10-letter words containing a, l, s, c
- polycrates — died 522? b.c, Greek tyrant of Samos.
- polymastic — a person with a polymastic condition
- polyphasic — having more than two phases.
- postcoital — sexual intercourse, especially between a man and a woman.
- postlaunch — relating to or occurring in the period after a launch
- postocular — located behind the eye
- 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.
- processual — a systematic series of actions directed to some end: to devise a process for homogenizing milk.
- pulsatance — the angular frequency of a periodic motion
- pultaceous — resembling pap
- qabalistic — Alternative spelling of cabalistic.
- quackishly — In a quackish manner.
- quillbacks — Plural form of quillback.
- quitclaims — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of quitclaim.
- racialised — to impose a racial interpretation on; place in a racial context.
- radicalise — to make radical or more radical, as in politics: young people who are being radicalized by extremist philosophies.
- radicalism — the holding or following of radical or extreme views or principles.
- radiculose — having small roots or rhizoids
- rallycross — a form of motor sport in which cars race over a one-mile circuit of rough grass with some hard-surfaced sections
- ramshackle — dilapidated, run down
- rank scale — (in systemic linguistics) a hierarchical ordering of grammatical units such that a unit of a given rank normally consists of units of the next lower rank, as, in English, the ordering sentence, clause, group or phrase, word, morpheme.
- ranshackle — to ransack
- ranunculus — any ranunculaceous plant of the genus Ranunculus, having finely divided leaves and typically yellow five-petalled flowers. The genus includes buttercup, crowfoot, spearwort, and lesser celandine
- rascallion — a villain, a rascal
- reclassify — to classify anew.
- reclosable — capable of being closed again easily or tightly after opening: a reclosable box of crackers.
- resectable — able to be resected
- rice blast — a disease of rice caused by the fungus Pyricularia oryae, characterized by elliptical leaf spots with reddish-brown margins, brownish lesions and neck rot of the fruiting panicles, and stunting of the plant.
- 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.
- rock falls — a city in NW Illinois.
- royalistic — relating to a royalist
- sabbatical — of or pertaining or appropriate to the Sabbath.
- sac-a-lait — the white crappie. See under crappie.
- sacerdotal — of priests; priestly.
- sacralized — to make sacred; imbue with sacred character, especially through ritualized devotion: a society that sacralized science.
- sacroiliac — the joint where the sacrum and ilium meet.
- saddleback — any of various animals having markings on the back that resemble a saddle, as a male harp seal.
- salary cap — a maximum limit on salaries.
- sale price — discounted cost
- sales call — a phone call made by a sales representative of a company to a person's home with the purpose of selling goods, services, etc
- salesclerk — a person who sells goods in a store.
- 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
- salicylate — a salt or ester of salicylic acid.
- salicylism — poisoning by aspirin
- saloon car — Also, saloon carriage. a railway sleeping, dining, or parlor car similar to a U.S. Pullman.
- salt chuck — the ocean.
- salt stick — a crusty bread roll sprinkled with salt crystals, made in the shape of a cylinder.
- saltcellar — a shaker or dish for salt.