10-letter words containing a, d, s, c
- 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.
- scotodinia — a dizziness accompanied by a headache and disturbed vision
- scottsdale — a city in central Arizona, near Phoenix.
- scrapegood — a stingy person; a miser
- scratchpad — pad of paper for rough notes
- screenland — filmdom.
- scrollhead — billethead.
- scrubboard — washboard (defs 1, 2).
- scuba dive — go deep-sea swimming
- scuba-dive — to descend and swim underwater using a scuba device.
- scum-board — a board or strip of material partly immersed in flowing water to hold back scum.
- sdrucciola — (of rhymes) triple
- sea cradle — chiton (def 1).
- search dog — a dog trained to assist rescue workers in finding people buried under rubble by detection by smell
- second man — a person who assists the driver in crewing a locomotive
- secondhand — not directly known or experienced; obtained from others or from books: Most of our knowledge is secondhand.
- seed coral — coral fragments used for jewelry.
- seleucidan — Seleucid.
- self-paced — (of an educational system, course, etc.) done or designed to be accomplished at the student's own speed: self-paced instruction.
- semisacred — partly or somewhat sacred; sacred to a limited degree; having some characteristics of the sacred
- septicidal — (of a capsule) dehiscing lengthwise along a septum.
- sex addict — a person who is addicted to engaging in sexual activity
- sex-crazed — unhealthily obsessed with sexual activity
- shade deck — a light deck supported by stanchions.
- shadowcast — to enhance (a microscope image) by exposing it to a stream of a vapour of a heavy metal in order to create a shadow
- shamefaced — modest or bashful.
- shellacked — lac that has been purified and formed into thin sheets, used for making varnish.
- shit-faced — very drunk.
- 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
- side chair — a straight-backed chair without arms.
- skid chain — a chain fitting over the tire of a car, truck, or other vehicle, to increase traction and prevent skidding on roads covered with ice or snow.
- slam dance — a dance performed to punk rock by groups of people who flail and toss themselves about and slam into one another.
- smack down — to humble or reprimand (someone who is overstepping bounds)
- smart card — a small plastic card embedded with a memory chip and often a microprocessor, used for financial transactions, identification, as a key, etc.
- snowcapped — topped with snow: the snowcapped Alps.
- socialised — to make social; make fit for life in companionship with others.
- socialized — to make social; make fit for life in companionship with others.
- 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.
- sodcasting — the practice of playing music through the speakers of a mobile phone in a public space
- soundscape — the component sounds of an environment.
- soundtrack — the narrow band on one or both sides of a motion-picture film on which sound is recorded.
- sour-faced — bad-tempered and unfriendly
- spaced out — dazed or stupefied because of the influence of narcotic drugs.
- spaced-out — dazed or stupefied because of the influence of narcotic drugs.
- spadiceous — Botany. of the nature of a spadix. bearing a spadix.
- spectacled — wearing spectacles.