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10-letter words containing c, o, n, a, r

  • salicornia — any chenopodiaceous plant of the genus Salicornia, of seashores and salt marshes: includes glasswort
  • saloon car — Also, saloon carriage. a railway sleeping, dining, or parlor car similar to a U.S. Pullman.
  • san carlos — a city in W California, S of San Francisco.
  • san marcos — a city in S central Texas.
  • saprogenic — producing putrefaction or decay, as certain bacteria.
  • sarcodines — belonging or pertaining to the protist phylum Sarcodina, comprising protozoa that move and capture food by forming pseudopodia.
  • sarcopenia — reduction in muscle tissue as a result of ageing
  • scandaroon — a large variety of fancy pigeon having a long thin body and an elongated neck and head
  • scansorial — capable of or adapted for climbing, as the feet of certain birds, lizards, etc.
  • scherzando — (a musical direction) playful; sportive.
  • schongauer — Martin [mahr-tn;; German mahr-teen] /ˈmɑr tn;; German ˈmɑr tin/ (Show IPA), c1430–91, German engraver and painter.
  • scorpaenid — belonging or pertaining to the Scorpaenidae, a family of marine fishes with spiny fins, including the rockfishes, scorpionfishes, and lionfishes.
  • scorzonera — a plant of the modern genus Scorzonera, esp S. Hispanica or black salsify, cultivated in Europe for its root which is used as a vegetable
  • scrap iron — old iron to be remelted or reworked.
  • scrubwoman — a woman hired to clean a place; charwoman.
  • sea anchor — any of various devices, as a drogue, that have great resistance to being pulled through the water and are dropped forward of a vessel at the end of a cable to hold the bow into the wind or sea during a storm.
  • snobocracy — a social class of snobs
  • soundtrack — the narrow band on one or both sides of a motion-picture film on which sound is recorded.
  • spaceborne — moving in orbit around the earth: a spaceborne surveillance system.
  • sterno can — a small can of Sterno
  • sticharion — a white tunic of silk or linen, corresponding to the alb, worn by deacons, priests, and bishops.
  • stone crab — an edible crab, Menippe mercenaria, of rocky shores from the southern U.S. to Mexico and certain areas of the Caribbean, prized for the meat of its claws.
  • stracchino — a soft cheese from North Italy
  • succorance — the act of seeking out affectionate care and social support.
  • sugar corn — sweet corn.
  • sword cane — a cane or walking stick having a hollow shaft that serves as a sheath for a sword or dagger.
  • syncarpous — of the nature of or pertaining to a syncarp.
  • synchronal — synchronous.
  • syndicator — a person who establishes a syndicate
  • table corn — Chiefly Eastern U.S. sweet corn.
  • technocrat — a proponent, adherent, or supporter of technocracy.
  • technofear — fear of using technological devices, such as computers; technophobia
  • tinctorial — pertaining to coloring or dyeing.
  • tobramycin — a highly toxic aminoglycoside antibiotic, C 18 H 37 N 5 O 9 , derived from Streptomyces tenebarius, used in the treatment of serious infections due to susceptible Gram-positive and Gram-negative organisms.
  • track down — a structure consisting of a pair of parallel lines of rails with their crossties, on which a railroad train, trolley, or the like runs.
  • trackpoint — (hardware)   (Or "pointing stick", "nipple") A small knob found in the middle of some keyboards that works like a very short isometric joystick. Pressing it toward or away from you or from side to side moves the pointer on the screen. Ted Selker brought the concept of an in-keyboard pointing device to IBM in September 1987. TrackPoint was introduced in 1992 on the IBM ThinkPad and later on some desktops. It takes up virtually no extra room on the box or the work area and also requires minimal movement of the hands from the keyboard. Many imitations of highly variable quality appeared. Pointing sticks have also been used in many other notebook brands, including TI, HP, Compac, Dell, Toshiba (e.g. Portege 4000's "AccuPoint II"), and AST (e.g. Ascentia 910N). "TrackPoint" and "Trackpoint" are IBM trademarks.
  • traduction — a transmission or communication
  • trajection — to transport, transmit, or transpose.
  • trance out — to go into a trancelike or ecstatic state, esp through the effects of drugs or music
  • transactor — to carry on or conduct (business, negotiations, activities, etc.) to a conclusion or settlement. Synonyms: enact, conclude, settle, manage, negotiate.
  • transcoder — a technology, such as a software package, used to transfer data from one format to another
  • transonics — the study of speeds close to the speed of sound
  • transsonic — transonic.
  • travancore — a former state in SW India: merged 1949 with Cochin to form a new state (Travancore and Cochin) reorganized 1956 to form the larger part of Kerala state.
  • triaconter — (in ancient Greece) a Greek galley with thirty oars
  • trinocular — of or relating to a binocular microscope equipped with a third lens system for photographic recording.
  • trochanter — Anatomy. either of two knobs at the top of the femur, the greater on the outside and the lesser on the inside, serving for the attachment of muscles between the thigh and pelvis.
  • truncation — the act or process of truncating.
  • turnbroach — (formerly) a servant whose job was to turn the spit on which meat, poultry, etc, was roasting
  • ulceration — to form an ulcer; become ulcerous: His skin ulcerated after exposure to radioactive material.
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