10-letter words containing s, p
- aspiringly — in an aspiring manner
- assumpsits — Plural form of assumpsit.
- assumption — If you make an assumption that something is true or will happen, you accept that it is true or will happen, often without any real proof.
- assumptive — taken for granted.
- asthenopia — a strained condition of the eyes, often with headache, dizziness, etc.
- astrograph — a navigational device for projecting altitude curves of the stars and planets onto charts or plotting sheets.
- astrophoto — (astronomy, photography) An image of one or more celestial objects made using techniques of astrophotography.
- asymptotes — Plural form of asymptote.
- asymptotic — of or referring to an asymptote
- at present — A situation that exists at present exists now, although it may change.
- athapascan — a group of North American Indian languages belonging to the Na-Dene phylum, including Apache and Navaho
- atmosphere — A planet's atmosphere is the layer of air or other gases around it.
- attoparsec — (unit, humour) About 31 mm (one inch). "atto-" is the standard SI prefix for multiplication by 10^-18. A parsec (parallax-second) is 3.26 light-years; an attoparsec is thus 3.26 * 10^-18 light years. Thus, one attoparsec per microfortnight is about one inch per second. This unit is reported to be in use (though probably not very seriously) among hackers in the UK.
- audiotapes — Plural form of audiotape.
- auriscopes — Plural form of auriscope.
- auspicated — Simple past tense and past participle of auspicate.
- auspicious — Something that is auspicious indicates that success is likely.
- australorp — a heavy black breed of domestic fowl
- authorship — The authorship of a piece of writing is the identity of the person who wrote it.
- autographs — Plural form of autograph.
- autopilots — Plural form of autopilot.
- autoplasty — surgical repair of defects by grafting or transplanting tissue from the patient's own body
- autopsying — Present participle of autopsy.
- autoscopic — of or relating to an out-of-body experience
- autotrophs — Plural form of autotroph.
- auxospores — Plural form of auxospore.
- auxotrophs — Plural form of auxotroph.
- awl-shaped — shaped like an awl
- axoplasmic — of or relating to the axoplasm
- azeotropes — Plural form of azeotrope.
- azygospore — a thick-walled spore produced by parthenogenesis in certain algae and fungi
- baby split — a split in which the two and seven pins or the three and ten pins remain standing.
- backpedals — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of backpedal.
- backplanes — Plural form of backplane.
- backplates — Plural form of backplate.
- backspaced — Simple past tense and past participle of backspace.
- backspaces — Plural form of backspace.
- backsplash — any tiled area by, for example, a sink, cooker or bath to prevent damage to a wall by food or water splashes
- backsplice — a knot for finishing a rope end neatly, beginning with a crown and proceeding in a series of tucks, each strand over the first adjoining strand and under the next, the strands being split in half at each tuck.
- bailieship — the office or district of a bailie
- bakeapples — Plural form of bakeapple.
- ballpoints — Plural form of ballpoint.
- baptistery — a place, esp. a part of a church, used for baptizing
- barbershop — Barbershop is a style of singing where a small group of people, usually men, sing in close harmony and without any musical instruments accompanying them.
- bargepoles — Plural form of bargepole.
- barkeepers — Plural form of barkeeper.
- barnstaple — a town in SW England, in Devon, on the estuary of the River Taw: tourism, agriculture. Pop: 30 765 (2001)
- barographs — Plural form of barograph.
- baroscopic — Relating to, or determined by, the baroscope.
- barpersons — Plural form of barperson.