10-letter words containing i, s, o, c, r, a
- parsonical — a member of the clergy, especially a Protestant minister; pastor; rector.
- pectoralis — either of two muscles on each side of the upper and anterior part of the thorax, the action of the larger (pectoralis major) assisting in drawing the shoulder forward and rotating the arm inward, and the action of the smaller (pectoralis minor) assisting in drawing the shoulder downward and forward.
- physiocrat — one of a school of political economists who followed Quesnay in holding that an inherent natural order properly governed society, regarding land as the basis of wealth and taxation, and advocating a laissez-faire economy.
- pictorials — pertaining to, expressed in, or of the nature of a picture.
- precarious — dependent on circumstances beyond one's control; uncertain; unstable; insecure: a precarious livelihood.
- predacious — predatory; rapacious.
- procacious — insolent
- profascist — a person who believes in or sympathizes with fascism.
- prosaicism — prosaic character or style.
- radiculose — having small roots or rhizoids
- radioscope — an instrument, such as a fluoroscope, capable of detecting radiant energy
- radioscopy — the examination of objects opaque to light by means of another form of radiation, usually x-rays.
- rascallion — a villain, a rascal
- recusation — the act of recusing a judge
- 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.
- richardson — Henry Handel (Henrietta Richardson Robertson) 1870–1946, Australian novelist.
- royalistic — relating to a royalist
- rubiaceous — belonging to the Rubiaceae, the madder family of plants.
- 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.
- sclerotial — a vegetative, resting food-storage body in certain higher fungi, composed of a compact mass of hardened mycelia.
- 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.
- sdrucciola — (of rhymes) triple
- semaphoric — an apparatus for conveying information by means of visual signals, as a light whose position may be changed.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- sticharion — a white tunic of silk or linen, corresponding to the alb, worn by deacons, priests, and bishops.
- stracchino — a soft cheese from North Italy
- supraoptic — above the optic chiasm
- syndicator — a person who establishes a syndicate
- timocharis — a crater in the second quadrant of the face of the moon: about 25 miles (40 km) in diameter.
- tovarishch — comrade (used as a term of address in the Soviet Union).
- transonics — the study of speeds close to the speed of sound