10-letter words containing s, e, l, c
- 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.
- riflescope — a telescopic sight mounted on top of a rifle that helps to improve one's aim by magnifying and pinpointing a target.
- roscoelite — a brown variety of muscovite in which some aluminum is replaced by vanadium.
- sacerdotal — of priests; priestly.
- sacralized — to make sacred; imbue with sacred character, especially through ritualized devotion: a society that sacralized science.
- saddleback — any of various animals having markings on the back that resemble a saddle, as a male harp seal.
- sale price — discounted cost
- sales call — a phone call made by a sales representative of a company to a person's home with the purpose of selling goods, services, etc
- salesclerk — a person who sells goods in a store.
- salicylate — a salt or ester of salicylic acid.
- saltcellar — a shaker or dish for salt.
- sand lance — any slender marine fish of the family Ammodytidae that burrows into the sand.
- sandcastle — a small castlelike structure made of wet sand, as by children at a beach.
- sanmicheli — Michele [mee-ke-le] /miˈkɛ lɛ/ (Show IPA), 1484–1559, Italian architect and military engineer.
- sarcolemma — the membranous sheath of a muscle fiber.
- sarcophile — a flesh-eating animal, especially the Tasmanian devil.
- satchelful — the amount a satchel will hold
- satellitic — relating to a satellite or smaller planet that revolves around a larger planet
- saucerlike — resembling a saucer
- saxicoline — living or growing among rocks.
- scaffolded — a temporary structure for holding workers and materials during the erection, repair, or decoration of a building.
- 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 down — a succession or progression of steps or degrees; graduated series: the scale of taxation; the social scale.
- scale leaf — a scalelike leaf, as a bud scale or certain bracts.
- scale moss — any thalloid liverwort.
- 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.
- scaloppine — scallops, especially of veal, flattened by pounding and usually dredged in flour or breadcrumbs and sautéed quickly: scaloppine alla Marsala.
- scandalise — to shock or horrify by something considered immoral or improper.
- scandalize — to shock or horrify by something considered immoral or improper.
- scapewheel — escape wheel.
- scapulated — (of a raven) with white feathers across the scapular region
- scatheless — to attack with severe criticism.
- scenically — of or relating to natural scenery.
- schalstein — a slate-like rock formed by shearing basaltic or andesitic tuff or lava
- scheduling — a plan of procedure, usually written, for a proposed objective, especially with reference to the sequence of and time allotted for each item or operation necessary to its completion: The schedule allows three weeks for this stage.
- schefflera — any of various tropical trees or shrubs belonging to the genus Schefflera, of the ginseng family, having glossy, palmately compound leaves and often cultivated as a houseplant.
- schleicher — August, 1821–68, German linguist.
- schlieffen — Alfred (ˈalfreːt), Count von Schlieffen. 1833–1913, German field marshal, who devised the Schlieffen Plan (1905): it was intended to ensure German victory over a Franco-Russian alliance by holding off Russia with minimal strength and swiftly defeating France by a massive flanking movement through the Low Countries. In a modified form, it was unsuccessfully employed in World War I (1914)
- schliemann — Heinrich [hahyn-rikh] /ˈhaɪn rɪx/ (Show IPA), 1822–90, German archaeologist: excavated ancient cities of Troy and Mycenae.
- schlimazel — an inept, bungling person who suffers from unremitting bad luck.
- schnitzler — Arthur [ahr-ther;; German ahr-too r] /ˈɑr θər;; German ˈɑr tʊər/ (Show IPA), 1862–1931, Austrian dramatist and novelist.
- school age — the age set by law for children to start school attendance.
- school tie — old school tie.
- schoolmate — a companion or associate at school.
- schooltide — schooldays
- schooltime — the period during which schools are open
- scleroderm — a fish of the sclerodermi tribe
- sclerotial — a vegetative, resting food-storage body in certain higher fungi, composed of a compact mass of hardened mycelia.