10-letter words containing s, t, r, o, p
- stepmother — the wife of one's father by a later marriage.
- stereopair — a pair of photographs of the same area taken from slightly different positions so as to give a stereoscopic effect when properly mounted and viewed.
- stereopsis — stereoscopic vision; the ability to perceive depth.
- stereotape — magnetic tape used for recording and reproducing sound stereophonically.
- stereotype — a process, now often replaced by more advanced methods, for making metal printing plates by taking a mold of composed type or the like in papier-mâché or other material and then taking from this mold a cast in type metal.
- stereotypy — the stereotype process.
- stop order — an order from a customer to a broker to sell a security if the market price drops below a designated level.
- stop press — Stop press is sometimes printed next to an article in a newspaper to indicate that this is very recent news and was added after the rest of the newspaper had been printed.
- stop price — the price at which a stop order is activated.
- stop-frame — Also called stop frame. the process of filming puppets and other objects one frame at a time while incrementally moving or modifying them, giving the illusion of lifelike motion when the captured film frames are viewed in rapid sequence (often used attributively): stop-motion animation; a stop-motion film.
- stop-start — frequently stopping then starting again
- stormproof — protected from or not affected by storms.
- strap work — a type of ornamentation imitating pierced and interlaced straps or bands, usually forming a geometric pattern.
- strapontin — a seat which is folded down to sit on
- straw poll — an unofficial vote taken to obtain an indication of the general trend of opinion on a particular issue.
- streperous — boisterous, loud, or harsh-sounding
- strepitoso — (to be performed) boisterously
- strepitous — boisterous; noisy.
- strip bond — a bond that has been stripped into its principal certificate and interest coupons, each part to be sold separately.
- strip down — remove paint or wallpaper from
- strip show — a form of entertainment in which one or more people take off their clothes in a titillating and erotic manner, often to music
- strophiole — a small growth on some plants' seeds
- strophulus — a papular eruption of the skin, especially in infants, occurring in several forms and usually harmless.
- stud poker — a variety of poker in which each player is dealt one card face down in the first round and one card face up in each of the next four rounds, each of the last four rounds being followed by a betting interval. Compare seven-card stud.
- stupration — an act of ravishing or a violation
- stylograph — a fountain pen in which the writing point is a fine, hollow tube instead of a nib.
- subproduct — a thing produced by labor: products of farm and factory; the product of his thought.
- subproject — something that is contemplated, devised, or planned; plan; scheme.
- subreption — Canon Law. a concealment of the pertinent facts in a petition, as for dispensation or favor, that in certain cases nullifies the grant. Compare obreption (def 1).
- subtropics — the region lying between the tropics and temperate lands
- superation — the action or process of superating, overcoming or surpassing
- superscout — a highly skilled scout
- superstock — an exceptionally lucrative investment
- superstore — a very large store, especially one stocking a wide variety of merchandise.
- superstorm — a very severe and widespread storm characterized by record-setting meteorological events and large-scale destruction: The superstorm brought a 15-foot storm surge to the harbor.
- supertonic — the second tone of a diatonic scale, being the next above the tonic.
- suppletory — supplying a deficiency.
- supporting — to bear or hold up (a load, mass, structure, part, etc.); serve as a foundation for.
- supportive — giving support.
- supraoptic — above the optic chiasm
- team sport — a sport in which teams play against each other
- teleport's — a regional telecommunications network that provides access to communications satellites and other long distance media; telecommunications hub.
- teliospore — a spore of certain rust fungi, which carries the fungus through the winter and which, on germination, produces the promycelium.
- tetrapolis — a conglomeration of four cities
- tetraspore — one of the four asexual spores produced within a tetrasporangium.
- thesprotia — an ancient coastal district in SW Epirus.
- three-spot — a playing card, an upward face of a die, or a domino half bearing three pips.
- thriftshop — a retail store that sells secondhand goods at reduced prices.
- toolpusher — a foreman who supervises drilling operations on an oil rig
- top secret — highly confidential, restricted