10-letter words containing s, c, a, r
- brachyaxis — the shorter lateral axis of a monoclinic, orthorhombic, or triclinic crystal
- brain scan — an examination of the brain, using radiological scanning techniques, used in medical diagnosis and scientific research
- brake disc — a metal disc that revolves with the wheel in a disc brake
- brass neck — effrontery; nerve
- breadstick — bread baked in a long thin crisp stick
- brix scale — a scale for calibrating hydrometers used for measuring the concentration and density of sugar solutions at a given temperature
- broadscale — on a broad scale; extensive; spread over a wide area
- bruschetta — Bruschetta is a slice of toasted bread which is brushed with olive oil and usually covered with chopped tomatoes.
- buckpasser — a person who avoids responsibility by shifting it to another, especially unjustly or improperly.
- bunchgrass — grass that grows in tufts
- cablegrams — Plural form of cablegram.
- cabriolets — Plural form of cabriolet.
- cadaverous — If you describe someone as cadaverous, you mean they are extremely thin and pale.
- caddisworm — the aquatic larva of a caddis fly, which constructs a protective case around itself made of silk, sand, stones, etc
- caesareans — Plural form of caesarean, an alternative capitalization of 'Caesarean'.
- cafeterias — Plural form of cafeteria.
- 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
- caipiroska — a cocktail drink containing vodka, lime juice, sugar, and crushed ice, based on the Caipirinha cocktail but with vodka replacing the Brazilian rum-like spirit Cachaça
- calcareous — of, containing, or resembling calcium carbonate; chalky
- calcsinter — travertine.
- calibrates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of calibrate.
- camarasaur — a plant-eating sauropod dinosaur of the genus Camarasaurus and closely related genera, having a small head, long neck, and short forelimbs, and reaching a length of 40 feet (12.2 meters); until 1981 the type specimen of Brontosaurus excelcus was wrongly reconstructed with a Camarasaurus skull.
- camarillas — Plural form of camarilla.
- camcorders — Plural form of camcorder.
- camelshair — (attributive) The hair of a camel, used for paintbrushes etc.
- camera-shy — Someone who is camera-shy is nervous and uncomfortable about being filmed or about having their photograph taken.
- cameralism — any of the mercantilist economists or public servants in Europe in the 17th and 18th centuries who held that the economic power of a nation can be enhanced by increasing its monetary wealth, as by the accumulation of bullion.
- cameralist — any of the mercantilist economists or public servants in Europe in the 17th and 18th centuries who held that the economic power of a nation can be enhanced by increasing its monetary wealth, as by the accumulation of bullion.
- camorrista — a member of a camorra
- camp shirt — a short-sleeved shirt or blouse with a notched collar and usually two breast pockets.
- campership — financial aid given to a needy youngster to attend summer camp.
- campestral — of or relating to open fields or country
- canal rays — rays of positive ions passing through openings in the cathode of a vacuum tube
- cane grass — any of several tall perennial hard-stemmed grasses, esp Eragrostis australasica, of inland swamps
- cane sugar — the sucrose obtained from sugar cane, which is identical to that obtained from sugar beet
- canebrakes — Plural form of canebrake.
- canephoros — in ancient Greece, any of the maidens who carried on her head a basket holding the sacred things used at feasts
- cannelures — Plural form of cannelure.
- cannisters — Plural form of cannister.
- cannoneers — Plural form of cannoneer.
- canonsburg — a city in SW Pennsylvania.
- canorously — In a canorous manner.
- cant strip — an inclined or beveled strip of wood, for changing the pitch of a roof slope or for rounding out the angle between a flat roof and an adjoining parapet.
- 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.
- canvassers — Plural form of canvasser.
- capacitors — Plural form of capacitor.
- caparisons — Plural form of caparison.
- capistrate — (zoology, rare) hooded; cowled.
- capraesque — relating to or in the style of the movies of Frank Capra, focusing on courage and its positive effects and the triumph of the underdog.
- capriccios — Plural form of capriccio.