0%

10-letter words containing s, e, a, b, c

  • resectable — able to be resected
  • rice blast — a disease of rice caused by the fungus Pyricularia oryae, characterized by elliptical leaf spots with reddish-brown margins, brownish lesions and neck rot of the fruiting panicles, and stunting of the plant.
  • rubiaceous — belonging to the Rubiaceae, the madder family of plants.
  • sabretache — a leather case suspended from a cavalryman's saddle
  • saddleback — any of various animals having markings on the back that resemble a saddle, as a male harp seal.
  • sauce boat — a low, boat-shaped container for serving sauce or gravy, typically having a handle at one end and a long, wide lip at the other end.
  • scaldberry — the bramble or blackberry, Rubus fruticosus
  • scale back — a reduction in size, quantity, or activity according to a fixed scale or proportion: a scaledown of military expenditures.
  • scale-back — a reduction in size, quantity, or activity according to a fixed scale or proportion: a scaledown of military expenditures.
  • scaleboard — a very thin board, as for the back of a picture.
  • scanderbeg — (George Castriota) 1403?–68, Albanian chief and revolutionary leader.
  • scarabaeid — belonging or pertaining to the Scarabaeidae, a family of lamellicorn beetles, including the scarabs, dung beetles, June bugs, and cockchafers.
  • scarabaeus — scarab (defs 2, 3).
  • schaerbeek — a city in central Belgium, near Brussels.
  • scoreboard — a large, usually rectangular board in a ballpark, sports arena, or the like, that shows the score of a contest and often other relevant facts and figures, as the count of balls and strikes on a baseball batter.
  • screw bean — a tree, Prosopis pubescens, of the legume family, native to the southwestern U.S., bearing twisted pods used as fodder.
  • scrollable — able to be scrolled
  • scrubbable — to rub hard with a brush, cloth, etc., or against a rough surface in washing.
  • scuba dive — go deep-sea swimming
  • scuba-dive — to descend and swim underwater using a scuba device.
  • seal beach — a town in S California.
  • searchable — to go or look through (a place, area, etc.) carefully in order to find something missing or lost: They searched the woods for the missing child. I searched the desk for the letter.
  • selectable — to choose in preference to another or others; pick out.
  • shell back — an underside of a spoon bowl ornamented with a shell motif.
  • shore crab — any of numerous crabs that live along the shoreline between the tidemarks, as Hemigrapsus nudus (purple shore crab) of the Pacific coast of North America.
  • sickle bar — cutter bar (def 1).
  • silverback — an older male gorilla, usually the leader of a troop, whose hairs along the back turn gray with age.
  • sketchable — suitable for being sketched.
  • social bee — any of several bees, as the honeybees or bumblebees, that live together in communities.
  • spaceborne — moving in orbit around the earth: a spaceborne surveillance system.
  • stickybeak — a busybody; meddler.
  • stone crab — an edible crab, Menippe mercenaria, of rocky shores from the southern U.S. to Mexico and certain areas of the Caribbean, prized for the meat of its claws.
  • sub-clause — Grammar. a syntactic construction containing a subject and predicate and forming part of a sentence or constituting a whole simple sentence.
  • subacetate — a basic salt of acetic acid.
  • subacutely — in a subacute manner
  • subarcuate — fairly arched
  • subarticle — an article that forms part of a larger or main article
  • subcabinet — a group of advisers ranking below the cabinet level, chosen by a chief executive usually from members of the various executive departments.
  • subcaliber — noting or pertaining to ammunition of smaller caliber than the gun in which it is used.
  • subcalibre — (of a projectile) having a calibre less than that of the firearm from which it is discharged and therefore either fitted with a disc or fired through a tube inserted into the barrel
  • subcarbide — a carbide containing less than the normal proportion of carbon.
  • subcarrier — a carrier wave used to modify or modulate another carrier wave.
  • subcentral — near or almost to the center.
  • subchapter — a subdivision especially of a body of laws.
  • subcharter — to rent a chartered vehicle
  • subchelate — having a claw with one pincer longer than the other
  • subclavate — somewhat club-shaped.
  • subcordate — almost heart-shaped
  • subdecanal — of or relating to a subdean or subdeanery
  • subdialect — a division of a larger dialect
Was this page helpful?
Yes No
Thank you for your feedback! Tell your friends about this page
Tell us why?