10-letter words containing c, o, s, i, n
- shockingly — causing intense surprise, disgust, horror, etc.
- showcasing — a glass case for the display and protection of articles in shops, museums, etc.
- shylockian — a relentless and revengeful moneylender in Shakespeare's Merchant of Venice.
- shylocking — a relentless and revengeful moneylender in Shakespeare's Merchant of Venice.
- silent cop — a small hemispherical traffic marker at an intersection
- simoniacal — a person who practices simony.
- skeletonic — resembling a skeleton
- skin color — tone of complexion
- socialness — relating to, devoted to, or characterized by friendly companionship or relations: a social club.
- sociogenic — caused or influenced by society or social factors: sociogenic problems.
- sock-liner — a thin piece of material, as leather, that is laid on top of the insole of a shoe, boot, or other footwear.
- sodcasting — the practice of playing music through the speakers of a mobile phone in a public space
- solicitant — a solicitor
- soliciting — to seek for (something) by entreaty, earnest or respectful request, formal application, etc.: He solicited aid from the minister.
- solonetzic — characteristic of solonetz
- sonic boom — a loud noise caused by the shock wave generated by an aircraft moving at supersonic speed.
- sonic mine — an underwater naval explosive which is activated using sound. Also called an acoustic mine.
- sonication — a treatment using ultrasound
- 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.
- spinaceous — pertaining to or of the nature of spinach; belonging to the amaranth family of plants.
- spondaical — composed of spondees
- sporogenic — relating to the production or formation of spores, or producing spores
- sporogonic — involving or relating to sporogony
- springlock — a lock that fastens automatically by a spring.
- 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.
- stenotopic — (of an animal or plant) able to tolerate only small environmental changes.
- sticharion — a white tunic of silk or linen, corresponding to the alb, worn by deacons, priests, and bishops.
- stick down — seal with an adhesive
- stock unit — the tax basis for evaluating farmers' stock. Cattle, sheep, and deer are each given differing stock-unit values, the basic measure being the ewe equivalent
- 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
- stracchino — a soft cheese from North Italy
- subduction — an act or instance of subducting; subtraction or withdrawal.
- subjection — the act of subjecting.
- suboceanic — occurring or existing below the floor of the ocean: suboceanic oil.
- subsection — a part or division of a section.
- succession — the coming of one person or thing after another in order, sequence, or in the course of events: many troubles in succession.
- supersonic — greater than the speed of sound waves through air.
- supertonic — the second tone of a diatonic scale, being the next above the tonic.
- surjection — onto function.
- synchronic — having reference to the facts of a linguistic system as it exists at one point in time without reference to its history: synchronic analysis; synchronic dialectology.
- syndicator — a person who establishes a syndicate
- synoecious — having male and female flowers on one head, as in many composite plants.
- teinoscope — an optical device employing prisms to correct the chromatic aberration of light
- toponymics — the study of place-names
- 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