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10-letter words containing a, c, t, s, n, o

  • nonascetic — a person who is not an ascetic
  • nonclastic — Biology. breaking up into fragments or separate portions; dividing into parts.
  • noncoastal — Not coastal.
  • nonelastic — capable of returning to its original length, shape, etc., after being stretched, deformed, compressed, or expanded: an elastic waistband; elastic fiber.
  • nonplastic — Often, plastics. any of a group of synthetic or natural organic materials that may be shaped when soft and then hardened, including many types of resins, resinoids, polymers, cellulose derivatives, casein materials, and proteins: used in place of other materials, as glass, wood, and metals, in construction and decoration, for making many articles, as coatings, and, drawn into filaments, for weaving. They are often known by trademark names, as Bakelite, Vinylite, or Lucite.
  • nonstarchy — Alternative spelling of non-starchy.
  • nostalgiac — A nostalgic person.
  • notchbacks — Plural form of notchback.
  • nowcasting — the preparation or production of nowcasts
  • obscurants — Plural form of obscurant.
  • obstinance — The characteristic of being obstinate.
  • obstinancy — (rare) Obstinance; the characteristic of being obstinate.
  • octonaries — Plural form of octonary.
  • onomastics — the study of the origin, history, and use of proper names.
  • opalescent — exhibiting a play of colors like that of the opal.
  • open-stack — having or being a system of library management in which patrons have direct access to stacks for browsing and selecting books; open-shelf.
  • organicist — Philosophy. the view that some systems resemble organisms in having parts that function in relation to the whole to which they belong. Compare holism (def 1).
  • oscitantly — in an oscitant manner
  • oscitation — The act of yawning or gaping. Also figuratively.
  • osculating — Present participle of osculate.
  • osculation — the act of kissing.
  • osteomancy — A kind of divination by means of bones.
  • pantoscope — a panoramic camera
  • plant cost — the cost to a business of mechanical equipment
  • pleonastic — the use of more words than are necessary to express an idea; redundancy.
  • pocahontas — (Rebecca Rolfe) 1595?–1617, American Indian woman who is said to have prevented the execution of Captain John Smith.
  • podcasting — a digital audio or video file or recording, usually part of a themed series, that can be downloaded from a website to a media player or computer: Download or subscribe to daily, one-hour podcasts of our radio show.
  • postlaunch — relating to or occurring in the period after a launch
  • postulance — the period or state of being a postulant, especially in a religious order.
  • postulancy — the period or state of being a postulant, especially in a religious order.
  • raconteurs — Plural form of raconteur.
  • raconteuse — a woman who is skilled in relating stories and anecdotes interestingly.
  • recusation — the act of recusing a judge
  • sacramento — a state in the W United States, on the Pacific coast. 158,693 sq. mi. (411,015 sq. km). Capital: Sacramento. Abbreviation: CA (for use with zip code), Cal., Calif.
  • sacrosanct — extremely sacred or inviolable: a sacrosanct chamber in the temple.
  • sanctimony — pretended, affected, or hypocritical religious devotion, righteousness, etc.
  • sanctioned — authoritative permission or approval, as for an action.
  • scotodinia — a dizziness accompanied by a headache and disturbed vision
  • scotswoman — a woman who is a native or inhabitant of Scotland; Scot.
  • see action — to participate in military combat
  • shackleton — Sir Ernest Henry, 1874–1922, English explorer of the Antarctic.
  • sodcasting — the practice of playing music through the speakers of a mobile phone in a public space
  • solacement — a comfort or consolation
  • solicitant — a solicitor
  • sonication — a treatment using ultrasound
  • soundtrack — the narrow band on one or both sides of a motion-picture film on which sound is recorded.
  • 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.
  • stanchions — an upright bar, beam, post, or support, as in a window, stall, ship, etc.
  • staycation — a vacation spent at home or near home, doing enjoyable activities or visiting local attractions.
  • stenopaeic — pertaining to or containing a narrow slit or minute opening: a stenopeic device to aid vision after eye surgery.
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