10-letter words containing s, p, i, n, e
- spinescent — Botany. becoming spinelike. ending in a spine. bearing spines.
- spinigrade — a type of spiny echinoderm
- spinnerule — part of the spinneret of a spider
- spinsterly — relating to or resembling a spinster
- spirantize — to change into or pronounce as a spirant.
- spit-shine — a shoeshine in which a fluid, such as water, saliva, or lighter fluid, is used to impart a high gloss.
- splenative — relating to the spleen or spleenful
- splendidly — gorgeous; magnificent; sumptuous. Synonyms: luxurious, dazzling, imposing. Antonyms: squalid.
- splintered — a small, thin, sharp piece of wood, bone, or the like, split or broken off from the main body.
- split cane — bamboo split into strips of triangular section, tapered, and glued to form a stiff but flexible hexagonal rod: used, esp formerly, for making fishing rods
- split ends — If you have split ends, some of your hairs are split at the ends because they are dry or damaged.
- spookiness — like or befitting a spook or ghost; suggestive of spooks.
- spoonerism — the transposition of initial or other sounds of words, usually by accident, as in a blushing crow for a crushing blow.
- sporogenic — relating to the production or formation of spores, or producing spores
- sportiness — flashy; showy.
- springdale — a city in NW Arkansas.
- springerle — anise-flavored cookies, orig. of Germany
- springhare — a leaping and burrowing rodent, Pedetes capensis, native to southern Africa, having kangaroolike legs and long, pointed ears.
- springhead — a spring or fountainhead from which a stream flows.
- springless — having no springs: a springless bed.
- springlike — to rise, leap, move, or act suddenly and swiftly, as by a sudden dart or thrust forward or outward, or being suddenly released from a coiled or constrained position: to spring into the air; a tiger about to spring.
- springtime — the season of spring.
- spunkiness — plucky; spirited.
- spur veins — the veins of a horse that can be damaged by a rider's spurs
- sputtering — the act or sound of sputtering.
- staphyline — having a form resembling a bunch of grapes
- steeped in — full of
- stenopaeic — pertaining to or containing a narrow slit or minute opening: a stenopeic device to aid vision after eye surgery.
- stenotopic — (of an animal or plant) able to tolerate only small environmental changes.
- step on it — a movement made by lifting the foot and setting it down again in a new position, accompanied by a shifting of the weight of the body in the direction of the new position, as in walking, running, or dancing.
- stephanite — a mineral, silver antimony sulfide, Ag 5 SbS 4 : an ore of silver.
- stephen ii — died a.d. 757, pope 752–757.
- stephen iv — died a.d. 817, pope 816–817.
- stephen ix — died 1058, pope 1057–58.
- stephen vi — died a.d. 897, pope 896–897.
- stone pine — Also called umbrella pine, parasol pine. a tree, Pinus pinea, native to southern Europe, having branches forming an umbrellalike crown and bearing edible, nutlike seeds.
- strip mine — A strip mine is a mine in which the coal, metal, or mineral is near the surface, and so underground passages are not needed.
- stripiness — the state or quality of being stripy
- stupefying — to put into a state of little or no sensibility; benumb the faculties of; put into a stupor.
- stupidness — lacking ordinary quickness and keenness of mind; dull.
- subphrenic — underneath the diaphragm
- subpontine — of or relating to the Pontine Marshes.
- subreption — Canon Law. a concealment of the pertinent facts in a petition, as for dispensation or favor, that in certain cases nullifies the grant. Compare obreption (def 1).
- sugar pine — a tall pine, Pinus lambertiana, of California, Oregon, etc., having cones 20 inches (51 cm) long.
- sun spider — any predatory, scorpionlike arachnid of the order Solifugae (or Solpugida), having enormously developed mouth pincers and a long body covered with tactile hairs, inhabiting deserts and plains regions in all warm parts of the world except Australia.
- superation — the action or process of superating, overcoming or surpassing
- superbeing — the fact of existing; existence (as opposed to nonexistence).
- superbrain — (computer) A personal computer released in 1980 by Intertec. The Superbrain had two Z80A microprocessors running at 4 MHz, one for the main processing and the other for peripheral activities. It had an integrated keyboard and display. It was sold with the CP/M operating system, Microsoft Basic, an 8080 assembler and Microsoft Cobol 74. The base model, the "Superbrain 10", had no drives, only a network connection. Other models added one or two 5" floppy disc units. The "Jr" had 170K drives (single-sided), the "QD" had 340 KB drives (double-sided) and the "SD" had 780k. Intertec did not sell or support a hard drive or an S-100 bus for these machines. The network version of the SuperBrain was called CompuStar. The network was a large gray parallel cable. CompuStar had three "file servers" that accepted up to 255 machines. These were the "DSS-10" with a 10MB 8" Winchester drive; the "CDC" with 96MB consisting of 80MB fixed and a 16MB removable platter; and the "Priam" with a 144MB 14" platter winchester. Intertec manufactured the controllers for the last two and an enclosure and power supply for the Priam. CDC had to go on-site to install the 96MB. The SuperBrain was succeeded in 1982 by the SuperBrain II.
- supergiant — Astronomy. supergiant star.
- superliner — an ocean liner of relatively great size or speed.