10-letter words containing a, c, o, m
- schoolmarm — a female schoolteacher, especially of the old-time country school type, popularly held to be strict and priggish.
- schoolmate — a companion or associate at school.
- scotswoman — a woman who is a native or inhabitant of Scotland; Scot.
- scout camp — organized outdoor activity for boys
- scrubwoman — a woman hired to clean a place; charwoman.
- scum-board — a board or strip of material partly immersed in flowing water to hold back scum.
- second man — a person who assists the driver in crewing a locomotive
- semaphoric — an apparatus for conveying information by means of visual signals, as a light whose position may be changed.
- semiotical — of or relating to signs.
- shoe cream — cream for polishing shoes
- simoniacal — a person who practices simony.
- slow march — a march in slow time
- slow match — a slow-burning match or fuse, often consisting of a rope or cord soaked in a solution of saltpeter.
- smack down — to humble or reprimand (someone who is overstepping bounds)
- small chop — cocktail snacks
- smokestack — Also called stack. a pipe for the escape of the smoke or gases of combustion, as on a steamboat, locomotive, or building.
- so much as — in the way or manner indicated, described, or implied: Do it so.
- sociodrama — a method of group psychotherapy in which each patient assumes and dramatizes a variety of roles, usually focusing on problems and conflicts arising in group situations.
- solacement — a comfort or consolation
- somali cat — a breed of cat with medium-length silky hair, large ears, and a bushy tail
- somaticize — to convert (anxiety) into physical symptoms.
- someplaces — somewhere
- sour cream — cream soured by the lactic acid produced by a ferment.
- spacewoman — a woman astronaut.
- spodomancy — divination by studying ashes
- steam coal — coal with relatively high sulfur content, suited for generating steam but not for coking.
- stock farm — a farm devoted to breeding livestock.
- stomachful — the amount one's stomach can hold
- stomachous — resentful, sullen, obstinate
- storm coat — an overcoat, usually of a water-repellent fabric, lined with material serving as insulation against very cold weather, often having a fur collar.
- subatomics — the study of subatomic particles
- subcompact — an automobile that is smaller than a compact.
- subcompany — subsidiary company.
- submucosal — of or relating to the submucosa
- supermacho — extremely macho
- swampscott — a city in NE Massachusetts.
- symbolical — serving as a symbol of something (often followed by of).
- tachometer — any of various instruments for measuring or indicating velocity or speed, as of a machine, a river, or the blood.
- tachometry — any of various instruments for measuring or indicating velocity or speed, as of a machine, a river, or the blood.
- tamagotchi — a handheld digital toy, consisting of a digital 'pet' that the owner looks after; very popular in the 1990s
- tauromachy — the art or technique of bullfighting.
- tetratomic — having four atoms per molecule, especially of a specified kind.
- theomantic — relating to theomancy or divination
- timocharis — a crater in the second quadrant of the face of the moon: about 25 miles (40 km) in diameter.
- tobramycin — a highly toxic aminoglycoside antibiotic, C 18 H 37 N 5 O 9 , derived from Streptomyces tenebarius, used in the treatment of serious infections due to susceptible Gram-positive and Gram-negative organisms.
- tomcatting — (of a man) the practice of being sexually promiscuous or having many sexual partners
- tragicomic — a dramatic or other literary composition combining elements of both tragedy and comedy.
- trichromat — any person with normal colour vision, who can therefore see the three primary colours
- ultramicro — extremely small or minute
- unaccustom — to familiarize by custom or use; habituate: to accustom oneself to cold weather.