10-letter words containing r, i, c, e, o, a
- sarcophile — a flesh-eating animal, especially the Tasmanian devil.
- sclerotial — a vegetative, resting food-storage body in certain higher fungi, composed of a compact mass of hardened mycelia.
- scorpaenid — belonging or pertaining to the Scorpaenidae, a family of marine fishes with spiny fins, including the rockfishes, scorpionfishes, and lionfishes.
- semaphoric — an apparatus for conveying information by means of visual signals, as a light whose position may be changed.
- socializer — to make social; make fit for life in companionship with others.
- spec ratio — (benchmark) Results for each individual benchmark of the SPEC benchmark suites, for example CINT92 and CFP92, expressed as the ratio of the wall clock time to execute one single copy of the benchmark, compared to a fixed "SPEC reference time", which was chosen early-on as the execution time on a VAX 11/780. See also SPEC rate.
- tetratomic — having four atoms per molecule, especially of a specified kind.
- theocratic — a form of government in which God or a deity is recognized as the supreme civil ruler, the God's or deity's laws being interpreted by the ecclesiastical authorities.
- trajection — to transport, transmit, or transpose.
- triaconter — (in ancient Greece) a Greek galley with thirty oars
- tricostate — having three ribs, costae, or raised lines.
- ulceration — to form an ulcer; become ulcerous: His skin ulcerated after exposure to radioactive material.
- vacationer — a period of suspension of work, study, or other activity, usually used for rest, recreation, or travel; recess or holiday: Schoolchildren are on vacation now.
- varicocele — a varicose condition of the spermatic veins of the scrotum.
- victoriate — a silver coin of ancient Rome, first issued in the late 3rd century b.c., having a figure of Victory on the reverse.
- vociferant — vociferating; noisy.
- vociferate — say loudly
- voice part — the melody or succession of tones for one of the voices or instruments in a harmonic or concerted composition.
- vorticella — any ciliated protozoan of the genus Vorticella, having a transparent, bell-shaped body with a retractile stalk.
- war office — the department of state responsible for the British Army, now part of the Ministry of Defence