10-letter words starting with sp
- spouseless — without a spouse
- spoylefull — plundering
- spray tank — a closed tank into which air is pumped to force out a liquid, especially for a spray.
- spread out — extend, splay
- spreadable — capable of being spread; easily spread: a soft, spreadable cheese.
- spreaghery — the activity or crime of raiding cattle
- sprightful — sprightly.
- spring for — to rise, leap, move, or act suddenly and swiftly, as by a sudden dart or thrust forward or outward, or being suddenly released from a coiled or constrained position: to spring into the air; a tiger about to spring.
- springbuck — springbok.
- springdale — a city in NW Arkansas.
- springerle — anise-flavored cookies, orig. of Germany
- springhaas — a leaping and burrowing rodent, Pedetes capensis, native to southern Africa, having kangaroolike legs and long, pointed ears.
- springhalt — stringhalt.
- springhare — a leaping and burrowing rodent, Pedetes capensis, native to southern Africa, having kangaroolike legs and long, pointed ears.
- springhead — a spring or fountainhead from which a stream flows.
- springless — having no springs: a springless bed.
- springlike — to rise, leap, move, or act suddenly and swiftly, as by a sudden dart or thrust forward or outward, or being suddenly released from a coiled or constrained position: to spring into the air; a tiger about to spring.
- springlock — a lock that fastens automatically by a spring.
- 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.
- springtime — the season of spring.
- springwood — the part of an annual ring of wood, characterized by large, thin-walled cells, formed during the first part of the growing season.
- springwort — a plant with magical powers, mentioned in fables and folklore but not identified
- sprinkling — the act or an instance of sprinkling.
- spritelike — an elf, fairy, or goblin.
- spss, inc. — (company) A company selling a variety of software under the general description of "Statistical Product and Service Solutions". The company was founded to distribute and support the Statistical Package for the Social Sciences, but now supplies software or four broad markets: data mining, survey/market research, quality improvement, and scientific research.
- spuleblade — the shoulder blade
- spumescent — foamy; foamlike; frothy.
- spun glass — blown glass in which fine threads of glass form the surface texture.
- spun rayon — yarn produced by spinning short, uniform lengths of rayon filaments into a continuous strand.
- spun sugar — a confection resembling fluff or floss, made from hot boiled sugar that has threaded, used as a garnish, frosting, or in making cotton candy.
- spunbonded — being or designating a material or fiber produced by spun-bonding.
- spunkiness — plucky; spirited.
- spur track — a short branch track leading from the main track, and connected with it at one end only.
- spur veins — the veins of a horse that can be damaged by a rider's spurs
- spur wheel — spur gear.
- spuriosity — something spurious
- spuriously — not genuine, authentic, or true; not from the claimed, pretended, or proper source; counterfeit.
- sputtering — the act or sound of sputtering.
- spy camera — a hidden, disguised or miniature camera used in espionage
- spycatcher — a person who works in counterintelligence to detect enemy espionage activities