10-letter words containing s, e, r, i, c
- necessaire — A small case for holding personal items.
- necropolis — a cemetery, especially one of large size and usually of an ancient city.
- necropsied — the examination of a body after death; autopsy.
- necropsies — Plural form of necropsy.
- nectarines — Plural form of nectarine.
- neotropics — Tropical America: the tropical areas of North, Central and South America; the tropics of the New World.
- nicobarese — a member of a people or group of peoples inhabiting the Nicobar Islands.
- nigrescent — tending toward black; blackish.
- nitpickers — Plural form of nitpicker.
- nomarchies — Plural form of nomarchy.
- normalcies — the quality or condition of being normal, as the general economic, political, and social conditions of a nation; normality: After months of living in a state of tension, all yearned for a return to normalcy.
- nuciferous — (of a tree or bush) bearing nuts.
- nuclearism — a political philosophy maintaining that nuclear weapons are the best means of assuring peace and of attaining political goals.
- obstetrics — the branch of medical science concerned with childbirth and caring for and treating women in or in connection with childbirth. Abbreviation: OB, ob.
- occasioner — a person who or that which generates or precipitates something
- octonaries — Plural form of octonary.
- of service — If someone or something is of service to you, they help you or are useful to you.
- oireachtas — the parliament of the Republic of Ireland, consisting of the president, the Dail Eireann, and the Seanad Eireann.
- orchestics — the art of dancing
- orchestric — relating to dancing
- ordinances — Plural form of ordinance.
- osmometric — Relating to osmometry.
- osterreich — German name of Austria.
- ostracised — Simple past tense and past participle of ostracise.
- ostracises — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of ostracise.
- ostracized — Simple past tense and past participle of ostracize.
- ostracizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of ostracize.
- overstitch — a stitch made with a sewing machine, for binding or finishing a raw edge or hem.
- panspermic — relating to panspermia
- paracyesis — ectopic pregnancy.
- parcelwise — bit by bit
- parischane — a parish
- paroecious — (of certain mosses) having the male and female reproductive organs beside or near each other.
- pasticheur — a person who makes, composes, or concocts a pastiche.
- pectoralis — either of two muscles on each side of the upper and anterior part of the thorax, the action of the larger (pectoralis major) assisting in drawing the shoulder forward and rotating the arm inward, and the action of the smaller (pectoralis minor) assisting in drawing the shoulder downward and forward.
- pediatrics — the branch of medicine concerned with the development, care, and diseases of babies and children.
- pedicurist — professional care and treatment of the feet, as removal of corns and trimming of toenails.
- percussion — the striking of one body against another with some sharpness; impact; blow.
- percussive — of, relating to, or characterized by percussion.
- periculous — dangerous; perilous
- periscopic — Optics. (of certain lenses in special microscopes, cameras, etc.) giving distinct vision obliquely, or all around, as well as, or instead of, in a direct line.
- perlucidus — (of a cloud) having transparent spaces between the elements.
- pernicious — causing insidious harm or ruin; ruinous; injurious; hurtful: pernicious teachings; a pernicious lie.
- phrenesiac — hypochondriacal
- phrensical — frenzical; frenzied
- picaresque — pertaining to, characteristic of, or characterized by a form of prose fiction, originally developed in Spain, in which the adventures of an engagingly roguish hero are described in a series of usually humorous or satiric episodes that often depict, in realistic detail, the everyday life of the common people: picaresque novel; picaresque hero.
- picnickers — an excursion or outing in which the participants carry food with them and share a meal in the open air.
- picturised — to represent in a picture, especially in a motion picture; make a picture of.
- pigsticker — to hunt for wild boar, usually on horseback and using a spear.
- potsticker — a pan-fried and steamed Chinese dumpling with a ground meat or vegetable filling.