10-letter words containing a, d, c, o, r
- quadricone — a quadric surface swept out by a straight line that passes through a fixed point such that no straight line can intersect it at more than two points
- rabdomancy — Alt form rhabdomancy.
- racked out — a framework of bars, wires, or pegs on which articles are arranged or deposited: a clothes rack; a luggage rack.
- radarscope — the viewing screen of radar equipment.
- radication — the act or process of taking root
- radiciform — resembling a root
- radiculose — having small roots or rhizoids
- radiogenic — Physics. produced by radioactive decay: radiogenic lead; radiogenic heat.
- radiologic — of or relating to radiology.
- radiolytic — the dissociation of molecules by ionizing radiation.
- radioscope — an instrument, such as a fluoroscope, capable of detecting radiant energy
- radioscopy — the examination of objects opaque to light by means of another form of radiation, usually x-rays.
- radiotoxic — causing radiation sickness.
- rain cloud — a cloud or a mass of clouds that yields rain.
- rain-cloud — a cloud or a mass of clouds that yields rain.
- recordable — to set down in writing or the like, as for the purpose of preserving evidence.
- redecorate — to furnish or adorn with something ornamental or becoming; embellish: to decorate walls with murals.
- reproached — to find fault with (a person, group, etc.); blame; censure.
- rhotacized — to change (a sound) to an (r); subject to rhotacism.
- richardson — Henry Handel (Henrietta Richardson Robertson) 1870–1946, Australian novelist.
- road racer — a driver, cyclist or athlete who takes part in a road race
- rock candy — sugar in large, hard, cohering crystals.
- rock-candy — sugar in large, hard, cohering crystals.
- rock-faced — (of a person) having a stiff, expressionless face.
- ropedancer — a person who walks across or performs acrobatics upon a rope stretched at some height above the floor or ground.
- round arch — an arch formed in a continuous curve, especially in a semicircle.
- round clam — quahog.
- saccharoid — having a granular texture like that of loaf sugar.
- sacerdotal — of priests; priestly.
- sacred cow — an individual, organization, institution, etc., considered to be exempt from criticism or questioning.
- sarcodines — belonging or pertaining to the protist phylum Sarcodina, comprising protozoa that move and capture food by forming pseudopodia.
- saw doctor — a sawmill specialist who sharpens and services saw blades
- scaleboard — a very thin board, as for the back of a picture.
- scandaroon — a large variety of fancy pigeon having a long thin body and an elongated neck and head
- scherzando — (a musical direction) playful; sportive.
- schoolward — towards or in the direction of school
- schoolyard — a playground or sports field near a school.
- scordatura — the tuning of a stringed instrument in other than the usual way to facilitate the playing of certain compositions.
- score card — sport: card for recording results
- score draw — A score draw is the result of a football match in which both teams score at least one goal, and they score the same number of goals.
- scoreboard — a large, usually rectangular board in a ballpark, sports arena, or the like, that shows the score of a contest and often other relevant facts and figures, as the count of balls and strikes on a baseball batter.
- scorpaenid — belonging or pertaining to the Scorpaenidae, a family of marine fishes with spiny fins, including the rockfishes, scorpionfishes, and lionfishes.
- scrapegood — a stingy person; a miser
- scrollhead — billethead.
- scrubboard — washboard (defs 1, 2).
- scum-board — a board or strip of material partly immersed in flowing water to hold back scum.
- sdrucciola — (of rhymes) triple
- search dog — a dog trained to assist rescue workers in finding people buried under rubble by detection by smell
- seed coral — coral fragments used for jewelry.
- 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.