10-letter words containing c, e, r, a, t
- secretaire — any writing desk resembling a secretary.
- secularist — secular spirit or tendency, especially a system of political or social philosophy that rejects all forms of religious faith and worship.
- secularity — secular views or beliefs; secularism.
- securocrat — a military or police officer who has the power to influence government policy
- sex factor — a sex-determining chromosome or gene.
- sheeptrack — a small natural terrace on a hillside
- siegecraft — the science or skill of conducting a siege
- slot racer — slot car.
- smart alec — smart aleck.
- smart-alec — smart aleck.
- space rate — a unit of compensation for written work, based on the amount of space that the submitted material occupies in print, and usually computed in column inches.
- spacecraft — a vehicle designed for travel or operation in space beyond the earth's atmosphere or in orbit around the earth.
- spec ratio — (benchmark) Results for each individual benchmark of the SPEC benchmark suites, for example CINT92 and CFP92, expressed as the ratio of the wall clock time to execute one single copy of the benchmark, compared to a fixed "SPEC reference time", which was chosen early-on as the execution time on a VAX 11/780. See also SPEC rate.
- spectatrix — a female spectator
- spectrally — of or relating to a specter; ghostly; phantom.
- speculator — a person who is engaged in commercial or financial speculation.
- spermaceti — a pearly white, waxy, translucent solid, obtained from the oil in the head of the sperm whale: used chiefly in cosmetics and candles, and as an emollient.
- spermaduct — a spermatic passage found in male animals
- spycatcher — a person who works in counterintelligence to detect enemy espionage activities
- square-cut — cut so as to be rectangular, straight, or level
- stage race — a cycling race consisting of several separate races over successive days
- stagecraft — skill in or the art of writing, adapting, or staging plays.
- stake race — a race in which part of the prize or purse is put up by the owners of the horses nominated to run in the race.
- star facet — (in a brilliant) any of the eight small facets of the crown immediately below the table.
- starchedly — in a starched manner
- starfucker — a person who seeks to have sexual relations with celebrities; groupie
- statecraft — the art of government and diplomacy.
- stavesacre — a larkspur, Delphinium staphisagria, of Europe and Asia Minor, having violently emetic and cathartic poisonous seeds.
- stepdancer — a person who engages in stepdancing
- stercorary — a weatherproof place where dung is stored
- stercorate — dung or faecal matter
- stereocard — a card showing two stereoscopic pictures
- sterically — of or relating to the spatial relationships of atoms in a molecule.
- 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.
- store card — a token bearing the name of a business, often exchangeable for a particular item.
- strategics — strategy (def 1).
- street-car — a public vehicle running regularly along certain streets, usually on rails, as a trolley car or trolley bus.
- subarcuate — fairly arched
- subarticle — an article that forms part of a larger or main article
- subcentral — near or almost to the center.
- subchapter — a subdivision especially of a body of laws.
- subcharter — to rent a chartered vehicle
- subcordate — almost heart-shaped
- sucralfate — a sugar-aluminum complex, C 1 2 H 5 4 Al 1 6 O 7 5 S 8 , used for the treatment of duodenal ulcer.
- superacute — sharp or severe in effect; intense: acute sorrow; an acute pain.
- superfecta — a type of bet, especially on horse races, in which the bettor must select the first four finishers in exact order.
- switchgear — switching equipment used in an electric power station.
- tabernacle — any place or house of worship, especially one designed for a large congregation.