10-letter words containing n, e, c, s
- suspecting — to believe to be guilty, false, counterfeit, undesirable, defective, bad, etc., with little or no proof: to suspect a person of murder.
- sustenance — means of sustaining life; nourishment.
- sweet corn — any of several varieties of corn, especially Zea mays rugosa, the grain or kernels of which are sweet and suitable for eating.
- sword cane — a cane or walking stick having a hollow shaft that serves as a sheath for a sword or dagger.
- syncopated — marked by syncopation: syncopated rhythm.
- syncretism — the attempted reconciliation or union of different or opposing principles, practices, or parties, as in philosophy or religion.
- syncretist — the attempted reconciliation or union of different or opposing principles, practices, or parties, as in philosophy or religion.
- syncretize — to combine or attempt to combine the characteristic teachings, beliefs, or practices of (differing systems of religion or philosophy)
- syndicated — a group of individuals or organizations combined or making a joint effort to undertake some specific duty or carry out specific transactions or negotiations: The local furniture store is individually owned, but is part of a buying syndicate.
- synecdoche — a figure of speech in which a part is used for the whole or the whole for a part, the special for the general or the general for the special, as in ten sail for ten ships or a Croesus for a rich man.
- synecology — the branch of ecology dealing with the relations between natural communities and their environments.
- synergetic — working together; cooperative.
- syngenetic — relating to syngenesis
- synoecious — having male and female flowers on one head, as in many composite plants.
- synthetics — You can refer to synthetic clothing, fabric, or materials as synthetics.
- tchernosem — chernozem.
- technicism — a technical term or phrase
- technicist — a technician
- teinoscope — an optical device employing prisms to correct the chromatic aberration of light
- telescreen — a television, screen, especially a large one suitable for viewing by large numbers of people.
- tendencies — a natural or prevailing disposition to move, proceed, or act in some direction or toward some point, end, or result: the tendency of falling bodies toward the earth.
- tersanctus — Sanctus (def 1).
- teschenite — a coarse-grained igneous rock consisting of plagioclase, olivine, and augite.
- tetchiness — irritable; touchy.
- the canvas — the floor of a boxing or wrestling ring
- the screen — the film industry or films collectively
- toric lens — a lens used to correct astigmatism, having one of its surfaces shaped like part of a torus so that its focal lengths are different in different meridians
- torpescent — becoming torpid
- touchstone — a test or criterion for the qualities of a thing.
- tradescant — John. 1570–1638, English botanist and gardener to Charles I. He introduced many plants from overseas into Britain
- transcoder — a technology, such as a software package, used to transfer data from one format to another
- transcribe — to make a written copy, especially a typewritten copy, of (dictated material, notes taken during a lecture, or other spoken material).
- transducer — a device that receives a signal in the form of one type of energy and converts it to a signal in another form: A microphone is a transducer that converts acoustic energy into electrical impulses.
- transected — to cut across; dissect transversely.
- transgenic — of, relating to, or containing a gene or genes transferred from another species: transgenic mice.
- transience — transient state or quality.
- transiency — transient state or quality.
- trichinose — to infest with parasitic worms (trichinae)
- trickiness — given to or characterized by deceitful tricks; crafty; wily.
- triniscope — an early television with three tubes projecting the three primary colours
- trisection — to divide into three parts, especially into three equal parts.
- tumescence — swelling; slightly tumid.
- turgescent — becoming swollen; swelling.
- twin-screw — (of a vessel) having two screw propellers, which usually revolve in opposite directions.
- two oceans — an annual road marathon run in Cape Town, South Africa
- ubermensch — superman (def 2).
- un-secular — of or relating to worldly things or to things that are not regarded as religious, spiritual, or sacred; temporal: secular interests.
- un-spliced — to join together or unite (two ropes or parts of a rope) by the interweaving of strands.
- unaccosted — (of animals) represented as side by side: two dolphins accosted.
- unascended — not having ascended or risen