10-letter words containing s, a, c, d
- speculated — to engage in thought or reflection; meditate (often followed by on, upon, or a clause).
- speech day — In some British schools, speech day is a day, usually at the end of the school year, when prizes are presented to pupils and speeches are made by guest speakers and the head teacher.
- spermaduct — a spermatic passage found in male animals
- spiculated — covered with spicules or needle-like
- spodomancy — divination by studying ashes
- spondaical — composed of spondees
- sporadical — (of similar things or occurrences) appearing or happening at irregular intervals in time; occasional: sporadic renewals of enthusiasm.
- sporicidal — a substance or preparation for killing spores.
- stack-yard — a yard where stacks of hay, straw, etc, are kept
- stand back — retreat, stay at a distance
- star cloud — a cloudlike patch of light on the celestial sphere, consisting of a multitude of stars.
- starchedly — in a starched manner
- steel-clad — covered with steel; steel-panelled
- step dance — a dance in which the steps are the most important characteristic, specifically a solo dance with intricate, vigorous steps, often performed with the hands kept in the pockets.
- stepdancer — a person who engages in stepdancing
- stereocard — a card showing two stereoscopic pictures
- store card — a token bearing the name of a business, often exchangeable for a particular item.
- strickland — William, 1787–1854, U.S. architect and engineer.
- subcarbide — a carbide containing less than the normal proportion of carbon.
- subcordate — almost heart-shaped
- subdecanal — of or relating to a subdean or subdeanery
- subdialect — a division of a larger dialect
- suicidally — pertaining to, involving, or suggesting suicide.
- sunderance — to separate; part; divide; sever.
- swaybacked — having the back sagged to an unusual degree; having a sway-back.
- swipe card — a plastic card with magnetically encoded data that is decoded when passed through a slotted electronic reader, especially for payment or identification purposes.
- switchyard — a railroad yard in which rolling stock is distributed or made up into trains.
- sword cane — a cane or walking stick having a hollow shaft that serves as a sheath for a sword or dagger.
- swordcraft — skill in or the art of swordplay.
- syncopated — marked by syncopation: syncopated rhythm.
- syndactyly — the state of being syndactyl
- 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.
- syndicator — a person who establishes a syndicate
- telecasted — a television broadcast.
- texas deck — the uppermost deck of an inland or western river steamer.
- tossicated — drunk or intoxicated; confused
- 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
- 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.
- translucid — translucent.
- unaccosted — (of animals) represented as side by side: two dolphins accosted.
- unascended — not having ascended or risen
- uncleansed — not cleansed; that has not been cleansed or cleaned
- underclass — a social stratum consisting of impoverished persons with very low social status.
- unscabbard — to remove (a sword, etc) from its sheath
- unsearched — not sought after
- unstanched — unsatisfied
- unsurfaced — the outer face, outside, or exterior boundary of a thing; outermost or uppermost layer or area.
- usnic acid — an antibacterial substance, C 18 H 16 O 7 , derived from lichens of the genus Usnea.