10-letter words containing n, e, u, r, c
- scroungers — to borrow (a small amount or item) with no intention of repaying or returning it: to scrounge a cigarette.
- scrub pine — any of several pines, as the jack pine, characterized by a scrubby or irregular manner of growth, usually found in dry, sandy soil.
- scruncheon — (in Newfoundland) a small crisp piece of fried pork fat
- scrutineer — an official examiner, especially of votes in an election.
- scrutinise — to examine in detail with careful or critical attention.
- scrutinize — to examine in detail with careful or critical attention.
- scunthorpe — a town in E England, in North Lincolnshire unitary authority, Lincolnshire: developed rapidly after the discovery of local iron ore in the late 19th century; iron and steel industries have declined. Pop: 72 660 (2001)
- scurfiness — the state or quality of being scurfy
- sea urchin — any echinoderm of the class Echinoidea, having a somewhat globular or discoid form, and a shell composed of many calcareous plates covered with projecting spines.
- second-run — designating or of:
- securement — the act of securing.
- secureness — free from or not exposed to danger or harm; safe.
- sine curve — a curve described by the equation y = sin x, the ordinate being equal to the sine of the abscissa.
- 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.
- subnuclear — pertaining to particles within or smaller than an atomic nucleus.
- subphrenic — underneath the diaphragm
- succorance — the act of seeking out affectionate care and social support.
- sufferance — passive permission resulting from lack of interference; tolerance, especially of something wrong or illegal (usually preceded by on or by).
- 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.
- 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.
- 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
- tentacular — Zoology. any of various slender, flexible processes or appendages in animals, especially invertebrates, that serve as organs of touch, prehension, etc.; feeler.
- tersanctus — Sanctus (def 1).
- the crunch — the critical moment or situation
- thruppence — threepence.
- trance out — to go into a trancelike or ecstatic state, esp through the effects of drugs or music
- 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.
- truculence — fierce; cruel; savagely brutal.
- truculency — fierce; cruel; savagely brutal.
- tuberculin — a sterile liquid prepared from cultures of the tubercle bacillus, used in the diagnosis and, formerly, in the treatment of tuberculosis.
- tumorgenic — producing tumours
- turbulence — the quality or state of being turbulent; violent disorder or commotion.
- turbulency — the quality or state of being turbulent; violent disorder or commotion.
- turgescent — becoming swollen; swelling.
- turnbuckle — a link or sleeve with a swivel at one end and an internal screw thread at the other, or with an internal screw thread at each end, used as a means of uniting or coupling, and of tightening, two parts, as the ends of two rods.
- turtleneck — a high, close-fitting collar, often rolled or turned down, appearing especially on pullover sweaters.
- ubermensch — superman (def 2).
- ulcerating — to form an ulcer; become ulcerous: His skin ulcerated after exposure to radioactive material.
- ulceration — to form an ulcer; become ulcerous: His skin ulcerated after exposure to radioactive material.
- ultraclean — extremely clean, especially free of germs: an ultraclean laboratory.
- un-coerced — to compel by force, intimidation, or authority, especially without regard for individual desire or volition: They coerced him into signing the document.
- un-secular — of or relating to worldly things or to things that are not regarded as religious, spiritual, or sacred; temporal: secular interests.