10-letter words containing a, l, e, c, s
- screw nail — drive screw.
- screwplate — a metal plate having threaded holes, used for cutting screw threads by hand.
- scrollable — able to be scrolled
- scrollhead — billethead.
- scrubbable — to rub hard with a brush, cloth, etc., or against a rough surface in washing.
- scutellate — having scutes.
- sea cradle — chiton (def 1).
- seal beach — a town in S California.
- searchable — to go or look through (a place, area, etc.) carefully in order to find something missing or lost: They searched the woods for the missing child. I searched the desk for the letter.
- searchless — unsearchable; inscrutable.
- secularism — secular spirit or tendency, especially a system of political or social philosophy that rejects all forms of religious faith and worship.
- 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.
- secularize — to make secular; separate from religious or spiritual connection or influences; make worldly or unspiritual; imbue with secularism.
- seed coral — coral fragments used for jewelry.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- sepulchral — of, relating to, or serving as a tomb.
- sexlocular — having six loculi or cells for seeds
- shackleton — Sir Ernest Henry, 1874–1922, English explorer of the Antarctic.
- shear cell — A shear cell is a device for testing how a powder or particle mixture flows.
- shell back — an underside of a spoon bowl ornamented with a shell motif.
- shellacked — lac that has been purified and formed into thin sheets, used for making varnish.
- shellycoat — a mythical creature dressed in shells who haunts rivers and streams
- show-place — an estate, mansion, or the like, usually open to the public, renowned for its beauty, excellent design and workmanship, historical interest, etc.
- sick leave — leave from duty, work, or the like, granted because of illness.
- sickle bar — cutter bar (def 1).
- sicklemias — the usually asymptomatic hereditary condition that occurs when a person inherits from only one parent the abnormal hemoglobin gene characteristic of sickle cell anemia.
- silica gel — a highly adsorbent gelatinous form of silica, used chiefly as a dehumidifying and dehydrating agent.
- silverback — an older male gorilla, usually the leader of a troop, whose hairs along the back turn gray with age.
- simple arc — a curve that does not cross itself and has no points missing; a curve that can be put into one-to-one correspondence with the closed interval from 0 to 1.
- siren call — the appeal that something has although it is harmful or dangerous
- sketchable — suitable for being sketched.
- slackening — an act of becoming looser
- slam dance — a dance performed to punk rock by groups of people who flail and toss themselves about and slam into one another.
- 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.
- small cane — a stick or short staff used to assist one in walking; walking stick.
- smart alec — smart aleck.
- smart-alec — smart aleck.
- social bee — any of several bees, as the honeybees or bumblebees, that live together in communities.
- socialised — to make social; make fit for life in companionship with others.
- socialized — to make social; make fit for life in companionship with others.
- socializer — to make social; make fit for life in companionship with others.
- socialness — relating to, devoted to, or characterized by friendly companionship or relations: a social club.