10-letter words containing s, t, a, c
- occipitals — Plural form of occipital.
- octamerous — consisting of or divided into eight parts.
- octameters — Plural form of octameter.
- octonaries — Plural form of octonary.
- officiates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of officiate.
- oireachtas — the parliament of the Republic of Ireland, consisting of the president, the Dail Eireann, and the Seanad Eireann.
- onomastics — the study of the origin, history, and use of proper names.
- opalescent — exhibiting a play of colors like that of the opal.
- open-stack — having or being a system of library management in which patrons have direct access to stacks for browsing and selecting books; open-shelf.
- optic axis — (in a crystal exhibiting double refraction) the direction or directions, uniaxial or biaxial, respectively, along which this phenomenon does not occur.
- orchardist — a person who owns, manages, or cultivates an orchard.
- orchestral — of, relating to, or resembling an orchestra.
- orchestras — Plural form of orchestra.
- organicist — Philosophy. the view that some systems resemble organisms in having parts that function in relation to the whole to which they belong. Compare holism (def 1).
- orthoclase — a common white or pink mineral of the feldspar group, KAlSi 3 O 8 , having two good cleavages at right angles, and found in silica-rich igneous rocks: used in the manufacture of porcelain.
- oscillated — Simple past tense and past participle of oscillate.
- oscillates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of oscillate.
- oscillator — Electronics. a circuit that produces an alternating output current of a certain frequency determined by the characteristics of the circuit components.
- oscitantly — in an oscitant manner
- oscitation — The act of yawning or gaping. Also figuratively.
- osculating — Present participle of osculate.
- osculation — the act of kissing.
- osculatory — to come into close contact or union.
- osteoclast — Cell Biology. one of the large multinuclear cells in growing bone concerned with the absorption of osseous tissue, as in the formation of canals.
- osteocolla — a limey deposit which can form an incrustation on the roots and stems of some plants
- osteomancy — A kind of divination by means of bones.
- 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.
- outclassed — to surpass in excellence or quality, especially by a wide margin; be superior: He far outclasses the other runners in the race.
- outclasses — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of outclass.
- outmatches — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of outmatch.
- outreaches — Plural form of outreach.
- overcasted — Simple past tense and past participle of overcast.
- oyster cap — an edible, brownish-gray to white mushroom, Pleurotus ostreatus, that grows in clusters on fallen trees and their stumps.
- pacesetter — a person, group, or organization that is the most progressive or successful and serves as a model to be imitated.
- pacificist — a person who is opposed to violence
- pacifistic — of or relating to pacifism or pacifists.
- paedeutics — the study of teaching
- paganistic — pagan spirit or attitude in religious or moral questions.
- pallescent — becoming paler in colour with increasing age
- pandectist — a German law student who followed the Pandects of Justinian
- pantoscope — a panoramic camera
- papistical — of or relating to the Roman Catholic Church.
- parastichy — one of a number of seemingly secondary spirals or oblique ranks winding around the stem or axis to the right and left in a spiral arrangement of leaves, scales, etc., where the internodes are short and the members closely crowded, as in the houseleek and the pine cone.
- parodistic — parodic.
- part music — music, especially vocal music, with parts for two or more independent performers.
- part-score — a contract to make less than the number of tricks required for game: to bid a part-score of three diamonds.
- pasticheur — a person who makes, composes, or concocts a pastiche.