10-letter words containing t, a, s, e, d
- 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.
- 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.
- soda water — an effervescent beverage consisting of water charged with carbon dioxide.
- sodertalje — a city in SE Sweden: suburb of Stockholm.
- soft-pedal — to use the soft pedal.
- softheaded — stupid or foolish
- sordamente — (of a piece of music) to be played softly or gently
- soundstage — a soundproof room or building in which cinematic films are shot
- spaced out — dazed or stupefied because of the influence of narcotic drugs.
- spaced-out — dazed or stupefied because of the influence of narcotic drugs.
- spade foot — a square foot, tapering toward its bottom.
- spectacled — wearing spectacles.
- speculated — to engage in thought or reflection; meditate (often followed by on, upon, or a clause).
- speed trap — a section of a road where hidden police, radar, etc., carefully check the speed of motorists and strictly enforce traffic regulations: sometimes characterized by hard-to-see signals, hidden traffic signs, etc.
- spermaduct — a spermatic passage found in male animals
- spermatoid — resembling sperm.
- spiculated — covered with spicules or needle-like
- spread out — extend, splay
- squaretoed — having a broad, square toe, as a shoe.
- stabilised — to make or hold stable, firm, or steadfast.
- stable lad — A stable lad is the same as a stable boy.
- stableford — a scoring system in which points are awarded according to the number of strokes taken at each hole, whereby a hole completed in one stroke over par counts as one point, a hole completed in level par counts as two points, etc
- stablished — establish.
- stadholder — the chief magistrate of the former republic of the United Provinces of the Netherlands.
- stadimeter — an instrument for determining the distance between an observer and an object of known height by measurement of the angle subtended by the object.
- staffrider — a person who illegally rides on the outside of a suburban train
- stage door — a door at the back or side of a theater, used by performers and theater personnel.
- stage-dive — to jump off the stage at a concert onto the crowd below
- stake body — an open truck body having a platform with sockets at the edge into which upright stakes may be placed to form a fence around a load.
- stalemated — in a situation in which two opposing forces find that further action is impossible or futile; in deadlock
- stalk-eyed — having the eyes located on pedicels, as some crustaceans and dipterans.
- stall-feed — to keep and feed (an animal) in a stall.
- stampeders — a sudden, frenzied rush or headlong flight of a herd of frightened animals, especially cattle or horses.
- stand easy — a command to soldiers standing at ease that they may relax further
- stand mute — to refuse to plead guilty or not guilty
- stand over — (of a person) to be in an upright position on the feet.
- standalone — self-contained and able to operate without other hardware or software.
- starchedly — in a starched manner
- stare down — to gaze fixedly and intently, especially with the eyes wide open.
- starfished — lying with arms and legs outstretched; spread-eagled
- state bird — a bird chosen as an official symbol of a U.S. state.
- state-wide — extending throughout all parts of a state in the U.S.: a statewide search.
- statesider — a person who lives in one of the forty-eight contiguous states of the U.S.
- staudinger — Hermann [her-mahn] /ˈhɛr mɑn/ (Show IPA), 1881–1965, German chemist: Nobel prize 1953.
- steadiness — firmly placed or fixed; stable in position or equilibrium: a steady ladder.
- steamed up — obscured by vapour
- steel band — a band, native to Trinidad and common in the West Indies, using steel drums cut to various heights and tuned to specific pitches.
- steel-clad — covered with steel; steel-panelled
- steganopod — a bird belonging to the Steganopodes, a group of swimming birds such as pelicans and cormorants
- step aside — move to one side