10-letter words containing c, h, e, r, i, s
- saccharine — of the nature of or resembling that of sugar: a powdery substance with a saccharine taste.
- saccharize — to convert into sugar; saccharify.
- sarcophile — a flesh-eating animal, especially the Tasmanian devil.
- schipperke — one of a Belgian breed of small dogs having erect ears and a thick, black coat, originally used as a watchdog on boats in the Netherlands and Belgium.
- schleicher — August, 1821–68, German linguist.
- schnitzler — Arthur [ahr-ther;; German ahr-too r] /ˈɑr θər;; German ˈɑr tʊər/ (Show IPA), 1862–1931, Austrian dramatist and novelist.
- schrieffer — John Robert, born 1931, U.S. physicist: Nobel prize 1972.
- 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.
- screeching — causing or uttering screeches: screeching bats.
- sea urchin — any echinoderm of the class Echinoidea, having a somewhat globular or discoid form, and a shell composed of many calcareous plates covered with projecting spines.
- seborrheic — an excessive and abnormal discharge from the sebaceous glands.
- semaphoric — an apparatus for conveying information by means of visual signals, as a light whose position may be changed.
- semichorus — half of a chorus; part of a chorus to be sung by a portion but not all of the singers
- shitkicker — an unsophisticated farmer, cowboy, or other rural person; country person.
- side chair — a straight-backed chair without arms.
- sphericity — a spherical state or form.
- spirochete — any of various spiral-shaped motile bacteria of the family Spirochaetaceae, certain species, as Treponema, Leptospira, and Borrelia, being pathogenic to humans and other animals, and other species being free-living, saprophytic, or parasitic.
- squirearch — a member of the squirearchy.
- stretching — the activity of straightening the arms and legs and tightening the muscles
- strychnine — Pharmacology. a colorless, crystalline poison, C 2 1 H 2 2 N 2 O 2 , obtained chiefly by extraction from the seeds of nux vomica, formerly used as a central nervous system stimulant.
- subphrenic — underneath the diaphragm
- suckerfish — remora.
- super-rich — having wealth or great possessions; abundantly supplied with resources, means, or funds; wealthy: a rich man; a rich nation.
- superbitch — an exceptionally spiteful woman, a very bitchy person
- superthick — extremely thick
- switcheroo — an unexpected or sudden change or reversal in attitude, character, position, action, etc.
- switchgear — switching equipment used in an electric power station.
- switchover — the act or process of changing from one power source, system, etc., to another.
- tetrastich — a strophe, stanza, or poem consisting of four lines.
- theocritus — flourished c270 b.c, Greek poet.
- theoretics — the theoretical or speculative part of a science or subject.
- thermotics — the scientific study of heat
- tracheitis — inflammation of the trachea.
- treitschke — Heinrich von [hahyn-rikh fuh n] /ˈhaɪn rɪx fən/ (Show IPA), 1834–96, German historian.
- trekschuit — a horse-drawn boat, literally a tugboat, specific to the Netherlands
- trichinose — to infest with parasitic worms (trichinae)
- trumscheit — trumpet marine.
- tsarevitch — the son of a czar.
- unchristen — unchristian
- unsmirched — to discolor or soil; spot or smudge with or as with soot, dust, dirt, etc.
- urosthenic — having a tail which drives movement of the body
- viscachera — the burrow system of viscachas, which can extend up to 600 square metres, and has 4 to 30 entrances, some of which are big enough for a person to stand waist-deep
- winchester — (in the Middle Ages) a kingdom, later an earldom, in S England. Capital: Winchester.