10-letter words containing s, i, c, l, e
- publicised — to give publicity to; bring to public notice; advertise: They publicized the meeting as best they could.
- publicness — the quality or state of being public or being owned by the public.
- racialised — to impose a racial interpretation on; place in a racial context.
- radicalise — to make radical or more radical, as in politics: young people who are being radicalized by extremist philosophies.
- radiculose — having small roots or rhizoids
- reclassify — to classify anew.
- recoilless — having little or no recoil: a recoilless rifle.
- reconciles — to cause (a person) to accept or be resigned to something not desired: He was reconciled to his fate.
- resilience — the power or ability to return to the original form, position, etc., after being bent, compressed, or stretched; elasticity.
- resiliency — the power or ability to return to the original form, position, etc., after being bent, compressed, or stretched; elasticity.
- resorcinol — a white, needlelike, water-soluble solid, C 6 H 6 O 2 , a benzene derivative originally obtained from certain resins, now usually synthesized: used chiefly in making dyes, as a reagent, in tanning, in the synthesis of certain resins, and in medicine in treating certain skin conditions; meta-dihydroxybenzene.
- 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.
- sacralized — to make sacred; imbue with sacred character, especially through ritualized devotion: a society that sacralized science.
- sale price — discounted cost
- salicylate — a salt or ester of salicylic acid.
- sanmicheli — Michele [mee-ke-le] /miˈkɛ lɛ/ (Show IPA), 1484–1559, Italian architect and military engineer.
- sarcophile — a flesh-eating animal, especially the Tasmanian devil.
- satellitic — relating to a satellite or smaller planet that revolves around a larger planet
- saucerlike — resembling a saucer
- saxicoline — living or growing among rocks.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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 tie — old school tie.
- schooltide — schooldays
- schooltime — the period during which schools are open
- sclerotial — a vegetative, resting food-storage body in certain higher fungi, composed of a compact mass of hardened mycelia.
- sclerotium — a vegetative, resting food-storage body in certain higher fungi, composed of a compact mass of hardened mycelia.
- sclerotize — to harden and darken (an insect's cuticle)
- screw nail — drive screw.
- screw pile — a pile that is used for the foundations of bridges, lighthouses, etc., and has a screwlike lower end for drilling through and taking firm hold in compacted material.
- scrobicule — a small pit, for example around one of a sea urchin's nodules
- scrollwise — like a scroll, in a way similar to a scroll
- scythelike — an agricultural implement consisting of a long, curving blade fastened at an angle to a handle, for cutting grass, grain, etc., by hand.
- secularism — secular spirit or tendency, especially a system of political or social philosophy that rejects all forms of religious faith and worship.
- secularist — secular spirit or tendency, especially a system of political or social philosophy that rejects all forms of religious faith and worship.
- secularity — secular views or beliefs; secularism.
- secularize — to make secular; separate from religious or spiritual connection or influences; make worldly or unspiritual; imbue with secularism.
- seducingly — in a seducing manner
- seleucidan — Seleucid.