10-letter words containing s, p, o, n, r
- rhinoscopy — examination of the nasal passages, esp with a rhinoscope
- ripsnorter — something or someone exceedingly strong or violent: a ripsnorter of a gale.
- rope's end — a short piece of rope, esp as formerly used for flogging sailors
- rough spin — hard or unfair treatment
- sandgroper — a nickname for a Western Australian
- saponifier — to convert (a fat) into soap by treating with an alkali.
- saprogenic — producing putrefaction or decay, as certain bacteria.
- sarcopenia — reduction in muscle tissue as a result of ageing
- scorpaenid — belonging or pertaining to the Scorpaenidae, a family of marine fishes with spiny fins, including the rockfishes, scorpionfishes, and lionfishes.
- scrap iron — old iron to be remelted or reworked.
- scunthorpe — a town in E England, in North Lincolnshire unitary authority, Lincolnshire: developed rapidly after the discovery of local iron ore in the late 19th century; iron and steel industries have declined. Pop: 72 660 (2001)
- separation — an act or instance of separating or the state of being separated.
- shop front — A shop front is the outside part of a shop which faces the street, including the door and windows.
- simon pure — real; genuine: a simon-pure accent.
- simon-pure — real; genuine: a simon-pure accent.
- sine prole — without offspring or progeny: to die sine prole.
- smartphone — a device that combines a cell phone with a handheld computer, typically offering Internet access, data storage, email capability, etc.
- snapdragon — any plant belonging to the genus Antirrhinum, of the figwort family, especially A. majus, cultivated for its spikes of showy flowers, each having a corolla supposed to resemble the mouth of a dragon.
- snow-creep — a continuous, slow, downhill movement of snow.
- solar pond — a pool with a bottom layer of salt water and top layer of fresh water, designed to capture solar radiation as a source of energy for generating heat or electricity.
- sonography — the medical diagnostic imaging technique used to see internal organs, muscles, etc
- sophrosyne — moderation; discretion; prudence.
- soundproof — impervious to sound.
- spaceborne — moving in orbit around the earth: a spaceborne surveillance system.
- spearpoint — the point at the end of a spearhead.
- sphenogram — a cuneiform character.
- spleenwort — any of various temperate and tropical ferns of the genera Asplenium and Diplazium, certain species of which are grown as ornamentals.
- splendored — brilliant or gorgeous appearance, coloring, etc.; magnificence: the splendor of the palace.
- spoken for — engaged, reserved, or allocated
- spongeware — earthenware decorated with color applied with a sponge.
- spongiform — resembling a sponge, as in appearance or structure.
- sponsoring — a person who vouches or is responsible for a person or thing.
- spoondrift — spindrift.
- spoonerism — the transposition of initial or other sounds of words, usually by accident, as in a blushing crow for a crushing blow.
- sporangium — the case or sac in which spores are produced.
- sporogenic — relating to the production or formation of spores, or producing spores
- sporogonic — involving or relating to sporogony
- sportiness — flashy; showy.
- sportingly — engaging in, disposed to, or interested in open-air or athletic sports: a rugged, sporting man.
- sports fan — sb who enjoys watching or playing sport
- spring for — 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.
- springlock — a lock that fastens automatically by a spring.
- springwood — the part of an annual ring of wood, characterized by large, thin-walled cells, formed during the first part of the growing season.
- springwort — a plant with magical powers, mentioned in fables and folklore but not identified
- spun rayon — yarn produced by spinning short, uniform lengths of rayon filaments into a continuous strand.
- stainproof — resistant to stains
- star point — a common junction connected to the ends of windings of a polyphase electrical device or system of devices
- stenograph — any of various keyboard instruments, somewhat resembling a typewriter, used for writing in shorthand, as by means of phonetic or arbitrary symbols.
- stenotyper — a machine with a keyboard for recording speeches or dictation in phonetic shorthand
- strapontin — a seat which is folded down to sit on