10-letter words containing a, t, c, o
- star cloud — a cloudlike patch of light on the celestial sphere, consisting of a multitude of stars.
- statoscope — an aneroid barometer for registering minute variations of atmospheric pressure.
- staycation — a vacation spent at home or near home, doing enjoyable activities or visiting local attractions.
- steam coal — coal with relatively high sulfur content, suited for generating steam but not for coking.
- steatocele — a fatty tumour located in the scrotum
- stenopaeic — pertaining to or containing a narrow slit or minute opening: a stenopeic device to aid vision after eye surgery.
- stercorary — a weatherproof place where dung is stored
- stercorate — dung or faecal matter
- stereocard — a card showing two stereoscopic pictures
- sterno can — a small can of Sterno
- stiacciato — a flat or low relief popular with 15th- and 16th-century Italian sculptors
- sticharion — a white tunic of silk or linen, corresponding to the alb, worn by deacons, priests, and bishops.
- stochastic — of or relating to a process involving a randomly determined sequence of observations each of which is considered as a sample of one element from a probability distribution.
- stock farm — a farm devoted to breeding livestock.
- stomachful — the amount one's stomach can hold
- stomachous — resentful, sullen, obstinate
- 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.
- stone face — living stones.
- store card — a token bearing the name of a business, often exchangeable for a particular item.
- storm coat — an overcoat, usually of a water-repellent fabric, lined with material serving as insulation against very cold weather, often having a fur collar.
- stove coal — anthracite coal in sizes ranging from 1 5/8 to 2 7/16 (about 4 to 6 cm), intermediate between egg coal and chestnut coal.
- stracchino — a soft cheese from North Italy
- subatomics — the study of subatomic particles
- subcompact — an automobile that is smaller than a compact.
- subcordate — almost heart-shaped
- subtractor — in electronics, a circuit of which the output depends upon the difference between two inputs
- sugar-coat — to cover with sugar: to sugarcoat a pill.
- supraoptic — above the optic chiasm
- swampscott — a city in NE Massachusetts.
- swatchbook — a booklet containing samples (of paper, cloth, etc)
- sweat sock — one of a pair of socks made of thick, absorbent cotton, wool, or other material and worn during exercise, sports, leisure activity, etc.
- swordcraft — skill in or the art of swordplay.
- syncopated — marked by syncopation: syncopated rhythm.
- syndicator — a person who establishes a syndicate
- table corn — Chiefly Eastern U.S. sweet corn.
- tablecloth — a cloth for covering the top of a table, especially during a meal.
- tachograph — a recording tachometer.
- tachometer — any of various instruments for measuring or indicating velocity or speed, as of a machine, a river, or the blood.
- tachometry — any of various instruments for measuring or indicating velocity or speed, as of a machine, a river, or the blood.
- tachypnoea — excessively rapid respiration.
- tailcoated — wearing a tailcoat
- take cover — to be or serve as a covering for; extend over; rest on the surface of: Snow covered the fields.
- take stock — a supply of goods kept on hand for sale to customers by a merchant, distributor, manufacturer, etc.; inventory.
- talcahuano — a seaport in central Chile.
- tamagotchi — a handheld digital toy, consisting of a digital 'pet' that the owner looks after; very popular in the 1990s
- tarot card — one of a special pack of cards, now used mainly for fortune-telling, consisting of 78 cards (4 suits of 14 cards each (the minor arcana), and 22 other cards (the major arcana))
- task force — Navy, Military. a temporary grouping of units under one commander, formed for the purpose of carrying out a specific operation or mission.
- tauromachy — the art or technique of bullfighting.
- tchoukball — a non-contact, team-orientated, ballgame developed by the Swiss biologist Dr H. Brandt, the object of the game is to throw the ball at a frame mounted with a springy surface so that it rebounds without being caught by the defending team
- technocrat — a proponent, adherent, or supporter of technocracy.