10-letter words containing c, e, s, a, n
- pollen sac — one of the cavities in an anther in which pollen is produced.
- postulance — the period or state of being a postulant, especially in a religious order.
- preachings — the act or practice of a person who preaches.
- psittacine — of or relating to parrots.
- pulsatance — the angular frequency of a periodic motion
- punctuates — to mark or divide (something written) with punctuation marks in order to make the meaning clear.
- quittances — Plural form of quittance.
- rackabones — 'a rack of bones', a metaphor for a person or animal that is very thin or emaciated
- raconteurs — Plural form of raconteur.
- raconteuse — a woman who is skilled in relating stories and anecdotes interestingly.
- raise cain — the first son of Adam and Eve, who murdered his brother Abel. Gen. 4.
- 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
- recusation — the act of recusing a judge
- reichsbank — the former German national bank.
- reincrease — to increase again
- renascence — Renaissance.
- resistance — the act or power of resisting, opposing, or withstanding.
- respectant — aspectant.
- revanchism — an advocate or supporter of a political policy of revanche, especially in order to seek vengeance for a previous military defeat.
- revanchist — an advocate or supporter of a political policy of revanche, especially in order to seek vengeance for a previous military defeat.
- rock snake — any large Australasian python of the genus Liasis
- run scared — to go quickly by moving the legs more rapidly than at a walk and in such a manner that for an instant in each step all or both feet are off the ground.
- saccharine — of the nature of or resembling that of sugar: a powdery substance with a saccharine taste.
- sacramento — a state in the W United States, on the Pacific coast. 158,693 sq. mi. (411,015 sq. km). Capital: Sacramento. Abbreviation: CA (for use with zip code), Cal., Calif.
- sacredness — devoted or dedicated to a deity or to some religious purpose; consecrated.
- sanctified — made holy; consecrated: sanctified wine.
- sanctifier — to make holy; set apart as sacred; consecrate.
- sanctioned — authoritative permission or approval, as for an action.
- sanctitude — holiness; saintliness; sanctity.
- sand lance — any slender marine fish of the family Ammodytidae that burrows into the sand.
- sand perch — squirrelfish.
- sandcastle — a small castlelike structure made of wet sand, as by children at a beach.
- sandsucker — the flatfish Platessa limandoides
- sandwiched — two or more slices of bread or the like with a layer of meat, fish, cheese, etc., between each pair.
- sanmicheli — Michele [mee-ke-le] /miˈkɛ lɛ/ (Show IPA), 1484–1559, Italian architect and military engineer.
- saprogenic — producing putrefaction or decay, as certain bacteria.
- sarcodines — belonging or pertaining to the protist phylum Sarcodina, comprising protozoa that move and capture food by forming pseudopodia.
- sarcopenia — reduction in muscle tissue as a result of ageing
- sarracenia — any American pitcher plant of the genus Sarracenia, having single nodding flowers and leaves modified as pitchers that trap and digest insects: family Sarraceniaceae
- saxicoline — living or growing among rocks.
- scale down — a succession or progression of steps or degrees; graduated series: the scale of taxation; the social scale.
- scaloppine — scallops, especially of veal, flattened by pounding and usually dredged in flour or breadcrumbs and sautéed quickly: scaloppine alla Marsala.
- scampering — to run or go hastily or quickly.
- scandalise — to shock or horrify by something considered immoral or improper.
- scandalize — to shock or horrify by something considered immoral or improper.
- scanderbeg — (George Castriota) 1403?–68, Albanian chief and revolutionary leader.
- scantiness — scant in amount, quantity, etc.; barely sufficient.
- scarcement — a footing or ledge formed by a setoff in a wall.
- scattergun — A scattergun is a gun that fires a lot of small metal balls at the same time.