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10-letter words containing s, p, a, t

  • aspidistra — any Asian plant of the liliaceous genus Aspidistra, esp A. lurida, a popular house plant with long tough evergreen leaves and purplish flowers borne on the ground
  • aspirating — Phonetics. to articulate (a speech sound, especially a stop) so as to produce an audible puff of breath, as with the first t of total, the second t being unaspirated. to articulate (the beginning of a word or syllable) with an h -sound, as in which, pronounced (hwich), or hitch as opposed to witch or itch.
  • aspiration — Someone's aspirations are their desire to achieve things.
  • aspirators — Plural form of aspirator.
  • aspiratory — of or suited for breathing or suction
  • aspirinate — (organic compound) Any salt or ester of aspirin.
  • assumpsits — Plural form of assumpsit.
  • assumption — If you make an assumption that something is true or will happen, you accept that it is true or will happen, often without any real proof.
  • assumptive — taken for granted.
  • asthenopia — a strained condition of the eyes, often with headache, dizziness, etc.
  • astrograph — a navigational device for projecting altitude curves of the stars and planets onto charts or plotting sheets.
  • astrophoto — (astronomy, photography) An image of one or more celestial objects made using techniques of astrophotography.
  • asymptotes — Plural form of asymptote.
  • asymptotic — of or referring to an asymptote
  • at present — A situation that exists at present exists now, although it may change.
  • athapascan — a group of North American Indian languages belonging to the Na-Dene phylum, including Apache and Navaho
  • atmosphere — A planet's atmosphere is the layer of air or other gases around it.
  • attoparsec — (unit, humour)   About 31 mm (one inch). "atto-" is the standard SI prefix for multiplication by 10^-18. A parsec (parallax-second) is 3.26 light-years; an attoparsec is thus 3.26 * 10^-18 light years. Thus, one attoparsec per microfortnight is about one inch per second. This unit is reported to be in use (though probably not very seriously) among hackers in the UK.
  • audiotapes — Plural form of audiotape.
  • auspicated — Simple past tense and past participle of auspicate.
  • australorp — a heavy black breed of domestic fowl
  • authorship — The authorship of a piece of writing is the identity of the person who wrote it.
  • autographs — Plural form of autograph.
  • autopilots — Plural form of autopilot.
  • autoplasty — surgical repair of defects by grafting or transplanting tissue from the patient's own body
  • autopsying — Present participle of autopsy.
  • autoscopic — of or relating to an out-of-body experience
  • autotrophs — Plural form of autotroph.
  • auxotrophs — Plural form of auxotroph.
  • azeotropes — Plural form of azeotrope.
  • baby split — a split in which the two and seven pins or the three and ten pins remain standing.
  • backplates — Plural form of backplate.
  • ballpoints — Plural form of ballpoint.
  • baptistery — a place, esp. a part of a church, used for baptizing
  • barnstaple — a town in SW England, in Devon, on the estuary of the River Taw: tourism, agriculture. Pop: 30 765 (2001)
  • baseplates — Plural form of baseplate.
  • bathyscaph — a submersible vessel having a flotation compartment with an observation capsule underneath, capable of reaching ocean depths of over 10 000 metres (about 5000 fathoms)
  • battleship — A battleship is a very large, heavily armed warship.
  • beast epic — a long verse narrative in which the misadventures of animals satirize human foibles and follies.
  • bioplastic — plastic suitable for use as a biomaterial.
  • bipartisan — Bipartisan means concerning or involving two different political parties or groups.
  • bipetalous — having two petals
  • bisulphate — a salt or ester of sulphuric acid containing the monovalent group -HSO4 or the ion HSO4–
  • bitch-slap — to strike (someone) with one's open hand
  • black spot — If you describe a place, time, or part of a situation as a black spot, you mean that it is particularly bad or likely to cause problems.
  • blackstrap — a kind of port wine
  • blast lamp — a torch or lamp, as a blowtorch or a lamp for lampworking, in which the flame is fed by an air or oxygen blast.
  • blastopore — the opening of the archenteron in the gastrula that develops into the anus of some animals
  • box staple — a socket for holding the end of a lock bolt when the door is closed.
  • break step — to cease to march in step
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