10-letter words containing s, t, r, i, p
- shipfitter — a person who forms plates, shapes, etc., of ship according to plans, patterns, or molds.
- shipmaster — a person who commands a ship; master; captain.
- shipwright — a person who builds and launches wooden vessels or does carpentry work in connection with the building and launching of steel or iron vessels.
- shop right — the right of an employer to use an employee's invention without compensating the employee for the use, in cases where the invention was made at the place of and during the hours of employment.
- shopfitter — a worker who makes and installs fittings for commercial premises
- shoplifter — a person who steals goods from the shelves or displays of a retail store while posing as a customer.
- shrimp net — a net for catching shrimps
- sit pretty — to rest with the body supported by the buttocks or thighs; be seated.
- ski troops — a body of soldiers trained to fight on skis.
- sleepshirt — a shirtlike garment, usually knee-length or shorter, worn for sleeping.
- slipstream — Aeronautics. the airstream pushed back by a revolving aircraft propeller. Compare backwash (def 2), wash (def 31).
- 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.
- spartacist — a member of a group of German radical socialists formed in 1916 and in 1919 becoming the German Communist Party, led by Karl Liebknecht and Rosa Luxemburg
- spartanism — Also, Spartanic [spahr-tan-ik] /spɑrˈtæn ɪk/ (Show IPA). of or relating to Sparta or its people.
- 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.
- spirit gum — a glue used in fastening false hair, as a beard or mustache, to an actor's skin.
- spiritless — without spirit.
- spirituals — of, relating to, or consisting of spirit; incorporeal.
- spirituous — containing, of the nature of, or pertaining to alcohol; alcoholic.
- spirochete — any of various spiral-shaped motile bacteria of the family Spirochaetaceae, certain species, as Treponema, Leptospira, and Borrelia, being pathogenic to humans and other animals, and other species being free-living, saprophytic, or parasitic.
- spirometer — an instrument for determining the capacity of the lungs.
- spirometry — an instrument for determining the capacity of the lungs.
- spit-roast — to cook on a spit
- spitballer — a pitcher who is known or believed to throw spitballs.
- splintered — a small, thin, sharp piece of wood, bone, or the like, split or broken off from the main body.
- split rail — a wooden rail split lengthwise from a log and commonly used in rustic rail and post fencing.
- split ring — a steel ring having two helical turns, often used as a key ring
- split roll — a taxation under which real-estate taxes on business and industrial buildings are levied at higher rates than on residential homes.
- spoilsport — a person whose selfish or unsportsmanlike attitudes or actions spoil the pleasure of others, as in a game or social gathering.
- spoondrift — spindrift.
- sporozoite — one of the minute, active bodies into which the spore of certain Sporozoa divides, each developing into an adult individual.
- sport fish — a type of fish that is prized for the sport it gives the angler in its capture rather than for its value as food.
- sportiness — flashy; showy.
- sportingly — engaging in, disposed to, or interested in open-air or athletic sports: a rugged, sporting man.