10-letter words containing a, n, c, r, e
- siren call — the appeal that something has although it is harmful or dangerous
- spaceborne — moving in orbit around the earth: a spaceborne surveillance system.
- spencerian — pertaining to or characteristic of a system of penmanship, characterized by clear, rounded letters slanting to the right.
- stepdancer — a person who engages in stepdancing
- sternalgic — relating to or having sternalgia
- sterno can — a small can of Sterno
- stone crab — an edible crab, Menippe mercenaria, of rocky shores from the southern U.S. to Mexico and certain areas of the Caribbean, prized for the meat of its claws.
- subcentral — near or almost to the center.
- subnuclear — pertaining to particles within or smaller than an atomic nucleus.
- succorance — the act of seeking out affectionate care and social support.
- sufferance — passive permission resulting from lack of interference; tolerance, especially of something wrong or illegal (usually preceded by on or by).
- sugar cane — a tall grass, Saccharum officinarum, of tropical and warm regions, having a stout, jointed stalk, and constituting the chief source of sugar.
- sunderance — to separate; part; divide; sever.
- superclean — exceptionally clean
- supragenic — beyond the limits or above the level of genes.
- surfaceman — a labourer, such as a miner, who works at the surface
- surveyance — survey; inspection; superintendence
- survivance — survival
- sword cane — a cane or walking stick having a hollow shaft that serves as a sheath for a sword or dagger.
- tabernacle — any place or house of worship, especially one designed for a large congregation.
- table corn — Chiefly Eastern U.S. sweet corn.
- tap dancer — to perform a tap dance.
- technocrat — a proponent, adherent, or supporter of technocracy.
- technofear — fear of using technological devices, such as computers; technophobia
- temperance — moderation or self-restraint in action, statement, etc.; self-control.
- tentacular — Zoology. any of various slender, flexible processes or appendages in animals, especially invertebrates, that serve as organs of touch, prehension, etc.; feeler.
- terramycin — a broad-spectrum antibiotic, oxytetracycline, used in treating various infections
- tersanctus — Sanctus (def 1).
- tetracaine — a white, water-soluble, crystalline solid, C 15 H 24 N 2 O 2 , used chiefly as an anesthetic.
- tire chain — a device made of chains, attached around a tire's tread on a motor vehicle to increase traction, as on snow
- trachiniae — a tragedy (c430 b.c.) by Sophocles.
- tradescant — John. 1570–1638, English botanist and gardener to Charles I. He introduced many plants from overseas into Britain
- trajection — to transport, transmit, or transpose.
- trance out — to go into a trancelike or ecstatic state, esp through the effects of drugs or music
- trancelike — a half-conscious state, seemingly between sleeping and waking, in which ability to function voluntarily may be suspended.
- transcoder — a technology, such as a software package, used to transfer data from one format to another
- transcribe — to make a written copy, especially a typewritten copy, of (dictated material, notes taken during a lecture, or other spoken material).
- transducer — a device that receives a signal in the form of one type of energy and converts it to a signal in another form: A microphone is a transducer that converts acoustic energy into electrical impulses.
- transected — to cut across; dissect transversely.
- transgenic — of, relating to, or containing a gene or genes transferred from another species: transgenic mice.
- transience — transient state or quality.
- transiency — transient state or quality.
- travancore — a former state in SW India: merged 1949 with Cochin to form a new state (Travancore and Cochin) reorganized 1956 to form the larger part of Kerala state.
- trenchancy — incisive or keen, as language or a person; caustic; cutting: trenchant wit.
- triaconter — (in ancient Greece) a Greek galley with thirty oars
- trochanter — Anatomy. either of two knobs at the top of the femur, the greater on the outside and the lesser on the inside, serving for the attachment of muscles between the thigh and pelvis.
- ulcerating — to form an ulcer; become ulcerous: His skin ulcerated after exposure to radioactive material.
- ulceration — to form an ulcer; become ulcerous: His skin ulcerated after exposure to radioactive material.
- ultraclean — extremely clean, especially free of germs: an ultraclean laboratory.
- un-secular — of or relating to worldly things or to things that are not regarded as religious, spiritual, or sacred; temporal: secular interests.