10-letter words containing s, t, e, r, i
- sisterlike — like a sister
- sit pretty — to rest with the body supported by the buttocks or thighs; be seated.
- sitosterol — any of five steroid alcohols having the formula C 2 2 H 5 0 O, especially the beta form, obtained from various plant sources: used in organic synthesis.
- six-footer — a person who is roughly six feet tall.
- six-seater — a vehicle vehicle providing seats for six people
- six-storey — having six floors or storeys
- sixth year — (in Scotland) the most senior class in a secondary school to which pupils, usually above the legal leaving age, may proceed to take sixth-year studies, retake or take additional Highers, etc
- ski resort — place with skiing facilities
- skimmerton — shivaree (def 1).
- skittering — to go, run, or glide lightly or rapidly.
- skywritten — created by the process of skywriting
- slathering — to spread or apply thickly: to slather butter on toast.
- sleepshirt — a shirtlike garment, usually knee-length or shorter, worn for sleeping.
- slide rest — a stack of platforms that sits on a lathe saddle and carries a tool post, and is adjustable in rotation and at right angles by a lathe operator
- slipstream — Aeronautics. the airstream pushed back by a revolving aircraft propeller. Compare backwash (def 2), wash (def 31).
- slithering — to slide down or along a surface, especially unsteadily, from side to side, or with some friction or noise: The box slithered down the chute.
- smaragdite — a green, foliated member of the amphibole group.
- smartdrive — (storage, product) A Microsoft MS DOS disk cache program to speed up disk access. For most users, a 1MB cache is sufficient. Devoting more memory to the cache offers diminishing returns, since the additional cache hits become fewer (and the extra memory could be better used to reduce swapping). Typing SMARTDRV /S at a DOS prompt shows the cache size, a hit-and-miss report, and information about which drives are being cached. The hit-and-miss statistics are crucial for gauging the effectiveness of SmartDrive settings. A score in the high 80s shows that SmartDrive is well configured. Run SMARTDRV /S several times during a Windows session and note the-hit-and-miss figures each time. If your percentage usually falls below 80 percent, you should consider increasing the cache size. You can edit the SMARTDRV line in your AUTOEXEC.BAT file to increase both the InitCacheSize and the WinCacheSize parameters. SmartDrive Monitor is an undocumented Windows program that comes with DOS 6.0 for logging and controling the cache.
- smattering — slight or superficial knowledge; smattering.
- smithereen — to break into small fragments
- smothering — to stifle or suffocate, as by smoke or other means of preventing free breathing.
- sob sister — a journalist who writes human-interest stories with sentimental pathos.
- sociometry — the measurement of attitudes of social acceptance or rejection through expressed preferences among members of a social grouping.
- soda niter — a white or transparent mineral, sodium nitrate, NaNO 3 , used chiefly as a fertilizer and in the manufacture of sulfuric and nitric acids and potassium nitrate.
- sombrerite — a lime and alumina phosphoric compound
- songwriter — a person who writes the words or music, or both, for popular songs.
- soricident — having shrewlike teeth
- sorrentino — Gilbert, 1929–2006, U.S. poet and novelist.
- sortileger — a diviner
- soubriquet — sobriquet.
- souterrain — a subterranean passage or structure; grotto.
- spare time — leisure hours
- spare tire — a tire used or kept available as an emergency replacement on a vehicle.
- sparkliest — tending to sparkle; animated; lively: a row of sparkly cheerleaders.
- spattering — to scatter or dash in small particles or drops: The dog spattered mud on everyone when he shook himself.
- spearpoint — the point at the end of a spearhead.
- spec ratio — (benchmark) Results for each individual benchmark of the SPEC benchmark suites, for example CINT92 and CFP92, expressed as the ratio of the wall clock time to execute one single copy of the benchmark, compared to a fixed "SPEC reference time", which was chosen early-on as the execution time on a VAX 11/780. See also SPEC rate.
- spectatrix — a female spectator
- spermaceti — a pearly white, waxy, translucent solid, obtained from the oil in the head of the sperm whale: used chiefly in cosmetics and candles, and as an emollient.
- spermatial — relating to the male reproductive cells of certain red algae and fungi
- spermatium — Botany. the nonmotile male gamete of a red alga.
- spermatoid — resembling sperm.
- sperrylite — a mineral, platinum arsenide, PtAs 2 , occurring in minute tin-white crystals, usually cubes: a minor ore of platinum.
- sphalerite — a very common mineral, zinc sulfide, ZnS, usually containing some iron and a little cadmium, occurring in yellow, brown, or black crystals or cleavable masses with resinous luster: the principal ore of zinc and cadmium; blackjack.
- sphericity — a spherical state or form.
- spherulite — a rounded aggregate of radiating crystals found in obsidian and other glassy igneous rocks.
- spiderwort — any plant of the genus Tradescantia, having blue, purple, or rose-colored flowers.
- spinsterly — relating to or resembling a spinster
- spirantize — to change into or pronounce as a spirant.
- spiritless — without spirit.