10-letter words containing n, e, c, s
- stockinger — a person who knits on a stocking frame
- stockowner — stockholder (def 1).
- stone cold — completely cold
- stone crab — an edible crab, Menippe mercenaria, of rocky shores from the southern U.S. to Mexico and certain areas of the Caribbean, prized for the meat of its claws.
- stone face — living stones.
- stone-cold — If something that should be warm is stone-cold, it is very cold.
- storm cone — a canvas cone hoisted as a warning of high winds
- stretching — the activity of straightening the arms and legs and tightening the muscles
- strictness — characterized by or acting in close conformity to requirements or principles: a strict observance of rituals.
- stringency — stringent character or condition: the stringency of poverty.
- strychnine — Pharmacology. a colorless, crystalline poison, C 2 1 H 2 2 N 2 O 2 , obtained chiefly by extraction from the seeds of nux vomica, formerly used as a central nervous system stimulant.
- subcabinet — a group of advisers ranking below the cabinet level, chosen by a chief executive usually from members of the various executive departments.
- subceiling — a ceiling placed on a subdivision of a category; a sublimit
- subcentral — near or almost to the center.
- subcurrent — a not clearly revealed or formulated direction of thought, intention, action, etc., underlying what is manifested: His words, though ostensibly friendly, betrayed a subcurrent of hostility.
- subdecanal — of or relating to a subdean or subdeanery
- subeconomy — an economy within another economy
- subjecting — that which forms a basic matter of thought, discussion, investigation, etc.: a subject of conversation.
- subjection — the act of subjecting.
- sublicense — a license or contract granted to a third party by a licensee for specified rights or uses of a product, brand name, logo, etc.
- subnascent — growing underneath
- subnuclear — pertaining to particles within or smaller than an atomic nucleus.
- subnucleus — a central part about which other parts are grouped or gathered; core: A few faithful friends formed the nucleus of the club.
- suboceanic — occurring or existing below the floor of the ocean: suboceanic oil.
- subphrenic — underneath the diaphragm
- subpotency — a condition of reduced potency, as of a medication.
- subscience — a science or field of study within another field of science or study
- subsection — a part or division of a section.
- subsidence — to sink to a low or lower level.
- succeeding — being that which follows; subsequent; ensuing: laws to benefit succeeding generations.
- succession — the coming of one person or thing after another in order, sequence, or in the course of events: many troubles in succession.
- succorance — the act of seeking out affectionate care and social support.
- succulence — full of juice; juicy.
- suez canal — a canal in NE Egypt, cutting across the Isthmus of Suez and connecting the Mediterranean and the Red Sea. 107 miles (172 km) long.
- sufferance — passive permission resulting from lack of interference; tolerance, especially of something wrong or illegal (usually preceded by on or by).
- sufficient — adequate for the purpose; enough: sufficient proof; sufficient protection.
- suffisance — a sufficiency, a sufficient or abundant quantity or supply
- sugar cane — a tall grass, Saccharum officinarum, of tropical and warm regions, having a stout, jointed stalk, and constituting the chief source of sugar.
- sunderance — to separate; part; divide; sever.
- sunk fence — a wall or other barrier set in a ditch to divide lands without marring the landscape.
- superclean — exceptionally clean
- supersonic — greater than the speed of sound waves through air.
- supertonic — the second tone of a diatonic scale, being the next above the tonic.
- suppliance — appeal; entreaty; plea; supplication: He knelt in an attitude of suppliance.
- supragenic — beyond the limits or above the level of genes.
- surfaceman — a labourer, such as a miner, who works at the surface
- surjection — onto function.
- surveyance — survey; inspection; superintendence
- survivance — survival
- suscipient — a recipient