10-letter words containing s, t, e, r, o
- sarmentose — having runners.
- 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)
- sclerotome — Embryology. the part of a mesodermal somite contributing to the development of the vertebrae and ribs.
- sclerotomy — incision into the sclera, as to extract foreign bodies.
- scoot over — come quickly
- scoresheet — a sheet of paper on which scores are recorded
- scotometer — a device used for measuring a scotoma's size, shape and intensity
- screen out — eliminate
- screenshot — Also called screen capture. a copy or image of what is seen on a computer screen at a given time: Save the screenshot as a graphics file.
- scunthorpe — a town in E England, in North Lincolnshire unitary authority, Lincolnshire: developed rapidly after the discovery of local iron ore in the late 19th century; iron and steel industries have declined. Pop: 72 660 (2001)
- sea rocket — any of several plants of the related genus Cakile, esp C. maritima, which grow along the seashores of Europe and North America and have mauve, pink, or white flowers
- search out — hunt for, seek
- seat cover — a cover for a seat
- securocrat — a military or police officer who has the power to influence government policy
- segregator — an instrument for collecting the urine excreted by one kidney only.
- self-worth — the sense of one's own value or worth as a person; self-esteem; self-respect.
- sell short — having little length; not long.
- senatorial — of, pertaining to, characteristic of, or befitting a senator or senate: senatorial oratory.
- send forth — to be a source of; cause to appear; give out or forth; produce, emit, utter, etc.
- senioritis — Informal: Facetious. a decline in motivation or academic performance that supposedly afflicts some seniors in high school, especially in their last term.
- sentry box — a small structure for sheltering a sentry from bad weather.
- separation — an act or instance of separating or the state of being separated.
- separatory — serving to separate.
- sermonette — a brief sermon or homily: five-minute radio sermonettes.
- serologist — the science dealing with the immunological properties and actions of serum.
- serotinous — late in occurring, developing, or flowering.
- servomotor — a motor or the like forming part of a servomechanism.
- set theory — the branch of mathematics that deals with relations between sets.
- setiferous — having setae or bristles.
- setigerous — having setae or bristles.
- setterwort — the wild plant Helleborus foetidus
- settle for — to appoint, fix, or resolve definitely and conclusively; agree upon (as time, price, or conditions).
- sex factor — a sex-determining chromosome or gene.
- shoestring — a shoelace.
- shopfitter — a worker who makes and installs fittings for commercial premises
- shoplifter — a person who steals goods from the shelves or displays of a retail store while posing as a customer.
- shorefront — land along a shore.
- short code — (language) (SHORTCODE) A pseudocode interpreter for mathematics problems, designed by John Mauchly in 1949 to execute on Eckert and Mauchly's BINAC and later on UNIVAC I and II. Short Code was possibly the first attempt at a high level language.
- short fuse — a quick temper: A person with a short fuse has to be handled diplomatically.
- short game — the aspect of golf considered in relation to the ability of a player to hit medium or short shots, as chip shots, pitch shots, and putts, with accuracy. Compare long game (def 1).
- short head — a distance shorter than the length of a horse's head
- short line — a bus or rail route covering only a limited distance.
- short rate — a charge, proportionately higher than the annual rate, made for insurance issued or continued in force by the insured for less than one year.
- short ream — 480 sheets of paper
- short sale — an act or instance of selling short.
- short time — a period or schedule during which the number of working hours is reduced: The recession has put most of the manufacturing plants on short time.
- short wave — Electricity. a radio wave, shorter than that used in AM broadcasting, corresponding to frequencies of over 1600 kilohertz: used for long-distance reception or transmission.
- short-arse — a small man