10-letter words containing s, t, e, n, c
- nictitates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of nictitate.
- nightscape — a scene viewed at night, especially as represented in art.
- nightscope — An optical instrument that provides night vision.
- nigrescent — tending toward black; blackish.
- nitpickers — Plural form of nitpicker.
- no contest — nolo contendere.
- nonascetic — a person who is not an ascetic
- nonconsent — Lack of consent.
- nonelastic — capable of returning to its original length, shape, etc., after being stretched, deformed, compressed, or expanded: an elastic waistband; elastic fiber.
- nonsubject — (in education) a subject of study not considered to be academically rigorous
- novelistic — of, relating to, or characteristic of novels.
- nuthatches — Plural form of nuthatch.
- objections — Plural form of objection.
- objectness — The state of being an object.
- obstinance — The characteristic of being obstinate.
- octonaries — Plural form of octonary.
- omniscient — having complete or unlimited knowledge, awareness, or understanding; perceiving all things.
- opalescent — exhibiting a play of colors like that of the opal.
- open stock — merchandise, especially china, silverware, and glassware, sold in sets with additional individual pieces available from stock for future purchases, as for replacement.
- 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.
- osteogenic — derived from or made up of bone-forming tissue.
- osteomancy — A kind of divination by means of bones.
- pallescent — becoming paler in colour with increasing age
- pandectist — a German law student who followed the Pandects of Justinian
- pantoscope — a panoramic camera
- patchiness — characterized by or made up of patches.
- pentastich — a strophe, stanza, or poem consisting of five lines or verses.
- pentelicus — Latin name of Pendelikon.
- percussant — (of an animal's tail on a heraldic shield) bent round to the animal's side
- pestilence — a deadly or virulent epidemic disease.
- phenocryst — any of the conspicuous crystals in a porphyritic rock.
- pinocytose — (of a cell) to take within by means of pinocytosis.
- pitchstone — a glassy volcanic rock having a resinous luster and resembling hardened pitch.
- plasticine — Plasticine is a soft coloured substance like clay which children use for making models.
- pleonastic — the use of more words than are necessary to express an idea; redundancy.
- pleustonic — a buoyant mat of weeds, algae, and associated organisms that floats on or near the surface of a lake, river, or other body of fresh water.
- pneumatics — a pneumatic tire.
- pontifices — plural of pontifex.
- postulance — the period or state of being a postulant, especially in a religious order.
- precedents — Law. a legal decision or form of proceeding serving as an authoritative rule or pattern in future similar or analogous cases.
- predescent — the act, process, or fact of moving from a higher to a lower position. Synonyms: falling, sinking; fall, drop.
- prosecting — to dissect (a cadaver or part) for anatomical demonstration.
- psittacine — of or relating to parrots.
- pulsatance — the angular frequency of a periodic motion
- punctuates — to mark or divide (something written) with punctuation marks in order to make the meaning clear.
- putrescent — becoming putrid; undergoing putrefaction.
- putrescine — a colourless crystalline amine produced by decaying animal matter; 1,4-diaminobutane. Formula: H2N(CH2)4NH2
- pycnostyle — having an intercolumniation of 1½ diameters.
- quittances — Plural form of quittance.
- raconteurs — Plural form of raconteur.