10-letter words containing s, e, t, c, r
- the-scream — a painting (1937) by Edvard Munch.
- theocritus — flourished c270 b.c, Greek poet.
- theoretics — the theoretical or speculative part of a science or subject.
- thermotics — the scientific study of heat
- threescore — being or containing three times twenty; sixty.
- thumbscrew — a screw, the head of which is so constructed that it may be turned easily with the thumb and a finger.
- tocherless — without dowry or tocher
- tom cruise — Tom (Thomas Cruise Mapother, 4th) born 1962, U.S. film actor.
- top secret — highly confidential, restricted
- top-secret — bearing the classification top-secret, the highest level of classified information.
- toric lens — a lens used to correct astigmatism, having one of its surfaces shaped like part of a torus so that its focal lengths are different in different meridians
- torpescent — becoming torpid
- tracheitis — inflammation of the trachea.
- track shoe — a light, heelless, usually leather shoe having either steel spikes for use outdoors on a cinder or dirt track, or a rubber sole for use indoors on a board floor.
- tradescant — John. 1570–1638, English botanist and gardener to Charles I. He introduced many plants from overseas into Britain
- transcoder — a technology, such as a software package, used to transfer data from one format to another
- transcribe — to make a written copy, especially a typewritten copy, of (dictated material, notes taken during a lecture, or other spoken material).
- transducer — a device that receives a signal in the form of one type of energy and converts it to a signal in another form: A microphone is a transducer that converts acoustic energy into electrical impulses.
- transected — to cut across; dissect transversely.
- transgenic — of, relating to, or containing a gene or genes transferred from another species: transgenic mice.
- transience — transient state or quality.
- transiency — transient state or quality.
- treitschke — Heinrich von [hahyn-rikh fuh n] /ˈhaɪn rɪx fən/ (Show IPA), 1834–96, German historian.
- trekschuit — a horse-drawn boat, literally a tugboat, specific to the Netherlands
- trichinose — to infest with parasitic worms (trichinae)
- trickiness — given to or characterized by deceitful tricks; crafty; wily.
- tricostate — having three ribs, costae, or raised lines.
- tricoteuse — a woman who knits, with reference to women who sat and witnessed the public executions taking place during the French Revolution
- triniscope — an early television with three tubes projecting the three primary colours
- trioecious — of or relating to a species having male, female, and hermaphrodite flowers on different plants.
- triple sec — a type of curaçao liqueur.
- trisection — to divide into three parts, especially into three equal parts.
- trisectrix — a trisecting line
- trisulcate — having three grooves or furrows
- triticeous — used to refer to specific small rounded structures of tissue or cartilage, resembling grains of wheat, sometimes found in the area near the larynx and the base of the tongue
- true basic — (language) A compiled BASIC, by John Kemeny and Thomas E. Kurtz, requiring no line numbers.
- trumscheit — trumpet marine.
- tsarevitch — the son of a czar.
- turgescent — becoming swollen; swelling.
- twin-screw — (of a vessel) having two screw propellers, which usually revolve in opposite directions.
- typescript — a typewritten copy of a literary composition, document, or the like, especially as prepared for a printer.
- unchristen — unchristian
- uncloister — to free from confinement of any kind
- uncorseted — Sometimes, corsets. a close-fitting undergarment, stiffened with whalebone or similar material and often capable of being tightened by lacing, enclosing the trunk: worn, especially by women, to shape and support the body; stays.
- undercrest — to support with a crest
- understock — to provide an insufficient quantity, as of merchandise, supplies, or livestock.
- unescorted — a group of persons, or a single person, accompanying another or others for protection, guidance, or courtesy: An escort of sailors accompanied the queen.
- unforecast — to predict (a future condition or occurrence); calculate in advance: to forecast a heavy snowfall; to forecast lower interest rates.
- unsceptred — divested of a sceptre
- unscripted — not scripted; lacking a script: an unscripted idea for a movie.