10-letter words containing n, o, t, i, c
- reelection — the selection of a person or persons for office by vote.
- reflection — the act of reflecting, as in casting back a light or heat, mirroring, or giving back or showing an image; the state of being reflected in this way.
- refraction — Physics. the change of direction of a ray of light, sound, heat, or the like, in passing obliquely from one medium into another in which its wave velocity is different.
- relocation — to move (a building, company, etc.) to a different location: plans to relocate the firm to Houston.
- retraction — the act of retracting or the state of being retracted.
- revocation — the act of revoking; annulment.
- rhinotheca — the covering of the upper part of the beak in birds
- richthofen — Baron Manfred von [mahn-freyt fuh n] /ˈmɑn freɪt fən/ (Show IPA), ("Red Baron"or"Red Knight") 1892–1918, German aviator.
- rotten ice — ice pitted or honeycombed from melting.
- sanctimony — pretended, affected, or hypocritical religious devotion, righteousness, etc.
- sanctioned — authoritative permission or approval, as for an action.
- scintillon — a luminescent body present in the cytoplasm of some dinoflagellates
- scotodinia — a dizziness accompanied by a headache and disturbed vision
- scots pine — a coniferous tree, Pinus sylvestris, of Europe and W and N Asia, having blue-green needle-like leaves and brown cones with a small prickle on each scale: a valuable timber tree
- scrutinous — strict, thorough
- sectioning — a part that is cut off or separated.
- sectionize — to form or divide into sections
- see action — to participate in military combat
- silent cop — a small hemispherical traffic marker at an intersection
- skeletonic — resembling a skeleton
- sodcasting — the practice of playing music through the speakers of a mobile phone in a public space
- solicitant — a solicitor
- soliciting — to seek for (something) by entreaty, earnest or respectful request, formal application, etc.: He solicited aid from the minister.
- solonetzic — characteristic of solonetz
- sonication — a treatment using ultrasound
- soricident — having shrewlike teeth
- speciation — the formation of new species as a result of geographic, physiological, anatomical, or behavioral factors that prevent previously interbreeding populations from breeding with each other.
- stanchions — an upright bar, beam, post, or support, as in a window, stall, ship, etc.
- staycation — a vacation spent at home or near home, doing enjoyable activities or visiting local attractions.
- stenopaeic — pertaining to or containing a narrow slit or minute opening: a stenopeic device to aid vision after eye surgery.
- stenotopic — (of an animal or plant) able to tolerate only small environmental changes.
- sticharion — a white tunic of silk or linen, corresponding to the alb, worn by deacons, priests, and bishops.
- stick down — seal with an adhesive
- stock unit — the tax basis for evaluating farmers' stock. Cattle, sheep, and deer are each given differing stock-unit values, the basic measure being the ewe equivalent
- stockiness — the quality of being stocky
- stockinged — a close-fitting covering for the foot and part of the leg, usually knitted, of wool, cotton, nylon, silk, or similar material.
- stockinger — a person who knits on a stocking frame
- stracchino — a soft cheese from North Italy
- subduction — an act or instance of subducting; subtraction or withdrawal.
- subjection — the act of subjecting.
- subsection — a part or division of a section.
- supertonic — the second tone of a diatonic scale, being the next above the tonic.
- surjection — onto function.
- syndicator — a person who establishes a syndicate
- t-junction — T-shaped road intersection
- teinoscope — an optical device employing prisms to correct the chromatic aberration of light
- teleonomic — Biology. the principle that the body's structures and functions serve an overall purpose, as in assuring the survival of the organism.
- telephonic — of, relating to, or happening by means of a telephone system.
- thanatotic — an ancient Greek personification of death.
- theomantic — relating to theomancy or divination