10-letter words containing s, c, r, y
- cystinuria — a condition in which excessive levels of cystine are present in the urine
- cystocarps — Plural form of cystocarp.
- cystograms — Plural form of cystogram.
- cystometer — a device for determining the reaction of the urinary bladder to increased internal pressure.
- cytherea's — Aphrodite: so called because of her birth in the sea near Cythera.
- decorously — characterized by dignified propriety in conduct, manners, appearance, character, etc.
- decrassify — to make (something) less crass
- dichromasy — Alternative spelling of dichromacy.
- discreetly — judicious in one's conduct or speech, especially with regard to respecting privacy or maintaining silence about something of a delicate nature; prudent; circumspect.
- discretely — apart or detached from others; separate; distinct: six discrete parts.
- discursory — of or relating to discourse
- disparency — (proscribed) A significant discrepancy.
- dry fresco — fresco secco.
- dry socket — a painful inflammatory infection of the bone and tissues at the site of an extracted tooth.
- dry-fresco — the technique of painting in watercolors on dry plaster. Also called dry fresco, secco. Compare fresco (def 1).
- dysarthric — Afflicted with, or pertaining to, dysarthria.
- dyschromia — Abnormal alteration of the color of the skin or nails.
- dyscontrol — The inability to control one's behavior.
- dyscrasite — an alloy of antimony and silver
- dysenteric — Of, relating, or pertaining to dysentery.
- dysgraphic — a person who suffers from dysgraphia
- dysmorphic — relating to or resulting in misshapenness of parts of the body
- dyspractic — relating to or affected by dyspraxia
- dystrophic — Medicine/Medical. pertaining to or caused by dystrophy.
- easy chair — an upholstered armchair for lounging.
- embryo sac — the structure within a plant ovule that contains the egg cell: develops from the megaspore and contains the embryo plant and endosperm after fertilization
- encrypters — Plural form of encrypter.
- escalatory — tending to escalate
- eurythmics — A rhythmic interpretation of music with graceful, free-style dance movements.
- excusatory — Serving to make an excuse.
- flyscreens — Plural form of flyscreen.
- glycerides — Plural form of glyceride.
- glycosuria — excretion of glucose in the urine, as in diabetes.
- graciosity — graciousness
- graciously — pleasantly kind, benevolent, and courteous.
- gray scale — a scale of achromatic colors having several, usually ten, equal gradations ranging from white to black, used in television and photography.
- gray-scale — (spelling) US spelling of "grey-scale".
- grey-scale — (graphics) (US "gray-scale") 1. Composed of (discrete) shades of grey. If the pixels of a grey-scale image have N bits, they may take values from zero, representing black up to 2^N-1, representing white with intermediate values representing increasingly light shades of grey. If N=1 the image is not called grey-scale but could be called monochrome. 2. A range of acurately known shades of grey printed out for use in calibrating those shades on a display or printer.
- gynarchies — Plural form of gynarchy.
- gyniatrics — the branch of medicine dealing with the treatment of women's diseases
- gyrfalcons — Plural form of gyrfalcon.
- gyroscopes — Plural form of gyroscope.
- gyroscopic — an apparatus consisting of a rotating wheel so mounted that its axis can turn freely in certain or all directions, and capable of maintaining the same absolute direction in space in spite of movements of the mountings and surrounding parts: used to maintain equilibrium, determine direction, etc.
- gyrostatic — the science that deals with the laws of rotating bodies.
- heterocyst — one of the enlarged nitrogen-fixing cells occurring along the filaments in some blue-green algae.
- holy cross — Mount of the, a peak in central Colorado, in the Sawatch Range: snow-filled, cross-shaped crevasses. 14,005 feet (4269 meters).
- hydraulics — the science that deals with the laws governing water or other liquids in motion and their applications in engineering; practical or applied hydrodynamics.
- hydroceles — Plural form of hydrocele.
- hydroscope — an optical device for viewing objects below the surface of water.
- hydrosolic — of or relating to a hydrosol