10-letter words containing c, o, d, n, s
- nose candy — cocaine.
- notochords — Plural form of notochord.
- nucleoside — any of the class of compounds derived by the hydrolysis of nucleic acids or nucleotides, consisting typically of deoxyribose or ribose combined with adenine, guanine, cytosine, uracil, or thymine.
- occasioned — a particular time, especially as marked by certain circumstances or occurrences: They met on three occasions.
- oceanwards — Oceanward.
- ohnosecond — (unit, humour) (Presumably a play on "nanosecond") The miniscule time it takes to realize that you've just made a BIG mistake like typing rm -rf * in the wrong directory. Seen in Elizabeth P. Crowe's book, "The Electronic Traveller."
- ordinances — Plural form of ordinance.
- picosecond — one trillionth of a second. Abbreviation: ps, psec.
- 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.
- princedoms — the position, rank, or dignity of a prince.
- recognised — to identify as something or someone previously seen, known, etc.: He had changed so much that one could scarcely recognize him.
- recondense — to make more dense or compact; reduce the volume or extent of; concentrate.
- reconsider — to consider again, especially with a view to change of decision or action: to reconsider a refusal.
- redecision — the act or process of deciding; determination, as of a question or doubt, by making a judgment: They must make a decision between these two contestants.
- rediscount — to discount again.
- richardson — Henry Handel (Henrietta Richardson Robertson) 1870–1946, Australian novelist.
- sanctioned — authoritative permission or approval, as for an action.
- sand colic — a form of colic caused by the ingestion of sand or eating sand-contaminated feeds and subsequent collection of sand in the gastrointestinal tract
- sarcodines — belonging or pertaining to the protist phylum Sarcodina, comprising protozoa that move and capture food by forming pseudopodia.
- scale down — a succession or progression of steps or degrees; graduated series: the scale of taxation; the social scale.
- scandalous — disgraceful; shameful or shocking; improper: scandalous behavior in public.
- scandaroon — a large variety of fancy pigeon having a long thin body and an elongated neck and head
- scene dock — dock1 (def 7).
- scherzando — (a musical direction) playful; sportive.
- scorpaenid — belonging or pertaining to the Scorpaenidae, a family of marine fishes with spiny fins, including the rockfishes, scorpionfishes, and lionfishes.
- scotodinia — a dizziness accompanied by a headache and disturbed vision
- second man — a person who assists the driver in crewing a locomotive
- second row — the forwards in the second row of a scrum
- second sex — one sex considered as secondary or subordinate in role to the other, especially women in a male-dominated society.
- second-run — designating or of:
- secondhand — not directly known or experienced; obtained from others or from books: Most of our knowledge is secondhand.
- secondment — the transfer of a military officer or corporate executive to another post for temporary duty.
- smack down — to humble or reprimand (someone who is overstepping bounds)
- snowcapped — topped with snow: the snowcapped Alps.
- sodcasting — the practice of playing music through the speakers of a mobile phone in a public space
- soricident — having shrewlike teeth
- soundscape — the component sounds of an environment.
- soundtrack — the narrow band on one or both sides of a motion-picture film on which sound is recorded.
- spodomancy — divination by studying ashes
- spondaical — composed of spondees
- stick down — seal with an adhesive
- stockinged — a close-fitting covering for the foot and part of the leg, usually knitted, of wool, cotton, nylon, silk, or similar material.
- stone cold — completely cold
- stone-cold — If something that should be warm is stone-cold, it is very cold.
- stop codon — a codon that stops the synthesis of a protein molecule.
- subduction — an act or instance of subducting; subtraction or withdrawal.
- sword cane — a cane or walking stick having a hollow shaft that serves as a sheath for a sword or dagger.
- syncopated — marked by syncopation: syncopated rhythm.
- syndicator — a person who establishes a syndicate
- synecdoche — a figure of speech in which a part is used for the whole or the whole for a part, the special for the general or the general for the special, as in ten sail for ten ships or a Croesus for a rich man.