10-letter words containing e, a, s, t, c
- percussant — (of an animal's tail on a heraldic shield) bent round to the animal's side
- pettichaps — any of the warblers that belongs to the family Sylviinae
- petty cash — funds kept for minor expenses
- plasmacyte — Anatomy. an antibody-secreting cell, derived from B cells, that plays a major role in antibody-mediated immunity.
- plasticine — Plasticine is a soft coloured substance like clay which children use for making models.
- plasticize — to make or become plastic, as by the addition of a plasticizer
- pleonastic — the use of more words than are necessary to express an idea; redundancy.
- pneumatics — a pneumatic tire.
- polycrates — died 522? b.c, Greek tyrant of Samos.
- postulance — the period or state of being a postulant, especially in a religious order.
- practicers — habitual or customary performance; operation: office practice.
- preaseptic — pertaining to the period before the use of aseptic practices in surgery.
- prefascist — relating to fascist leanings before Fascism was founded in 1919
- psittacine — of or relating to parrots.
- pulsatance — the angular frequency of a periodic motion
- pultaceous — resembling pap
- punctuates — to mark or divide (something written) with punctuation marks in order to make the meaning clear.
- quadrisect — to divide (something) into four equal parts.
- quittances — Plural form of quittance.
- racetracks — Plural form of racetrack.
- raconteurs — Plural form of raconteur.
- raconteuse — a woman who is skilled in relating stories and anecdotes interestingly.
- rat cheese — inexpensive cheese, especially domestic cheddar.
- reaccustom — to familiarize by custom or use; habituate: to accustom oneself to cold weather.
- recusation — the act of recusing a judge
- redispatch — to send off or away with speed, as a messenger, telegram, body of troops, etc.
- reforecast — to predict (a future condition or occurrence); calculate in advance: to forecast a heavy snowfall; to forecast lower interest rates.
- requiescat — a wish or prayer for the repose of the dead.
- resectable — able to be resected
- resistance — the act or power of resisting, opposing, or withstanding.
- respectant — aspectant.
- revanchist — an advocate or supporter of a political policy of revanche, especially in order to seek vengeance for a previous military defeat.
- rheostatic — an adjustable resistor so constructed that its resistance may be changed without opening the circuit in which it is connected, thereby controlling the current in the circuit.
- rheumatics — pertaining to or of the nature of rheumatism.
- rice blast — a disease of rice caused by the fungus Pyricularia oryae, characterized by elliptical leaf spots with reddish-brown margins, brownish lesions and neck rot of the fruiting panicles, and stunting of the plant.
- rickettsia — any member of the genus Rickettsia, comprising rod-shaped to coccoid microorganisms that resemble bacteria but can be as small as a large virus and reproduce only inside a living cell, parasitic in fleas, ticks, lice, and mites and transmitted by bite to vertebrate hosts, including humans, causing such severe diseases as typhus and Rocky Mountain spotted fever.
- root cause — origin
- sabretache — a leather case suspended from a cavalryman's saddle
- saccharate — a salt of saccharic acid.
- sacerdotal — of priests; priestly.
- sacramento — a state in the W United States, on the Pacific coast. 158,693 sq. mi. (411,015 sq. km). Capital: Sacramento. Abbreviation: CA (for use with zip code), Cal., Calif.
- safety car — life car.
- salicylate — a salt or ester of salicylic acid.
- saltcellar — a shaker or dish for salt.
- samothrace — a Greek island in the NE Aegean.
- sanctified — made holy; consecrated: sanctified wine.
- sanctifier — to make holy; set apart as sacred; consecrate.
- sanctioned — authoritative permission or approval, as for an action.
- sanctitude — holiness; saintliness; sanctity.
- sandcastle — a small castlelike structure made of wet sand, as by children at a beach.