10-letter words containing a, c, e, t, l, s
- pleonastic — the use of more words than are necessary to express an idea; redundancy.
- polycrates — died 522? b.c, Greek tyrant of Samos.
- postulance — the period or state of being a postulant, especially in a religious order.
- pulsatance — the angular frequency of a periodic motion
- pultaceous — resembling pap
- resectable — able to be resected
- rice blast — a disease of rice caused by the fungus Pyricularia oryae, characterized by elliptical leaf spots with reddish-brown margins, brownish lesions and neck rot of the fruiting panicles, and stunting of the plant.
- sacerdotal — of priests; priestly.
- salicylate — a salt or ester of salicylic acid.
- saltcellar — a shaker or dish for salt.
- sandcastle — a small castlelike structure made of wet sand, as by children at a beach.
- satchelful — the amount a satchel will hold
- satellitic — relating to a satellite or smaller planet that revolves around a larger planet
- scapulated — (of a raven) with white feathers across the scapular region
- scatheless — to attack with severe criticism.
- schalstein — a slate-like rock formed by shearing basaltic or andesitic tuff or lava
- schoolmate — a companion or associate at school.
- sclerotial — a vegetative, resting food-storage body in certain higher fungi, composed of a compact mass of hardened mycelia.
- scottsdale — a city in central Arizona, near Phoenix.
- screwplate — a metal plate having threaded holes, used for cutting screw threads by hand.
- scutellate — having scutes.
- secularist — secular spirit or tendency, especially a system of political or social philosophy that rejects all forms of religious faith and worship.
- secularity — secular views or beliefs; secularism.
- selectable — to choose in preference to another or others; pick out.
- selectance — a measure of the drop in response of a radio receiving set or the like to a given frequency differing from the resonant frequency of the device, expressed as the ratio of the amplitude of the response at the resonant frequency to the amplitude of the response at the given frequency.
- semantical — of, relating to, or arising from the different meanings of words or other symbols: semantic change; semantic confusion.
- semiotical — of or relating to signs.
- septicidal — (of a capsule) dehiscing lengthwise along a septum.
- shackleton — Sir Ernest Henry, 1874–1922, English explorer of the Antarctic.
- shellycoat — a mythical creature dressed in shells who haunts rivers and streams
- sketchable — suitable for being sketched.
- slot racer — slot car.
- sluicegate — an artificial channel for conducting water, often fitted with a gate (sluice gate) at the upper end for regulating the flow.
- smart alec — smart aleck.
- smart-alec — smart aleck.
- societally — noting or pertaining to large social groups, or to their activities, customs, etc.
- soft scale — any of numerous homopterous insect pests of the family Coccidae, as leafhoppers, aphids, and whiteflies, that are destructive to crops, shade and fruit trees, and various houseplants.
- solacement — a comfort or consolation
- specialist — a person who devotes himself or herself to one subject or to one particular branch of a subject or pursuit.
- speciality — specialty.
- spectacled — wearing spectacles.
- spectacles — anything presented to the sight or view, especially something of a striking or impressive kind: The stars make a fine spectacle tonight.
- spectrally — of or relating to a specter; ghostly; phantom.
- speculated — to engage in thought or reflection; meditate (often followed by on, upon, or a clause).
- speculator — a person who is engaged in commercial or financial speculation.
- sphacelate — affected with gangrene
- spiculated — covered with spicules or needle-like
- spiflicate — to destroy; annihilate
- 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
- stalactite — a deposit, usually of calcium carbonate, shaped like an icicle, hanging from the roof of a cave or the like, and formed by the dripping of percolating calcareous water.