10-letter words containing c, o, n, s, e, t
- solenocyte — a type of long, narrow, flagellated cell that functions in excretion of nitrogenous wastes and occurs in a variety of organisms, including certain annelids and mollusks.
- solonetzic — characteristic of solonetz
- soricident — having shrewlike teeth
- 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.
- stenopaeic — pertaining to or containing a narrow slit or minute opening: a stenopeic device to aid vision after eye surgery.
- stenotopic — (of an animal or plant) able to tolerate only small environmental changes.
- sterno can — a small can of Sterno
- stockiness — the quality of being stocky
- stockinged — a close-fitting covering for the foot and part of the leg, usually knitted, of wool, cotton, nylon, silk, or similar material.
- stockinger — a person who knits on a stocking frame
- stockowner — stockholder (def 1).
- stone cold — completely cold
- 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.
- stone face — living stones.
- stone-cold — If something that should be warm is stone-cold, it is very cold.
- storm cone — a canvas cone hoisted as a warning of high winds
- subjection — the act of subjecting.
- subpotency — a condition of reduced potency, as of a medication.
- subsection — a part or division of a section.
- supertonic — the second tone of a diatonic scale, being the next above the tonic.
- surjection — onto function.
- sweet corn — any of several varieties of corn, especially Zea mays rugosa, the grain or kernels of which are sweet and suitable for eating.
- syncopated — marked by syncopation: syncopated rhythm.
- tchernosem — chernozem.
- teinoscope — an optical device employing prisms to correct the chromatic aberration of light
- 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
- torpescent — becoming torpid
- touchstone — a test or criterion for the qualities of a thing.
- transcoder — a technology, such as a software package, used to transfer data from one format to another
- trichinose — to infest with parasitic worms (trichinae)
- triniscope — an early television with three tubes projecting the three primary colours
- trisection — to divide into three parts, especially into three equal parts.
- two oceans — an annual road marathon run in Cape Town, South Africa
- unaccosted — (of animals) represented as side by side: two dolphins accosted.
- uncloister — to free from confinement of any kind
- uncorseted — Sometimes, corsets. a close-fitting undergarment, stiffened with whalebone or similar material and often capable of being tightened by lacing, enclosing the trunk: worn, especially by women, to shape and support the body; stays.
- uncustomed — contrary to custom
- understock — to provide an insufficient quantity, as of merchandise, supplies, or livestock.
- undomestic — not domestic; not skilled in domestic tasks or housework
- unescorted — a group of persons, or a single person, accompanying another or others for protection, guidance, or courtesy: An escort of sailors accompanied the queen.
- unforecast — to predict (a future condition or occurrence); calculate in advance: to forecast a heavy snowfall; to forecast lower interest rates.
- unicostate — having only one costa, rib, or ridge.
- urosthenic — having a tail which drives movement of the body
- ventricose — swollen, especially on one side or unequally; protuberant.
- vesication — to raise vesicles or blisters on; blister.
- violescent — tending to a violet color: a violescent twilight sky.
- wainscoted — Alternative spelling of wainscotted.
- woonsocket — a city in NE Rhode Island.
- xenocrates — 396–314 b.c, Greek philosopher.
- xenocrysts — Plural form of xenocryst.