10-letter words containing s, e, c, r
- 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 press — a cooked duck sprinkled with red wine and then pressed in a device (duck press) so that the juices can be collected and served as a sauce over the breast meat and legs.
- duckshover — one who duckshoves, jumps a queue; cheats
- dust cover — a cloth or plastic covering used to protect furniture or equipment, as during a period of nonuse.
- dutch rise — an increase in wages that is of no benefit to the recipient
- dyscrasite — an alloy of antimony and silver
- dysenteric — Of, relating, or pertaining to dysentery.
- easy chair — an upholstered armchair for lounging.
- eccentrics — Plural form of eccentric; persons who have unusual tendancies.
- 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.
- eclaircise — (transitive) To make clear; to explain.
- ecmascript — (language) (ECMA standard 262, ISO standard 16262) The standardised version of the core JavaScript language.
- economiser — Alternative form of economizer.
- ecotourism — tourism to places having unspoiled natural resources, with minimal impact on the environment being a primary concern.
- ecotourist — A participant in ecotourism.
- ectomorphs — Plural form of ectomorph.
- ectoprocts — Plural form of ectoproct.
- ectotherms — Plural form of ectotherm.
- effervesce — to give off bubbles of gas, as fermenting liquors.
- effloresce — to burst into bloom; blossom.
- egg-slicer — a device used for slicing eggs
- eightscore — one hundred and sixty
- eirenicons — Plural form of eirenicon.
- ekphrastic — Pertaining to ekphrasis; clear, lucid.
- electrodes — Plural form of electrode.
- embrocates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of embrocate.
- 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
- empiricism — The theory that all knowledge is derived from sense-experience. Stimulated by the rise of experimental science, it developed in the 17th and 18th centuries, expounded in particular by John Locke, George Berkeley, and David Hume.
- empiricist — An advocate or supporter of empiricism.
- encaptures — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of encapture.
- enchanters — Plural form of enchanter.
- encloister — to imprison or cloister
- enclosures — Plural form of enclosure.
- encopresis — Involuntary defecation, especially associated with emotional disturbance or psychiatric disorder.
- encounters — Plural form of encounter.
- encourages — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of encourage.
- encroaches — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of encroach.
- encrusting — Present participle of encrust.
- encrypters — Plural form of encrypter.
- endurances — Plural form of endurance.
- energetics — The properties of something in terms of energy.
- entoprocts — Plural form of entoproct.
- entrenches — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of entrench.
- environics — the study of human and natural forces that determine an environment
- epicenters — Plural form of epicenter.
- epicentres — Plural form of epicentre.