10-letter words containing c, e, t, r, i, s
- proteomics — the study of the functions, structures, and interactions of proteins; the study of the proteome.
- putrescine — a colourless crystalline amine produced by decaying animal matter; 1,4-diaminobutane. Formula: H2N(CH2)4NH2
- quadrisect — to divide (something) into four equal parts.
- rechristen — to christen or baptize (someone) again
- recidivist — repeated or habitual relapse, as into crime.
- recusation — the act of recusing a judge
- rediscount — to discount again.
- redispatch — to send off or away with speed, as a messenger, telegram, body of troops, etc.
- redistrict — to divide anew into districts, as for administrative or electoral purposes.
- reichstein — Tadeus [tah-dey-oo s] /tɑˈdeɪ ʊs/ (Show IPA), 1897–1996, Swiss chemist, born in Poland: Nobel Prize in medicine 1950.
- reinstruct — to furnish with knowledge, especially by a systematic method; teach; train; educate.
- requiescat — a wish or prayer for the repose of the dead.
- rescrutiny — a searching examination or investigation; minute inquiry.
- resin duct — a tube or duct in a woody stem or a leaf, especially in conifers, lined with glandular epithelium that secretes resins.
- resistance — the act or power of resisting, opposing, or withstanding.
- respecting — regarding; concerning.
- respective — pertaining individually or severally to each of a number of persons, things, etc.; particular: I will now discuss the respective merits of the candidates.
- restricted — confined; limited.
- restrictor — to confine or keep within limits, as of space, action, choice, intensity, or quantity.
- revanchist — an advocate or supporter of a political policy of revanche, especially in order to seek vengeance for a previous military defeat.
- rheostatic — an adjustable resistor so constructed that its resistance may be changed without opening the circuit in which it is connected, thereby controlling the current in the circuit.
- rheumatics — pertaining to or of the nature of rheumatism.
- rice blast — a disease of rice caused by the fungus Pyricularia oryae, characterized by elliptical leaf spots with reddish-brown margins, brownish lesions and neck rot of the fruiting panicles, and stunting of the plant.
- rickettsia — any member of the genus Rickettsia, comprising rod-shaped to coccoid microorganisms that resemble bacteria but can be as small as a large virus and reproduce only inside a living cell, parasitic in fleas, ticks, lice, and mites and transmitted by bite to vertebrate hosts, including humans, causing such severe diseases as typhus and Rocky Mountain spotted fever.
- ridgecrest — a town in central California.
- roscoelite — a brown variety of muscovite in which some aluminum is replaced by vanadium.
- rusticness — of, relating to, or living in the country, as distinguished from towns or cities; rural.
- sanctifier — to make holy; set apart as sacred; consecrate.
- scattering — distributed or occurring here and there at irregular intervals; scattered.
- scaturient — gushing; overflowing.
- schnitzler — Arthur [ahr-ther;; German ahr-too r] /ˈɑr θər;; German ˈɑr tʊər/ (Show IPA), 1862–1931, Austrian dramatist and novelist.
- schweitzer — Albert, 1875–1965, Alsatian writer, missionary, doctor, and musician in Africa: Nobel Peace Prize 1952.
- schwitters — Kurt [koo rt] /kʊərt/ (Show IPA), 1887–1948, German artist.
- sclerotial — a vegetative, resting food-storage body in certain higher fungi, composed of a compact mass of hardened mycelia.
- sclerotium — a vegetative, resting food-storage body in certain higher fungi, composed of a compact mass of hardened mycelia.
- sclerotize — to harden and darken (an insect's cuticle)
- scrutineer — an official examiner, especially of votes in an election.
- scrutinise — to examine in detail with careful or critical attention.
- scrutinize — to examine in detail with careful or critical attention.
- 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.
- securities — freedom from danger, risk, etc.; safety.
- securitize — to reduce the risk of (a loan) by the use of such securities as eurobonds
- semisecret — partly but not fully secret
- shitkicker — an unsophisticated farmer, cowboy, or other rural person; country person.
- siderocyte — an erythrocyte that contains iron in forms other than hematin.
- siegecraft — the science or skill of conducting a siege
- sociometry — the measurement of attitudes of social acceptance or rejection through expressed preferences among members of a social grouping.
- soricident — having shrewlike teeth