10-letter words containing c, o, a, s, t, r
- orchestras — Plural form of orchestra.
- organicist — Philosophy. the view that some systems resemble organisms in having parts that function in relation to the whole to which they belong. Compare holism (def 1).
- orthoclase — a common white or pink mineral of the feldspar group, KAlSi 3 O 8 , having two good cleavages at right angles, and found in silica-rich igneous rocks: used in the manufacture of porcelain.
- oscillator — Electronics. a circuit that produces an alternating output current of a certain frequency determined by the characteristics of the circuit components.
- osculatory — to come into close contact or union.
- ostracised — Simple past tense and past participle of ostracise.
- ostracises — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of ostracise.
- ostracized — Simple past tense and past participle of ostracize.
- ostracizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of ostracize.
- outreaches — Plural form of outreach.
- overcasted — Simple past tense and past participle of overcast.
- oyster cap — an edible, brownish-gray to white mushroom, Pleurotus ostreatus, that grows in clusters on fallen trees and their stumps.
- parodistic — parodic.
- part-score — a contract to make less than the number of tricks required for game: to bid a part-score of three diamonds.
- pastrycook — a person who makes pastry or pastries
- pectoralis — either of two muscles on each side of the upper and anterior part of the thorax, the action of the larger (pectoralis major) assisting in drawing the shoulder forward and rotating the arm inward, and the action of the smaller (pectoralis minor) assisting in drawing the shoulder downward and forward.
- physiocrat — one of a school of political economists who followed Quesnay in holding that an inherent natural order properly governed society, regarding land as the basis of wealth and taxation, and advocating a laissez-faire economy.
- pictorials — pertaining to, expressed in, or of the nature of a picture.
- polycrates — died 522? b.c, Greek tyrant of Samos.
- postocular — located behind the eye
- profascist — a person who believes in or sympathizes with fascism.
- put across — to move or place (anything) so as to get it into or out of a specific location or position: to put a book on the shelf.
- raconteurs — Plural form of raconteur.
- raconteuse — a woman who is skilled in relating stories and anecdotes interestingly.
- reaccustom — to familiarize by custom or use; habituate: to accustom oneself to cold weather.
- recusation — the act of recusing a judge
- reforecast — to predict (a future condition or occurrence); calculate in advance: to forecast a heavy snowfall; to forecast lower interest rates.
- 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.
- root cause — origin
- royalistic — relating to a royalist
- rusticator — to go to the country.
- sacerdotal — of priests; priestly.
- 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.
- sacrosanct — extremely sacred or inviolable: a sacrosanct chamber in the temple.
- samothrace — a Greek island in the NE Aegean.
- saw doctor — a sawmill specialist who sharpens and services saw blades
- schwarzlot — a type of black decoration on German glassware and ceramics that was popular in the 17th and 18th centuries
- sclerotial — a vegetative, resting food-storage body in certain higher fungi, composed of a compact mass of hardened mycelia.
- scordatura — the tuning of a stringed instrument in other than the usual way to facilitate the playing of certain compositions.
- scoutcraft — practice of or skill at scouting.
- scriptoria — a room, as in a monastery, library, or other institution, where manuscripts are stored, read, or copied.
- sea rocket — any of several plants of the related genus Cakile, esp C. maritima, which grow along the seashores of Europe and North America and have mauve, pink, or white flowers
- search out — hunt for, seek
- seat cover — a cover for a seat
- securocrat — a military or police officer who has the power to influence government policy
- sex factor — a sex-determining chromosome or gene.
- slot racer — slot car.
- soundtrack — the narrow band on one or both sides of a motion-picture film on which sound is recorded.
- 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.
- speculator — a person who is engaged in commercial or financial speculation.