10-letter words containing s, e, c, o
- disjection — the act of dispersion
- dislocated — Simple past tense and past participle of dislocate.
- dislocates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of dislocate.
- dissection — the act of dissecting.
- dissociate — to sever the association of (oneself); separate: He tried to dissociate himself from the bigotry in his past.
- dissonance — inharmonious or harsh sound; discord; cacophony.
- do justice — present, treat fairly
- docentship — privatdocent.
- dock house — traditionally a building situated at the dock where a harbourmaster works and resides
- dockmaster — a person who supervises the dry-docking of ships.
- doctorates — Plural form of doctorate.
- doctorless — Without a doctor or doctors.
- dodecanese — a group of 12 Greek islands in the Aegean, off the SW coast of Turkey: belonged to Italy 1911–45. 1035 sq. mi. (2680 sq. km).
- dogwatches — Plural form of dogwatch.
- domestical — Archaic form of domestic.
- doodlesack — bagpipe (def 1).
- doohickeys — Plural form of doohickey.
- dorchester — a town in S Dorsetshire, in S England, on the Frome River: named Casterbridge in Thomas Hardy's novels.
- dosimetric — the process or method of measuring the dosage of ionizing radiation.
- douchebags — Plural form of douchebag.
- douchiness — (slang, derogatory) The quality of being douchey or douchy; objectionableness.
- downcasted — Simple past tense and past participle of downcast.
- downcomers — a pipe, tube, or passage for conducting fluid materials downward.
- downscaled — Simple past tense and past participle of downscale.
- draconites — a type of precious stone thought to be found in a dragon's head
- dreadlocks — a hair style, especially among Rastafarians, in which the hair is worn in long, ropelike locks.
- dress coat — tail coat.
- dress code — a set of rules specifying the garb or type of clothing to be worn by a group or by people under specific circumstances: a military dress code; The restaurant's dress code requires men to wear jackets and ties at dinner.
- drop scene — a drop curtain, often of painted or dyed canvas, located downstage and used as the backdrop for a scene played while the set upstage is being changed.
- drop scone — a flat spongy cake made by dropping a spoonful of batter on a griddle
- drupaceous — resembling or relating to a drupe; consisting of drupes.
- 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).
- duck-shove — to evade responsibility (for)
- duckshover — one who duckshoves, jumps a queue; cheats
- duodecimos — Plural form of duodecimo.
- dust cover — a cloth or plastic covering used to protect furniture or equipment, as during a period of nonuse.
- east coast — the region of the U.S. bordering on the Atlantic Ocean.
- ecchymoses — a discoloration due to extravasation of blood, as in a bruise.
- ecchymosis — a discoloration due to extravasation of blood, as in a bruise.
- ecclestone — Bernard, known as Bernie. born 1930, British businessman and sports administrator; head of Formula One motor racing (1995–2017)
- echo verse — a poem in which the words or syllables at the end of a line are repeated as a response in the next line, often for ironic purpose.
- ecologists — Plural form of ecologist.
- economised — (UK) Simple past tense and past participle of economise.
- economiser — Alternative form of economizer.
- economists — Plural form of economist.
- economizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of economize.
- ecospecies — a taxon consisting of one or more interbreeding ecotypes: equivalent to a taxonomic species.
- ecosystems — a system, or a group of interconnected elements, formed by the interaction of a community of organisms with their environment.