10-letter words containing t, i, p, l
- slipstream — Aeronautics. the airstream pushed back by a revolving aircraft propeller. Compare backwash (def 2), wash (def 31).
- slow pitch — a variety of softball in which the ball is pitched with an underhand motion at moderate speed in an arc that rises at least six feet above the ground
- slow-pitch — a type of softball with ten players per side and in which each pitch must travel in an arc from three to ten feet high.
- spaciality — spatial.
- spallation — a nuclear reaction in which several nucleons are released from the nucleus of an atom.
- sparkliest — tending to sparkle; animated; lively: a row of sparkly cheerleaders.
- spatiality — of or relating to space.
- specialist — a person who devotes himself or herself to one subject or to one particular branch of a subject or pursuit.
- speciality — specialty.
- spermatial — relating to the male reproductive cells of certain red algae and fungi
- 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.
- spherulite — a rounded aggregate of radiating crystals found in obsidian and other glassy igneous rocks.
- spiculated — covered with spicules or needle-like
- spiflicate — to destroy; annihilate
- spinal tap — procedure to draw fluid from spine
- spinsterly — relating to or resembling a spinster
- spiritless — without spirit.
- spirituals — of, relating to, or consisting of spirit; incorporeal.
- spitballer — a pitcher who is known or believed to throw spitballs.
- spittlebug — the nymph of the froghopper, which surrounds itself with a frothy mass.
- splenative — relating to the spleen or spleenful
- splintered — a small, thin, sharp piece of wood, bone, or the like, split or broken off from the main body.
- splintwood — a thin flexible wood often used for making baskets
- split cane — bamboo split into strips of triangular section, tapered, and glued to form a stiff but flexible hexagonal rod: used, esp formerly, for making fishing rods
- split ends — If you have split ends, some of your hairs are split at the ends because they are dry or damaged.
- split flap — a flap that is located on the under surface of the trailing edge of an aircraft wing and that splits away from the wing structure when rotated downward, producing an increase in lift or drag or both. Compare landing flap.
- split page — (in a newspaper) a page replacing one of an earlier edition and containing chiefly the same material in altered form.
- split peas — peas that are dried and split and used in soups, pease pudding, or as a vegetable
- 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.
- split-site — divided between more than one site
- split-time — a daylight-saving time based on a half-hour advance.
- split-wing — of or relating to wings (of an artificial fly) that are dressed cocked up and separated into a V shape
- splittable — to divide or separate from end to end or into layers: to split a log in two.
- spoilsport — a person whose selfish or unsportsmanlike attitudes or actions spoil the pleasure of others, as in a game or social gathering.
- spoliation — the act or an instance of plundering or despoiling.
- spoliative — blood-diminishing
- sportingly — engaging in, disposed to, or interested in open-air or athletic sports: a rugged, sporting man.
- sprightful — sprightly.
- springhalt — stringhalt.
- springtail — any of numerous minute, wingless primitive insects of the order Collembola, most possessing a special abdominal appendage for jumping that allows for the nearly perpetual springing pattern characteristic of the group.
- spritelike — an elf, fairy, or goblin.
- stamp mill — a mill or machine in which ore is crushed to powder by means of heavy stamps or pestles.
- staphyline — having a form resembling a bunch of grapes
- stepfamily — a family composed of a parent, a stepparent, and a child or children by a previous marriage.
- still pack — the pack not in play in a game in which two packs are used alternately.
- stipulated — to make an express demand or arrangement as a condition of agreement (often followed by for).
- strap-laid — noting a type of flat cordage made by stitching strands together side by side.