10-letter words containing s, c, i, u
- putrescine — a colourless crystalline amine produced by decaying animal matter; 1,4-diaminobutane. Formula: H2N(CH2)4NH2
- quackishly — In a quackish manner.
- quadratics — a quadratic polynomial or equation.
- quadriceps — a large muscle in front of the thigh, the action of which extends the leg or bends the hip joint.
- quadrisect — to divide (something) into four equal parts.
- quicksteps — Plural form of quickstep.
- quiescence — being at rest; quiet; still; inactive or motionless: a quiescent mind.
- quiescency — Quiescence: the state of being quiescent, or at rest.
- quietistic — Of or relating to quietism, a philosophy of passivity and non-involvement.
- quikscript — Simulation language derived from SIMSCRIPT, based on 20-GATE.
- quillbacks — Plural form of quillback.
- quincunxes — Plural form of quincunx.
- quitclaims — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of quitclaim.
- quittances — Plural form of quittance.
- race music — blues-based music or jazz by and for African Americans in the 1920s and 1930s, when it was regarded as a distinctive, separate market by the music industry; early jazz or rhythm-and-blues.
- radiculose — having small roots or rhizoids
- re-discuss — to consider or examine by argument, comment, etc.; talk over or write about, especially to explore solutions; debate: to discuss the proposed law on taxes.
- recidivous — repeated or habitual relapse, as into crime.
- recusation — the act of recusing a judge
- rediscount — to discount again.
- reinstruct — to furnish with knowledge, especially by a systematic method; teach; train; educate.
- requiescat — a wish or prayer for the repose of the dead.
- rescrutiny — a searching examination or investigation; minute inquiry.
- resecuring — free from or not exposed to danger or harm; safe.
- resin duct — a tube or duct in a woody stem or a leaf, especially in conifers, lined with glandular epithelium that secretes resins.
- resourcing — the provision of resources
- rheumatics — pertaining to or of the nature of rheumatism.
- rhoicissus — any plant of the climbing genus Rhoicissus, related to and resembling cissus, esp R. rhomboidea (grape ivy), grown for its shiny evergreen foliage: family Vitaceae
- ridiculous — causing or worthy of ridicule or derision; absurd; preposterous; laughable: a ridiculous plan.
- rock music — heavy form of pop music
- rubiaceous — belonging to the Rubiaceae, the madder family of plants.
- rupicolous — rupestrine.
- rusticator — to go to the country.
- rusticness — of, relating to, or living in the country, as distinguished from towns or cities; rural.
- sacahuista — a North American flowering grass
- sanctitude — holiness; saintliness; sanctity.
- sans souci — without worry; carefree.
- saucerlike — resembling a saucer
- saxicavous — (of molluscs) tending to bore holes or hollow out rocks
- saxicolous — living or growing among rocks.
- scaturient — gushing; overflowing.
- scheduling — a plan of procedure, usually written, for a proposed objective, especially with reference to the sequence of and time allotted for each item or operation necessary to its completion: The schedule allows three weeks for this stage.
- schtupping — to have sexual intercourse with.
- schuylkill — a river flowing SE from E Pennsylvania to the Delaware River at Philadelphia. 131 miles (210 km) long.
- scindapsus — any plant of the tropical Asiatic climbing genus Scindapsus, typically stem rooting, esp S. aureus and S. pictus, grown as greenhouse or house plants for their leathery heart-shaped variegated leaves: family Araceae
- sclerotium — a vegetative, resting food-storage body in certain higher fungi, composed of a compact mass of hardened mycelia.
- scriptural — (sometimes initial capital letter) of, relating to, or in accordance with sacred writings, especially the Scriptures.
- scrobicule — a small pit, for example around one of a sea urchin's nodules
- scrub bird — either of two Australian passerine birds of the genus Atrichornis, related to the lyrebirds, having a loud voice and reduced powers of flight: A. clamosus is endangered.
- scrub pine — any of several pines, as the jack pine, characterized by a scrubby or irregular manner of growth, usually found in dry, sandy soil.