10-letter words containing s, p, e, l, u
- punishable — liable to or deserving punishment.
- purposeful — having a purpose.
- push plate — a rectangular protective plate of metal, plastic, ceramic, or other material applied vertically to the lock stile of a door.
- pyrolusite — a common mineral, manganese dioxide, MnO 2 , the principal ore of manganese, used in various manufactures, as a decolorizer of brown or green tints in glass, and as a depolarizer in dry-cell batteries.
- quadruples — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of quadruple.
- quintuples — Plural form of quintuple.
- reptilious — like a reptile, resembling or characteristic of a reptile
- reputeless — without repute; ignominious
- respectful — full of, characterized by, or showing politeness or deference: a respectful reply.
- russophile — a person who is friendly to, admires, or prefers Russia or Russian customs, institutions, etc.
- scapulated — (of a raven) with white feathers across the scapular region
- sculptress — a woman who practices the art of sculpture.
- sculptured — having a surface or shape molded, marked, carved, indented, etc., by or as if by sculpture: sculptured leather belts.
- semipublic — partly or to some degree public.
- sepulchral — of, relating to, or serving as a tomb.
- sepultural — the act of placing in a sepulcher or tomb; burial.
- setup file — a file needed to set up or install a computer program
- slip gauge — a very accurately ground block of hardened steel used to measure a gap with close accuracy: used mainly in tool-making and inspection
- slump test — a test to determine the relative water content of concrete, depending on the loss in height (slump) of a sample obtained from a cone-shaped mould
- slush pile — a collection of unsolicited manuscripts submitted to a publisher.
- soup plate — a deep, concave plate used especially for serving soup.
- south pole — the region of a magnet toward which the lines of magnetic induction converge (south pole) or from which the lines of induction diverge (north pole)
- spathulate — spatulate.
- speciously — apparently good or right though lacking real merit; superficially pleasing or plausible: specious arguments.
- speculated — to engage in thought or reflection; meditate (often followed by on, upon, or a clause).
- speculator — a person who is engaged in commercial or financial speculation.
- speedfully — in a quick or effective manner
- spellbound — bound by or as if by a spell; enchanted, entranced, or fascinated: a spellbound audience.
- spelunking — to explore caves, especially as a hobby.
- spent fuel — nuclear fuel that has been irradiated in a nuclear reactor to the point where it is no longer useful in sustaining a nuclear reaction
- spherulite — a rounded aggregate of radiating crystals found in obsidian and other glassy igneous rocks.
- spiculated — covered with spicules or needle-like
- spinnerule — part of the spinneret of a spider
- spittlebug — the nymph of the froghopper, which surrounds itself with a frothy mass.
- spouseless — without a spouse
- spoylefull — plundering
- spuleblade — the shoulder blade
- spur wheel — spur gear.
- staple gun — a machine for fastening together sheets of paper or the like, with wire staples.
- stipulated — to make an express demand or arrangement as a condition of agreement (often followed by for).
- suboctuple — in the proportion or ratio of one to eight
- subpleural — situated under the pleura.
- subproblem — any question or matter involving doubt, uncertainty, or difficulty.
- sulphatase — an enzyme of the esterase group that catalyses the hydrolysis of sulphate esters
- sulphatise — to convert into a sulfate, as by the roasting of ores.
- sulphonate — a salt or ester of any sulphonic acid containing the ion RSO2O– or the group RSO2O–, R being an organic group
- sulphoxide — any compound containing a sulphinyl group (SO) and a hydrocarbon radical
- sulphurate — to combine or treat with sulphur or a sulphur compound
- sulphurise — to combine, treat, or impregnate with sulfur.
- sulphurize — to combine or treat with sulphur or a sulphur compound