10-letter words containing o, c, e, l
- scrollwise — like a scroll, in a way similar to a scroll
- seed coral — coral fragments used for jewelry.
- semi-colon — A semi-colon is the punctuation mark ; which is used in writing to separate different parts of a sentence or list or to indicate a pause.
- semicolony — a country which is partly colonial or which is officially independent but which in fact depends on or is dominated by another country
- semiologic — the study of signs and symbols; semiotics.
- semiotical — of or relating to signs.
- sexlocular — having six loculi or cells for seeds
- shackleton — Sir Ernest Henry, 1874–1922, English explorer of the Antarctic.
- shellshock — loss of sight, memory, etc, resulting from psychological strain during prolonged engagement in warfare
- shellycoat — a mythical creature dressed in shells who haunts rivers and streams
- show-place — an estate, mansion, or the like, usually open to the public, renowned for its beauty, excellent design and workmanship, historical interest, etc.
- silent cop — a small hemispherical traffic marker at an intersection
- siliculose — bearing silicles.
- skeletonic — resembling a skeleton
- slop chest — a supply of clothing, boots, tobacco, and other personal goods for sale to the crew of a ship during a voyage.
- slot racer — slot car.
- sluice-box — an artificial channel for conducting water, often fitted with a gate (sluice gate) at the upper end for regulating the flow.
- socdoliger — a conclusive argument, a hard blow
- social bee — any of several bees, as the honeybees or bumblebees, that live together in communities.
- 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.
- sock-liner — a thin piece of material, as leather, that is laid on top of the insole of a shoe, boot, or other footwear.
- soft scale — any of numerous homopterous insect pests of the family Coccidae, as leafhoppers, aphids, and whiteflies, that are destructive to crops, shade and fruit trees, and various houseplants.
- soil creep — creep of soil on even slopes; often accelerated by spring freeze-and-thaw or general periglacial conditions. Compare creep (def 22a).
- solacement — a comfort or consolation
- solar cell — a photovoltaic cell that converts sunlight directly into electricity.
- solenocyte — a type of long, narrow, flagellated cell that functions in excretion of nitrogenous wastes and occurs in a variety of organisms, including certain annelids and mollusks.
- solicitude — the state of being solicitous; anxiety or concern.
- solonetzic — characteristic of solonetz
- someplaces — somewhere
- somnolence — sleepy; drowsy.
- song cycle — a group of art songs that are usually all by the same poet and composer and have a unifying subject or idea.
- sophoclean — 495?–406? b.c, Greek dramatist.
- sourceless — any thing or place from which something comes, arises, or is obtained; origin: Which foods are sources of calcium?
- speciously — apparently good or right though lacking real merit; superficially pleasing or plausible: specious arguments.
- speculator — a person who is engaged in commercial or financial speculation.
- spongocoel — the central cavity in the body of a sponge.
- steam coal — coal with relatively high sulfur content, suited for generating steam but not for coking.
- steatocele — a fatty tumour located in the scrotum
- stone cold — completely cold
- stone-cold — If something that should be warm is stone-cold, it is very cold.
- storm cell — an air mass formed by powerful updrafts and downdrafts moving in convective loops, the smallest unit of a storm system.
- stove coal — anthracite coal in sizes ranging from 1 5/8 to 2 7/16 (about 4 to 6 cm), intermediate between egg coal and chestnut coal.
- subcollege — a department of a college which provides classes below college level
- suboctuple — in the proportion or ratio of one to eight
- superblock — an area of city land larger than the usual block, treated according to a unified plan and generally closed to vehicular through traffic.
- synecology — the branch of ecology dealing with the relations between natural communities and their environments.