10-letter words containing c, s, f
- scarf-skin — the outermost layer of the skin; epidermis.
- scarifying — critical
- schafskopf — sheepshead (def 4).
- schefflera — any of various tropical trees or shrubs belonging to the genus Schefflera, of the ginseng family, having glossy, palmately compound leaves and often cultivated as a houseplant.
- schlieffen — Alfred (ˈalfreːt), Count von Schlieffen. 1833–1913, German field marshal, who devised the Schlieffen Plan (1905): it was intended to ensure German victory over a Franco-Russian alliance by holding off Russia with minimal strength and swiftly defeating France by a massive flanking movement through the Low Countries. In a modified form, it was unsuccessfully employed in World War I (1914)
- schrieffer — John Robert, born 1931, U.S. physicist: Nobel prize 1972.
- scientific — of or relating to science or the sciences: scientific studies.
- scoffingly — to speak derisively; mock; jeer (often followed by at): If you can't do any better, don't scoff. Their efforts toward a peaceful settlement are not to be scoffed at.
- scornfully — full of scorn; derisive; contemptuous: He smiled in a scornful way.
- scoutcraft — practice of or skill at scouting.
- screen off — If part of a room or area is screened off, it is made into a separate area, using a screen.
- scrofulous — pertaining to, resembling, of the nature of, or affected with scrofula.
- scrub fowl — megapode.
- scrum half — a player who puts in the ball at scrums and tries to get it away to his three-quarter backs
- scuff mark — Scuff marks are marks made on a smooth surface when something is rubbed against it.
- scurfiness — the state or quality of being scurfy
- scuttleful — the amount a scuttle will hold
- scyphiform — shaped like a cup or goblet.
- securiform — (of plants) having the shape of an axe
- self-paced — (of an educational system, course, etc.) done or designed to be accomplished at the student's own speed: self-paced instruction.
- self-stick — having a surface coated or treated to stick to another surface without the use of glue or moisture; self-adhesive.
- sex factor — a sex-determining chromosome or gene.
- shamefaced — modest or bashful.
- shift lock — a typewriter or computer key that locks the shift key in depressed position.
- shit-faced — very drunk.
- shockproof — Also, shock-proof. (of timepieces, machinery, etc.) protected against damage resulting from anticipated shocks.
- siegecraft — the science or skill of conducting a siege
- skin flick — a motion picture that features nudity and usually scenes of explicit sexual activity.
- smithcraft — the work or craft of a smith
- snow fence — a barrier erected on the windward side of a road, house, barn, etc., serving as a protection from drifting snow.
- soft focus — an image, often created by a special lens, that is recognizable but somewhat blurred or diffused.
- soft scale — any of numerous homopterous insect pests of the family Coccidae, as leafhoppers, aphids, and whiteflies, that are destructive to crops, shade and fruit trees, and various houseplants.
- soft touch — a person who is easily convinced, especially to give or lend money: a soft touch for charities.
- sour-faced — bad-tempered and unfriendly
- spacecraft — a vehicle designed for travel or operation in space beyond the earth's atmosphere or in orbit around the earth.
- spec cfp92 — (benchmark) A benchmark suite from SPEC containing 14 programs performing floating-point computations. 12 are written in Fortran and two in C. They can be used to estimate the performance of CPU, memory system, and compiler code generation. The individual programs are Circuit Design, Simulation (2x), Quantum Chemistry (3x), Electromagnetism, Geometric Translation, Optics, Robotics, Medical Simulation, Quantum Physics, Astrophysics, NASA Kernels. The benchmark suite can be used either for speed measurement, resulting in SPEC ratios, or for throughput measurement, resulting in SPEC rates
- spiflicate — to destroy; annihilate
- stagecraft — skill in or the art of writing, adapting, or staging plays.
- star facet — (in a brilliant) any of the eight small facets of the crown immediately below the table.
- starfucker — a person who seeks to have sexual relations with celebrities; groupie
- statecraft — the art of government and diplomacy.
- stock farm — a farm devoted to breeding livestock.
- stomachful — the amount one's stomach can hold
- stone face — living stones.
- subfascial — a band or fillet, as for binding the hair.
- subfuscous — slightly dark, dusky, or somber.
- subjectify — to make subjective.
- subofficer — a person who holds a position of rank or authority in the army, navy, air force, or any similar organization, especially one who holds a commission.
- subprefect — an administrator junior to a prefect or chief official
- subsurface — below the surface, especially of a body of water.