10-letter words containing a, c, e, n, s, i
- sarcodines — belonging or pertaining to the protist phylum Sarcodina, comprising protozoa that move and capture food by forming pseudopodia.
- sarcopenia — reduction in muscle tissue as a result of ageing
- sarracenia — any American pitcher plant of the genus Sarracenia, having single nodding flowers and leaves modified as pitchers that trap and digest insects: family Sarraceniaceae
- saxicoline — living or growing among rocks.
- scaloppine — scallops, especially of veal, flattened by pounding and usually dredged in flour or breadcrumbs and sautéed quickly: scaloppine alla Marsala.
- scampering — to run or go hastily or quickly.
- scandalise — to shock or horrify by something considered immoral or improper.
- scandalize — to shock or horrify by something considered immoral or improper.
- scantiness — scant in amount, quantity, etc.; barely sufficient.
- scattering — distributed or occurring here and there at irregular intervals; scattered.
- scaturient — gushing; overflowing.
- scavenging — to take or gather (something usable) from discarded material.
- scenically — of or relating to natural scenery.
- schalstein — a slate-like rock formed by shearing basaltic or andesitic tuff or lava
- schliemann — Heinrich [hahyn-rikh] /ˈhaɪn rɪx/ (Show IPA), 1822–90, German archaeologist: excavated ancient cities of Troy and Mycenae.
- scorpaenid — belonging or pertaining to the Scorpaenidae, a family of marine fishes with spiny fins, including the rockfishes, scorpionfishes, and lionfishes.
- screw nail — drive screw.
- sea urchin — any echinoderm of the class Echinoidea, having a somewhat globular or discoid form, and a shell composed of many calcareous plates covered with projecting spines.
- seannachie — a Gaelic storyteller in the Scottish Highlands or in Ireland
- see action — to participate in military combat
- seleucidan — Seleucid.
- semantical — of, relating to, or arising from the different meanings of words or other symbols: semantic change; semantic confusion.
- serviceman — a member of the armed forces of a country.
- shankpiece — a piece of metal or fiber for giving form to the shank of a shoe.
- side chain — a group of atoms bound to an atom, usually a carbon, that forms part of a larger chain or ring in a molecule
- siren call — the appeal that something has although it is harmful or dangerous
- slackening — an act of becoming looser
- socialness — relating to, devoted to, or characterized by friendly companionship or relations: a social club.
- speciation — the formation of new species as a result of geographic, physiological, anatomical, or behavioral factors that prevent previously interbreeding populations from breeding with each other.
- spectating — to participate as a spectator, as at a horse race.
- spencerian — pertaining to or characteristic of a system of penmanship, characterized by clear, rounded letters slanting to the right.
- spinaceous — pertaining to or of the nature of spinach; belonging to the amaranth family of plants.
- 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
- stenopaeic — pertaining to or containing a narrow slit or minute opening: a stenopeic device to aid vision after eye surgery.
- sternalgic — relating to or having sternalgia
- subcabinet — a group of advisers ranking below the cabinet level, chosen by a chief executive usually from members of the various executive departments.
- suboceanic — occurring or existing below the floor of the ocean: suboceanic oil.
- suffisance — a sufficiency, a sufficient or abundant quantity or supply
- suppliance — appeal; entreaty; plea; supplication: He knelt in an attitude of suppliance.
- supragenic — beyond the limits or above the level of genes.
- survivance — survival
- syndicated — a group of individuals or organizations combined or making a joint effort to undertake some specific duty or carry out specific transactions or negotiations: The local furniture store is individually owned, but is part of a buying syndicate.
- transcribe — to make a written copy, especially a typewritten copy, of (dictated material, notes taken during a lecture, or other spoken material).
- transgenic — of, relating to, or containing a gene or genes transferred from another species: transgenic mice.
- transience — transient state or quality.
- transiency — transient state or quality.
- unicostate — having only one costa, rib, or ridge.
- unisonance — the state or quality of agreeing or being identical in sound
- unsociable — not sociable; having, showing, or marked by a disinclination to friendly social relations; withdrawn.
- usucapient — (of property) in possession of: occupying