10-Letter Words Starting with S

Leave of absence.

Period of leave for university teacher

John Barth's leave

In form miss (wordplay)

Metaphorically giddy one

She may learn a thing or two

SCLEROTIA

From the law and the prophets, say

From the Bible

Second vault addressed Russia's range of writing

Adjective (-al)

SEMANTIC pertaining to {meaning=n}

Adjective (-al)

Occurring in March and September, say

Like some sales

Occurring every six months

FEUDAL pertaining to an ancient political and economic system

Not-too-dressy wedding attire

More than casual

Like attire for some weddings

LETHAL something designed to cause death

Stamp sold at a premium

Of a Washington group.

Like US upper assembly members

Like some biennial elections

""Comprising sentences; as, a sentential translation. as, a sentential translation.""

Like the seven-year itch (wordplay)

Like a seven year itch

Recurring every seven years

Dividing the partitions; said of a method of dehiscence in which a pod splits through the partitions and is divided into its component carpels.

Following in a logical sequence

In consecutive order

Describing 2, 4, 6, 8, etc.

""Either one of two species of birds composing the genus Chionis, and family Chionid\'91, native of the islands of the Antarctic.seas. Chionis, and family Chionid\'91, native of the islands of the Antarctic.seas.""

Of the crime of traffic in sacred things

SIMPLICIA simplex

Of or pertaining to the sinciput; being in the region of the sinciput.

Of or relating to the sinoatrial node: a sinoatrial heart block.

Oscillating (wave form)

Like alternating current

Like some waves in turbulent sound I sail

""Any of a group of sterols that occur in high concentrations in certain plants, such as yams, and are used in the synthesis of steroid hormones.""

Of a conductor

Of or pertaining to a solstice.

SPERMATIA

Sphenoid.

Nearly globe-shaped

Resembling a globe.

Fashion from Dior's a help with a round figure

Failing prison also for godparents

Pertaining to a patron.

SPORANGIA

SPORICIDE

Full of spirit or of life; earnest; vivacious; lively; brisk; nimble; gay.

Primitive jumping insect

Tiny, jumpy insect

Small 18 ac

Cash-box for a roadside shop (wordplay)

Hot dog vendor's cash drawer (wordplay)

Tolerate moonshiners (wordplay)

Bloomer haunts 28, they say

Baby-carrier found in the garden

Delivery charge for a flowering plant (wordplay)

""Pertaining or belonging to the under side of a glacier; being beneath a glacier; as, subglacial streams. as, subglacial streams.""

Kind of TV ad technique

Below the conscious level

Like underhanded advertising

""Situated under the tongue; as, the sublingual gland. as, the sublingual gland.""

MAXIMAL an element of a mathematical set that is followed by no other

MINIMAL an element of a mathematical set that precedes all others

*Middling or worse

Ballesteros, initially 1 up, almost shot under par

ORBITAL a subdivision of a nuclear shell

""Of, relating to, or capable of staining living cells after their removal from a living or recently dead organism: a supravital dye.""

""Of or pertaining to a symbol or symbols; of the nature of a symbol; exhibiting or expressing by resemblance or signs; representative; as, the figure of an eye is symbolic of sight and knowledge.as, the figure of an eye is symbolic of sight and knowledge.""

Bones

Poles divided by variable of light in outline