10-letter words containing s, t, r, o, p
- separatory — serving to separate.
- shop front — A shop front is the outside part of a shop which faces the street, including the door and windows.
- 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.
- shreveport — a city in NW Louisiana, on the Red River.
- ski troops — a body of soldiers trained to fight on skis.
- skytrooper — a paratrooper.
- smartphone — a device that combines a cell phone with a handheld computer, typically offering Internet access, data storage, email capability, etc.
- soft power — the ability to achieve one's goals without force, esp by diplomacy, persuasion, etc
- 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.
- speculator — a person who is engaged in commercial or financial speculation.
- spermatoid — resembling sperm.
- spherocyte — an abnormal blood cell
- spiderwort — any plant of the genus Tradescantia, having blue, purple, or rose-colored flowers.
- 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
- spleenwort — any of various temperate and tropical ferns of the genera Asplenium and Diplazium, certain species of which are grown as ornamentals.
- 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.
- sporocytes — a diploid cell in certain spore-bearing plants, as liverworts, that produces four haploid spores through meiosis; a spore mother cell.
- sporophyte — the form of a plant in the alternation of generations that produces asexual spores.
- sporozoite — one of the minute, active bodies into which the spore of certain Sporozoa divides, each developing into an adult individual.
- sport coat — A sport coat is a man's jacket. It is worn on informal occasions with pants of a different material.
- 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.
- sports bag — a bag used by an individual to carry his or her clothing and equipment for taking part in sport
- sports bar — a bar featuring televised sporting events.
- sports bra — a woman's undergarment designed for extra support and protection during sports and recreational activities.
- sports cap — a hat designed for sports or to look sporty
- sports car — small, low, fast car
- sports day — In British schools, sports day is a day or an afternoon when pupils compete in athletics contests such as races and the high jump. Parents are often invited to come and watch the events.
- sports fan — sb who enjoys watching or playing sport
- sportscast — a radio or television program consisting of sports news or of a running description of a sports event.
- sportswear — clothing designed for wear while playing golf or tennis, hiking, bicycling, jogging, etc.; activewear.
- spot meter — an exposure meter that measures light reflected from only a small area of a subject or scene.
- spot price — the price of spot goods or of commodities on the spot market.
- spread out — extend, splay
- springwort — a plant with magical powers, mentioned in fables and folklore but not identified
- spuriosity — something spurious
- 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