10-letter words containing c, r, o, i, s
- royalistic — relating to a royalist
- rubiaceous — belonging to the Rubiaceae, the madder family of plants.
- rupicolous — rupestrine.
- rusticator — to go to the country.
- saccharoid — having a granular texture like that of loaf sugar.
- sacroiliac — the joint where the sacrum and ilium meet.
- salicornia — any chenopodiaceous plant of the genus Salicornia, of seashores and salt marshes: includes glasswort
- 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
- sarcophagi — a stone coffin, especially one bearing sculpture, inscriptions, etc., often displayed as a monument.
- sarcophile — a flesh-eating animal, especially the Tasmanian devil.
- scansorial — capable of or adapted for climbing, as the feet of certain birds, lizards, etc.
- schizocarp — a dry, dehiscent fruit that at maturity splits into two or more one-seeded carpels.
- schoolgirl — a girl attending school.
- sclerotial — a vegetative, resting food-storage body in certain higher fungi, composed of a compact mass of hardened mycelia.
- sclerotium — a vegetative, resting food-storage body in certain higher fungi, composed of a compact mass of hardened mycelia.
- sclerotize — to harden and darken (an insect's cuticle)
- scorpaenid — belonging or pertaining to the Scorpaenidae, a family of marine fishes with spiny fins, including the rockfishes, scorpionfishes, and lionfishes.
- scrap iron — old iron to be remelted or reworked.
- scriptoria — a room, as in a monastery, library, or other institution, where manuscripts are stored, read, or copied.
- scrobicule — a small pit, for example around one of a sea urchin's nodules
- scrollwise — like a scroll, in a way similar to a scroll
- scrutinous — strict, thorough
- scurrilous — grossly or obscenely abusive: a scurrilous attack on the mayor.
- scyphiform — shaped like a cup or goblet.
- sdrucciola — (of rhymes) triple
- seborrheic — an excessive and abnormal discharge from the sebaceous glands.
- securiform — (of plants) having the shape of an axe
- semaphoric — an apparatus for conveying information by means of visual signals, as a light whose position may be changed.
- semichorus — half of a chorus; part of a chorus to be sung by a portion but not all of the singers
- seriocomic — partly serious and partly comic: a seriocomic play.
- siderocyte — an erythrocyte that contains iron in forms other than hematin.
- skin color — tone of complexion
- socdoliger — a conclusive argument, a hard blow
- social war — Greek History. the war between Athens and its confederates, 357–355 b.c.
- socializer — to make social; make fit for life in companionship with others.
- sociocracy — a theoretical system of government in which the interests of all members of society are served equally.
- sociodrama — a method of group psychotherapy in which each patient assumes and dramatizes a variety of roles, usually focusing on problems and conflicts arising in group situations.
- sociometry — the measurement of attitudes of social acceptance or rejection through expressed preferences among members of a social grouping.
- sock-liner — a thin piece of material, as leather, that is laid on top of the insole of a shoe, boot, or other footwear.
- soil creep — creep of soil on even slopes; often accelerated by spring freeze-and-thaw or general periglacial conditions. Compare creep (def 22a).
- sophomoric — of or relating to a sophomore or sophomores.
- soricident — having shrewlike teeth
- sororicide — a person who kills his or her sister.
- spark coil — a coil of many turns of insulated wire on an iron core, used for producing sparks.
- 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.
- spirochete — any of various spiral-shaped motile bacteria of the family Spirochaetaceae, certain species, as Treponema, Leptospira, and Borrelia, being pathogenic to humans and other animals, and other species being free-living, saprophytic, or parasitic.
- sporadical — (of similar things or occurrences) appearing or happening at irregular intervals in time; occasional: sporadic renewals of enthusiasm.
- sporicidal — a substance or preparation for killing spores.