10-letter words containing a, l, n, c, i
- pleonastic — the use of more words than are necessary to express an idea; redundancy.
- point lace — lace made with a needle rather than with bobbins; needlepoint.
- politician — a person who is active in party politics.
- polyactine — the spicule of a polyactinal sponge
- polyandric — polyandrous.
- polyaxonic — relating to a polyaxon
- pontifical — of, relating to, or characteristic of a pontiff; papal.
- pozzolanic — (of a cement admixture) having properties similar to those of pozzolana.
- pratincole — any of several limicoline birds of the genus Glareola, of the Eastern Hemisphere, having a short bill, long, narrow, pointed wings, and a forked tail.
- principial — original, elementary
- proclinate — (of a part) directed or inclined forward.
- provincial — belonging or peculiar to some particular province; local: the provincial newspaper.
- rabbinical — of or relating to rabbis or their learning, writings, etc.
- rail fence — a fence made of rails resting on crossed stakes or across one another at an angle.
- rain cloud — a cloud or a mass of clouds that yields rain.
- rain-cloud — a cloud or a mass of clouds that yields rain.
- rascallion — a villain, a rascal
- reactional — a reverse movement or tendency; an action in a reverse direction or manner.
- recanalize — to provide (an area, etc) with a canal or canals again
- reclaimant — a person who makes appeals to reclaim.
- relocation — to move (a building, company, etc.) to a different location: plans to relocate the firm to Houston.
- republican — of, relating to, or of the nature of a republic.
- ritschlian — of or relating to the theology of Albrecht Ritschl (1822–89), who developed a liberal Christian theology and maintained that religious faith is based on value judgments.
- romancical — relating to or dealing with romance
- salicional — a soft-toned organ stop with a reedy quality
- salicornia — any chenopodiaceous plant of the genus Salicornia, of seashores and salt marshes: includes glasswort
- sand colic — a form of colic caused by the ingestion of sand or eating sand-contaminated feeds and subsequent collection of sand in the gastrointestinal tract
- sanmicheli — Michele [mee-ke-le] /miˈkɛ lɛ/ (Show IPA), 1484–1559, Italian architect and military engineer.
- saxicoline — living or growing among rocks.
- scalloping — any of the bivalve mollusks of the genus Argopecten (Pecten) and related genera that swim by rapidly clapping the fluted shell valves together.
- scallopini — scallops, especially of veal, flattened by pounding and usually dredged in flour or breadcrumbs and sautéed quickly: scaloppine alla Marsala.
- scaloppine — scallops, especially of veal, flattened by pounding and usually dredged in flour or breadcrumbs and sautéed quickly: scaloppine alla Marsala.
- scandaling — a disgraceful or discreditable action, circumstance, etc.
- scandalise — to shock or horrify by something considered immoral or improper.
- scandalize — to shock or horrify by something considered immoral or improper.
- scansorial — capable of or adapted for climbing, as the feet of certain birds, lizards, etc.
- scantlings — a timber of relatively slight width and thickness, as a stud or rafter in a house frame.
- scarlatina — scarlet fever.
- scenically — of or relating to natural scenery.
- schalstein — a slate-like rock formed by shearing basaltic or andesitic tuff or lava
- schliemann — Heinrich [hahyn-rikh] /ˈhaɪn rɪx/ (Show IPA), 1822–90, German archaeologist: excavated ancient cities of Troy and Mycenae.
- schooligan — a person of school age who engages in acts of public disorder
- scillonian — of or relating to the Scilly Isles or their inhabitants
- scrabbling — to scratch or scrape, as with the claws or hands.
- scrambling — motocross, off-road biking
- screw nail — drive screw.
- seleucidan — Seleucid.
- semantical — of, relating to, or arising from the different meanings of words or other symbols: semantic change; semantic confusion.
- ship canal — a canal navigable by ships.
- shylockian — a relentless and revengeful moneylender in Shakespeare's Merchant of Venice.