10-letter words containing l, i, s, c
- social war — Greek History. the war between Athens and its confederates, 357–355 b.c.
- socialised — to make social; make fit for life in companionship with others.
- socialized — to make social; make fit for life in companionship with others.
- socializer — to make social; make fit for life in companionship with others.
- socialness — relating to, devoted to, or characterized by friendly companionship or relations: a social club.
- societally — noting or pertaining to large social groups, or to their activities, customs, etc.
- sociologic — of, relating to, or characteristic of sociology and its methodology.
- 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).
- soil stack — a vertical soil pipe.
- solicitant — a solicitor
- soliciting — to seek for (something) by entreaty, earnest or respectful request, formal application, etc.: He solicited aid from the minister.
- solicitous — anxious or concerned (usually followed by about, for, etc., or a clause): solicitous about a person's health.
- solicitude — the state of being solicitous; anxiety or concern.
- solonetzic — characteristic of solonetz
- solvolytic — relating to solvolysis
- somali cat — a breed of cat with medium-length silky hair, large ears, and a bushy tail
- soul music — a fervent type of popular music developed in the late 1950s by black Americans as a secularized form of gospel music, with rhythm-and-blues influences, and distinctive for its earthy expressiveness, variously plaintive or raucous vocals, and often passionate romanticism or sensuality.
- spaciality — spatial.
- spark coil — a coil of many turns of insulated wire on an iron core, used for producing sparks.
- specialise — to pursue some special line of study, work, etc.; have a specialty: The doctor specializes in gastroenterology.
- specialism — devotion or restriction to a particular pursuit, branch of study, etc.
- specialist — a person who devotes himself or herself to one subject or to one particular branch of a subject or pursuit.
- speciality — specialty.
- specialize — to pursue some special line of study, work, etc.; have a specialty: The doctor specializes in gastroenterology.
- speciously — apparently good or right though lacking real merit; superficially pleasing or plausible: specious arguments.
- spice lisp — (language) A flavour of Lisp, the sources of which (in Lisp) are available from CMU.
- spiculated — covered with spicules or needle-like
- spiflicate — to destroy; annihilate
- splanchnic — of or relating to the viscera or entrails; visceral.
- split cane — bamboo split into strips of triangular section, tapered, and glued to form a stiff but flexible hexagonal rod: used, esp formerly, for making fishing rods
- spondaical — composed of spondees
- 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.
- springlock — a lock that fastens automatically by a spring.
- squelching — to strike or press with crushing force; crush down; squash.
- stalactite — a deposit, usually of calcium carbonate, shaped like an icicle, hanging from the roof of a cave or the like, and formed by the dripping of percolating calcareous water.
- statically — pertaining to or characterized by a fixed or stationary condition.
- stenciling — a device for applying a pattern, design, words, etc., to a surface, consisting of a thin sheet of cardboard, metal, or other material from which figures or letters have been cut out, a coloring substance, ink, etc., being rubbed, brushed, or pressed over the sheet, passing through the perforations and onto the surface.
- stencilize — to make into a stencil.
- stencilled — a device for applying a pattern, design, words, etc., to a surface, consisting of a thin sheet of cardboard, metal, or other material from which figures or letters have been cut out, a coloring substance, ink, etc., being rubbed, brushed, or pressed over the sheet, passing through the perforations and onto the surface.
- sterically — of or relating to the spatial relationships of atoms in a molecule.
- sternalgic — relating to or having sternalgia
- stichology — metrical theory or the science of poetic metres
- still pack — the pack not in play in a game in which two packs are used alternately.
- stillicide — a right or duty relating to the drainage of water from the eaves of a roof onto adjacent land
- stimulancy — an energizing, invigorating, or stimulating quality
- stock list — a list or inventory of the goods or raw materials kept on the premises of a shop or business
- strickland — William, 1787–1854, U.S. architect and engineer.
- strip club — strip joint.