10-letter words containing c, i, r, e, n, s
- scrutinize — to examine in detail with careful or critical attention.
- scurfiness — the state or quality of being scurfy
- 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.
- serviceman — a member of the armed forces of a country.
- servicemen — a member of the armed forces of a country.
- sickerness — sureness
- silkscreen — Also called silkscreen process. a printmaking technique in which a mesh cloth is stretched over a heavy wooden frame and the design, painted on the screen by tusche or affixed by stencil, is printed by having a squeegee force color through the pores of the material in areas not blocked out by a glue sizing.
- sine curve — a curve described by the equation y = sin x, the ordinate being equal to the sine of the abscissa.
- siren call — the appeal that something has although it is harmful or dangerous
- snickering — to laugh in a half-suppressed, indecorous or disrespectful manner.
- sock-liner — a thin piece of material, as leather, that is laid on top of the insole of a shoe, boot, or other footwear.
- soricident — having shrewlike teeth
- spencerian — pertaining to or characteristic of a system of penmanship, characterized by clear, rounded letters slanting to the right.
- sporogenic — relating to the production or formation of spores, or producing spores
- sternalgic — relating to or having sternalgia
- stickering — a person or thing that sticks.
- stockinger — a person who knits on a stocking frame
- stretching — the activity of straightening the arms and legs and tightening the muscles
- strictness — characterized by or acting in close conformity to requirements or principles: a strict observance of rituals.
- stringency — stringent character or condition: the stringency of poverty.
- 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
- supersonic — greater than the speed of sound waves through air.
- supertonic — the second tone of a diatonic scale, being the next above the tonic.
- supragenic — beyond the limits or above the level of genes.
- surjection — onto function.
- survivance — survival
- syncretism — the attempted reconciliation or union of different or opposing principles, practices, or parties, as in philosophy or religion.
- syncretist — the attempted reconciliation or union of different or opposing principles, practices, or parties, as in philosophy or religion.
- syncretize — to combine or attempt to combine the characteristic teachings, beliefs, or practices of (differing systems of religion or philosophy)
- synergetic — working together; cooperative.
- toric lens — a lens used to correct astigmatism, having one of its surfaces shaped like part of a torus so that its focal lengths are different in different meridians
- transcribe — to make a written copy, especially a typewritten copy, of (dictated material, notes taken during a lecture, or other spoken material).
- transgenic — of, relating to, or containing a gene or genes transferred from another species: transgenic mice.
- transience — transient state or quality.
- transiency — transient state or quality.
- trichinose — to infest with parasitic worms (trichinae)
- trickiness — given to or characterized by deceitful tricks; crafty; wily.
- triniscope — an early television with three tubes projecting the three primary colours
- trisection — to divide into three parts, especially into three equal parts.
- twin-screw — (of a vessel) having two screw propellers, which usually revolve in opposite directions.
- unchristen — unchristian
- uncloister — to free from confinement of any kind
- undescried — not descried or discovered
- unprecious — of high price or great value; very valuable or costly: precious metals.
- unscripted — not scripted; lacking a script: an unscripted idea for a movie.
- unserviced — an act of helpful activity; help; aid: to do someone a service.
- 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
- vagrancies — the conduct of a vagrant.