10-letter words containing s, e, c, o
- jackstones — Plural form of jackstone.
- jeistiecor — a tight-fitting garment
- jockeyship — the art or skill of a jockey
- jocoseness — The state of being jocose.
- jocosities — Plural form of jocosity.
- jouissance — Physical or intellectual pleasure, delight, or ecstasy.
- jouysaunce — joy
- jovysaunce — joy
- juncaceous — belonging to the plant family Juncaceae.
- kalanchoes — Plural form of kalanchoe.
- keep score — sport: record results
- kenoticist — someone who believes in or supports the idea of kenosis
- key escrow — (security) A controversial arrangement where the keys needed to decrypt encrypted data must be held in escrow by a third party so that government agencies can obtain them to decrypt messages which they suspect to be relevant to national security.
- kicksorter — a multichannel pulse-height analyser used esp to distinguish between isotopes by sorting their characteristic pulses (kicks)
- kiloparsec — a unit of distance, equal to 1000 parsecs. Abbreviation: kpc.
- kinescopes — Plural form of kinescope.
- lachrymose — suggestive of or tending to cause tears; mournful.
- lactoscope — an optical device for determining the amount of cream in milk.
- lardaceous — lardlike; fatty.
- laserscope — a surgical instrument that employs a laser beam to destroy diseased tissue or to create small channels; used to open clogged arteries and, in ophthalmology, to treat patients with glaucoma or diabetic retinopathy.
- latecomers — Plural form of latecomer.
- launceston — a city on N Tasmania.
- lauraceous — belonging to the plant family Lauraceae.
- le creusot — a city in E central France.
- lectorship — a lecturer in a college or university.
- leptosomic — a person of asthenic build.
- leuco base — a noncolored or slightly colored compound that is produced by reducing a dye and is readily oxidized to regenerate the dye.
- leucoblast — an immature leukocyte.
- leucocytes — Plural form of leucocyte.
- leucoplast — a colorless plastid in the cells of roots, storage organs, and underground stems, serving as a point around which starch forms.
- leukocytes — white blood cell.
- licentious — sexually unrestrained; lascivious; libertine; lewd.
- lich stone — a large stone on which to rest a coffin momentarily at the entrance to a cemetery.
- liliaceous — of or like the lily.
- line score — a brief listing of the final score and major statistical totals of a game, esp. a baseball game
- localities — Plural form of locality.
- localizers — Plural form of localizer.
- lockmaster — one in charge of a canal lock
- lockshield — (attributive) A kind of radiator valve used to balance the system by restricting the flow of water on the return side.
- logopedics — the study and treatment of speech defects.
- long since — for a long time now
- lose caste — to lose social status or position
- lose color — to become pale
- lose count — to fail to keep an accurate record of items, events, etc
- lose touch — not keep in contact
- lose track — a structure consisting of a pair of parallel lines of rails with their crossties, on which a railroad train, trolley, or the like runs.
- lost cause — a cause that has been defeated or whose defeat is inevitable.
- loucheness — The quality of being louche, shifty or disreputable.
- love scene — a play or film scene in which characters make love
- lovestruck — Alternative spelling of love-struck.