10-letter words containing s, p, i, t
- bisulphite — a salt or ester of sulphurous acid containing the monovalent group -HSO3 or the ion HSO3–
- bitch-slap — to strike (someone) with one's open hand
- blind spot — If you say that someone has a blind spot about something, you mean that they seem to be unable to understand it or to see how important it is.
- blind-spot — Also called blind spot. an area in which radio or cell phone signals are weak and their reception poor.
- bush pilot — a pilot who flies small aircraft over rugged terrain or unsettled regions to serve remote areas inaccessible to or off the route of larger planes: Bush pilots brought supplies to the Alaskan village once a week.
- butlership — the skills of a butler
- caespitose — growing in dense tufts
- caliphates — Plural form of caliphate.
- calotypist — a person who produces photographs using the calotype process
- camp shirt — a short-sleeved shirt or blouse with a notched collar and usually two breast pockets.
- cant strip — an inclined or beveled strip of wood, for changing the pitch of a roof slope or for rounding out the angle between a flat roof and an adjoining parapet.
- cap pistol — a toy gun using caps to imitate the sound of a real pistol.
- capacities — the ability to receive or contain: This hotel has a large capacity.
- capacitors — Plural form of capacitor.
- capacitous — Having the legal capacity to do something.
- capillatus — (of a cumulonimbus cloud) having a cirriform upper portion that resembles an anvil or a disorderly mass of hair.
- capistrate — (zoology, rare) hooded; cowled.
- capitalise — to write or print in capital letters letters or with an initial capital letter.
- capitalism — Capitalism is an economic and political system in which property, business, and industry are owned by private individuals and not by the state.
- capitalist — A capitalist country or system supports or is based on the principles of capitalism.
- captiously — In a captious manner.
- captivates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of captivate.
- cashpoints — Plural form of cashpoint.
- catalepsis — Dated form of catalepsy.
- cataphasia — a speech disorder in which a person constantly repeats a word or phrase.
- cataphasis — Rhetoric. the use of affirmative statements to discuss a subject; affirmation through positive statements.
- cataplasia — the degeneration of cells and tissues to a less highly developed form
- cathepsins — Plural form of cathepsin.
- catoptrics — the branch of optics concerned with reflection, esp the formation of images by mirrors
- cattleship — a large vessel for the transportation of livestock.
- centipedes — Plural form of centipede.
- centipoise — one hundredth of a poise. 1 centipoise is equal to 0.001 newton second per square metre
- cephalitis — encephalitis.
- ceratopsid — a dinosaur belonging to the family Ceratopsidae, characterized by their parrot-like beaks, horns and neck frills
- cgi script — Common Gateway Interface
- chap stick — lip balm
- chapatties — Plural form of chapatty.
- chin strap — a strap attached to a hat for passing under the chin of the wearer.
- chin-strap — a strap attached to a hat for passing under the chin of the wearer.
- chinstraps — Plural form of chinstrap.
- chopsticks — a pair of small sticks of wood or ivory, held together in one hand and used in some Asian countries as utensils, as to lift food to the mouth
- christophe — Henri (ɑ̃ri). 1767–1820, Haitian revolutionary leader; king of Haiti (1811–20)
- cispontine — on the near side of the bridge
- cityscapes — Plural form of cityscape.
- click stop — a control device, as in a camera, that can be turned or rotated so that when it reaches a specific setting it engages with an audible click.
- clientship — the state of being a client
- clistocarp — cleistothecium.
- clothespin — A clothespin is the same as a clothes peg.
- colestipol — a drug that reduces the concentration of cholesterol in the blood: used, together with dietary restriction of cholesterol, to treat selected patients with hypercholesterolaemia and so prevent atherosclerosis
- complaints — A statement that a situation is unsatisfactory or unacceptable.