10-letter words containing c, o, a, t, i, s
- 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.
- phosphatic — of, relating to, or containing phosphates: phosphatic slag.
- 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.
- pleonastic — the use of more words than are necessary to express an idea; redundancy.
- podcasting — a digital audio or video file or recording, usually part of a themed series, that can be downloaded from a website to a media player or computer: Download or subscribe to daily, one-hour podcasts of our radio show.
- polymastic — a person with a polymastic condition
- postatomic — existing since or subsequent to the explosion of the first atomic bomb or the invention of atomic weapons: the political tensions of the postatomic world.
- postcoital — sexual intercourse, especially between a man and a woman.
- postimpact — occurring after an impact
- profascist — a person who believes in or sympathizes with fascism.
- recusation — the act of recusing a judge
- 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.
- royalistic — relating to a royalist
- rusticator — to go to the country.
- sanctimony — pretended, affected, or hypocritical religious devotion, righteousness, etc.
- sanctioned — authoritative permission or approval, as for an action.
- scholastic — of or relating to schools, scholars, or education: scholastic attainments.
- sclerotial — a vegetative, resting food-storage body in certain higher fungi, composed of a compact mass of hardened mycelia.
- scotodinia — a dizziness accompanied by a headache and disturbed vision
- scriptoria — a room, as in a monastery, library, or other institution, where manuscripts are stored, read, or copied.
- see action — to participate in military combat
- semiotical — of or relating to signs.
- societally — noting or pertaining to large social groups, or to their activities, customs, etc.
- sociopathy — a person with a psychopathic personality whose behavior is antisocial, often criminal, and who lacks a sense of moral responsibility or social conscience.
- sodcasting — the practice of playing music through the speakers of a mobile phone in a public space
- soil stack — a vertical soil pipe.
- solicitant — a solicitor
- somali cat — a breed of cat with medium-length silky hair, large ears, and a bushy tail
- somaticize — to convert (anxiety) into physical symptoms.
- sonication — a treatment using ultrasound
- 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.
- speciation — the formation of new species as a result of geographic, physiological, anatomical, or behavioral factors that prevent previously interbreeding populations from breeding with each other.
- stanchions — an upright bar, beam, post, or support, as in a window, stall, ship, etc.
- staycation — a vacation spent at home or near home, doing enjoyable activities or visiting local attractions.
- stenopaeic — pertaining to or containing a narrow slit or minute opening: a stenopeic device to aid vision after eye surgery.
- stiacciato — a flat or low relief popular with 15th- and 16th-century Italian sculptors
- sticharion — a white tunic of silk or linen, corresponding to the alb, worn by deacons, priests, and bishops.
- stochastic — of or relating to a process involving a randomly determined sequence of observations each of which is considered as a sample of one element from a probability distribution.
- stracchino — a soft cheese from North Italy
- subatomics — the study of subatomic particles
- supraoptic — above the optic chiasm
- syndicator — a person who establishes a syndicate
- teichopsia — a temporary visual impairment associated with migraine
- tesla coil — an air-core transformer used to produce high voltages of high-frequency alternating currents.
- tiliaceous — belonging to the Tiliaceae, the linden family of plants.
- timocharis — a crater in the second quadrant of the face of the moon: about 25 miles (40 km) in diameter.
- tossicated — drunk or intoxicated; confused
- totalistic — totalitarian.
- tovarishch — comrade (used as a term of address in the Soviet Union).