10-letter words containing a, s, c, o
- isopycnals — Plural form of isopycnal.
- isostatics — Plural form of isostatic.
- jack frost — frost or freezing cold personified.
- jacksonian — of or relating to Andrew Jackson, his ideas, the period of his presidency, or the political principles or social values associated with him: Jacksonian democracy.
- jacksonism — the group of political principles or attitudes associated with Andrew Jackson.
- jackstones — Plural form of jackstone.
- jacob riis — Jacob August, 1849–1914, U.S. journalist and social reformer, born in Denmark.
- jacobinism — (in the French Revolution) a member of a radical society or club of revolutionaries that promoted the Reign of Terror and other extreme measures, active chiefly from 1789 to 1794: so called from the Dominican convent in Paris, where they originally met.
- jockstraps — Plural form of jockstrap.
- jouissance — Physical or intellectual pleasure, delight, or ecstasy.
- jouysaunce — joy
- jovysaunce — joy
- juncaceous — belonging to the plant family Juncaceae.
- kalanchoes — Plural form of kalanchoe.
- kickboards — Plural form of kickboard.
- kiloparsec — a unit of distance, equal to 1000 parsecs. Abbreviation: kpc.
- kilopascal — one thousand pascals
- knockbacks — Plural form of knockback.
- laccoliths — Plural form of laccolith.
- lachrymose — suggestive of or tending to cause tears; mournful.
- laconicism — laconic brevity.
- lactoscope — an optical device for determining the amount of cream in milk.
- lactosuria — the presence of lactose in the urine
- lardaceous — lardlike; fatty.
- lascivious — inclined to lustfulness; wanton; lewd: a lascivious, girl-chasing old man.
- laserscope — a surgical instrument that employs a laser beam to destroy diseased tissue or to create small channels; used to open clogged arteries and, in ophthalmology, to treat patients with glaucoma or diabetic retinopathy.
- latecomers — Plural form of latecomer.
- launceston — a city on N Tasmania.
- lauraceous — belonging to the plant family Lauraceae.
- laviscious — (nonstandard) Lascivious.
- law courts — a body which adjudicates legal disputes and attempts to administer justice in accordance with the law
- law school — university where law degrees are taught
- leuco base — a noncolored or slightly colored compound that is produced by reducing a dye and is readily oxidized to regenerate the dye.
- leucoblast — an immature leukocyte.
- leucoplast — a colorless plastid in the cells of roots, storage organs, and underground stems, serving as a point around which starch forms.
- liliaceous — of or like the lily.
- lithoclast — an instrument used to break up bladder stones
- local sign — the information from a receptor in the eye or the skin signifying respectively a direction in space or a given point on the body
- localising — Present participle of localise.
- localities — Plural form of locality.
- localizers — Plural form of localizer.
- lockmaster — one in charge of a canal lock
- logistical — of or relating to logistics.
- long-coats — dress-like garments formerly worn by a baby
- loquacious — talking or tending to talk much or freely; talkative; chattering; babbling; garrulous: a loquacious dinner guest.
- lose caste — to lose social status or position
- lose track — a structure consisting of a pair of parallel lines of rails with their crossties, on which a railroad train, trolley, or the like runs.
- lost cause — a cause that has been defeated or whose defeat is inevitable.
- lower case — an often small or portable container for enclosing something, as for carrying or safekeeping; receptacle: a jewel case.
- lower-case — an often small or portable container for enclosing something, as for carrying or safekeeping; receptacle: a jewel case.