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10-letter words containing s, a, c, t, o

  • black spot — If you describe a place, time, or part of a situation as a black spot, you mean that it is particularly bad or likely to cause problems.
  • blackstone — Sir William. 1723–80, English jurist noted particularly for his Commentaries on the Laws of England (1765–69), which had a profound influence on jurisprudence in the US
  • blastocoel — the cavity within a blastula
  • blastocyst — the blastula of mammals: a sphere of cells (trophoblast) enclosing an inner mass of cells and a fluid-filled cavity (blastocoel)
  • blastodisc — the blastula that forms as a flattened sphere on top of the yolk in the yolk-laden eggs of birds and reptiles.
  • block mast — a short mast from the head of which a lateen yard is suspended.
  • bovaristic — an exaggerated, especially glamorized, estimate of oneself; conceit.
  • cabriolets — Plural form of cabriolet.
  • cacomistle — a catlike omnivorous mammal, Bassariscus astutus, of S North America, related to but smaller than the raccoons: family Procyonidae, order Carnivora (carnivores). It has yellowish-grey fur and a long bushy tail banded in black and white
  • cactaceous — belonging to the Cactaceae, the cactus family of plants.
  • caecostomy — (surgery) An operation involving bringing the caecum through the abdominal wall, most often by a tube, and opening it for drainage or decompression, usually to treat an obstruction of the colon.
  • caen stone — a cream-colored limestone quarried near Caen, France, for use in building.
  • caespitose — growing in dense tufts
  • cagliostro — Count Alessandro di (alesˈsandro di), original name Giuseppe Balsamo. 1743–95, Italian adventurer and magician, who was imprisoned for life by the Inquisition for his association with freemasonry
  • calamitous — If you describe an event or situation as calamitous, you mean it is very unfortunate or serious.
  • calotypist — a person who produces photographs using the calotype process
  • cameltoe's — the outline of a vulva as sometimes seen when a woman is wearing tight pants.
  • camorrista — a member of a camorra
  • camp stove — a portable stove used for cooking or heating, especially outdoors.
  • campstools — Plural form of campstool.
  • cancelbots — Plural form of cancelbot.
  • canonistic — relating to or belonging to a canonist
  • cantor set — the set obtained from the closed interval from 0 to 1 by removing the middle third from the interval, then the middle third from each of the two remaining sets, and continuing the process indefinitely.
  • cap pistol — a toy gun using caps to imitate the sound of a real pistol.
  • capacitors — Plural form of capacitor.
  • capacitous — Having the legal capacity to do something.
  • cape coast — a seaport in S Ghana, on the Gulf of Guinea, 75 miles (121 km) SW of Accra.
  • capo tasto — a device fitted across all the strings of a guitar, banjo, etc, so as to raise the pitch of each string simultaneously
  • captiously — In a captious manner.
  • car stereo — a stereo built into the dashboard of an automobile
  • carbonates — a salt or ester of carbonic acid.
  • carnations — Plural form of carnation.
  • carpostome — the opening in the cystocarp of certain red algae through which the spores are discharged.
  • cart horse — A cart horse is a large, powerful horse that is used to pull carts or farm machinery.
  • carthorses — Plural form of carthorse.
  • cartograms — Plural form of cartogram.
  • cartoneros — Plural form of cartonero.
  • cartoonish — like a cartoon, esp in being one-dimensional, brightly coloured, or exaggerated
  • cartoonist — A cartoonist is a person whose job is to draw cartoons for newspapers and magazines.
  • cartouches — Plural form of cartouche.
  • case notes — the notes taken by a doctor, lawyer, or social worker about a case they are working on
  • case tools — Software tools to help in the application of CASE methods to a software project.
  • cash ratio — the ratio of cash on hand to total deposits that by law or custom commercial banks must maintain
  • cashpoints — Plural form of cashpoint.
  • cassations — Plural form of cassation.
  • cassolette — a small casserole
  • cast about — to make a mental or visual search
  • cast loose — to untie or unfasten; become or set free
  • cast stone — a building component, such as a block or lintel, made from cast concrete with a facing that resembles natural stone
  • castigator — to criticize or reprimand severely.
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