgery.
- prefascist — relating to fascist leanings before Fascism was founded in 1919
- psittacine — of or relating to parrots.
- pulsatance — the angular frequency of a periodic motion
- pultaceous — resembling pap
- punctuates — to mark or divide (something written) with punctuation marks in order to make the meaning clear.
- redispatch — to send off or away with speed, as a messenger, telegram, body of troops, etc.
- respectant — aspectant.
- scapulated — (of a raven) with white feathers across the scapular region
- screwplate — a metal plate having threaded holes, used for cutting screw threads by hand.
- septicemia — the invasion and persistence of pathogenic bacteria in the blood-stream.
- septicidal — (of a capsule) dehiscing lengthwise along a septum.
- sheeptrack — a small natural terrace on a hillside
- sketch map — a rough map of the principal features of a locale, as one drawn from memory.
- space rate — a unit of compensation for written work, based on the amount of space that the submitted material occupies in print, and usually computed in column inches.
- space shot — the launch of a spacecraft and its subsequent flight in space
- space suit — outfit worn by astronaut
- space-time — Also called space-time continuum. the four-dimensional continuum, having three spatial coordinates and one temporal coordinate, in which all physical quantities may be located.
- spacecraft — a vehicle designed for travel or operation in space beyond the earth's atmosphere or in orbit around the earth.