10-letter words containing s, p, i, l, r
- herophilus — died ?280 bc, Greek anatomist in Alexandria. He was the first to distinguish sensory from motor nerves
- hospitaler — a member of the religious and military order (Knights Hospitalers or Knights of St. John of Jerusalem) originating about the time of the first Crusade (1096–99) and taking its name from a hospital at Jerusalem.
- hyperlinks — Plural form of hyperlink.
- impersonal — not personal; without reference or connection to a particular person: an impersonal remark.
- in plaster — If you have a leg or arm in plaster, you have a cover made of plaster of Paris around your leg or arm, in order to protect a broken bone and allow it to mend.
- inspirable — capable of being inspired.
- interlopes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of interlope.
- interplays — Plural form of interplay.
- interposal — (dated) interposure.
- irish pale — pale2 (def 6).
- kiloparsec — a unit of distance, equal to 1000 parsecs. Abbreviation: kpc.
- kriegspiel — (sometimes initial capital letter) a game using small figures and counters that represent troops, ships, etc., played on a map or miniature battlefield, developed for teaching military tactics to officers.
- lapidaries — Plural form of lapidary.
- lapidarist — Also, lapidist [lap-i-dist] /ˈlæp ɪ dɪst/ (Show IPA). a worker who cuts, polishes, and engraves precious stones.
- leadership — the position or function of a leader, a person who guides or directs a group: He managed to maintain his leadership of the party despite heavy opposition. Synonyms: administration, management, directorship, control, governorship, stewardship, hegemony.
- lectorship — a lecturer in a college or university.
- leptospira — any of several spirally shaped, aerobic bacteria of the genus Leptospira, certain species of which are pathogenic for human beings.
- leptospire — Any bacterium of the genus Leptospira.
- limp wrist — a contemptuous term used to refer to a homosexual, especially a male homosexual.
- lippershey — Hans. died ?1619, Dutch lens grinder, who built the first telescope
- lisinopril — A drug of the angiotensin converting enzyme inhibitor class, primarily used in the treatment of hypertension, congestive heart failure, heart attacks, and certain complications of diabetes.
- list price — the price at which a product is usually sold to the public and from which a trade discount is computed by a wholesaler.
- liver spot — a dark brown skin spot, usually caused by sun exposure
- livescript — JavaScript
- logogriphs — Plural form of logogriph.
- mailperson — A mailman or mailwoman.
- marsupials — Plural form of marsupial.
- metropolis — any large, busy city.
- micropolis — a small city
- micropyles — Plural form of micropyle.
- microsleep — a moment of sleep followed by disorientation, experienced especially by persons suffering from narcolepsy or sleep deprivation.
- millepores — Plural form of millepore.
- multisport — designed or used for a variety of sports.
- necropolis — a cemetery, especially one of large size and usually of an ancient city.
- nonpareils — Plural form of nonpareil.
- nulliparas — Plural form of nullipara.
- oversimple — excessively simple
- oversimply — in an oversimple manner
- palestrina — Giovanni Pierluigi da [jaw-vahn-nee pyer-loo-ee-jee dah] /dʒɔˈvɑn ni ˌpyɛr luˈi dʒi dɑ/ (Show IPA), 1526?–94, Italian composer.
- palisander — Brazilian rosewood.
- paltriness — ridiculously or insultingly small: a paltry sum.
- paralepsis — paralipsis.
- paralipsis — the suggestion, by deliberately concise treatment of a topic, that much of significance is being omitted, as in “not to mention other faults.”.
- parallaxis — (language) A procedural programming language developed by Thomas Braeunl <[email protected]> at the University of Stuttgart. It is based on Modula-2, but extended for data parallel (SIMD) programming. The main approach for machine independent parallel programming is to include a description of the virtual parallel machine with each parallel algorithm. There is a simulator and X Window System-based profiler for workstations, Macintosh, and IBM PC. Version 2.0 runs on MP-1, CM-2, Sun-3, Sun-4, DECstation, HP 700, RS/6000.
- paralogism — argument violating principles of valid reasoning.
- parcelwise — bit by bit
- paris club — an informal group of representatives from IMF member nations whose governments or central banks have lent money to governments of other countries
- parsonical — a member of the clergy, especially a Protestant minister; pastor; rector.
- partialism — a theory or view that does not take into account all the facts
- partialist — a person who is partial