10-letter words containing s, u, o, l, c
- postulance — the period or state of being a postulant, especially in a religious order.
- postulancy — the period or state of being a postulant, especially in a religious order.
- preciously — of high price or great value; very valuable or costly: precious metals.
- preclosure — the act of closing; the state of being closed.
- preclusion — to prevent the presence, existence, or occurrence of; make impossible: The insufficiency of the evidence precludes a conviction.
- procellous — stormy, as the sea.
- processual — a systematic series of actions directed to some end: to devise a process for homogenizing milk.
- procoelous — describing vertebrae with a concave cranial surface
- pronucleus — either of the gametic nuclei that unite in fertilization to form the nucleus of the zygote.
- pseudocoel — the body cavity of certain invertebrate metazoan animals between the body wall and the intestine, which is not lined with a mesodermal epithelium.
- pultaceous — resembling pap
- radiculose — having small roots or rhizoids
- ridiculous — causing or worthy of ridicule or derision; absurd; preposterous; laughable: a ridiculous plan.
- rupicolous — rupestrine.
- saxicolous — living or growing among rocks.
- scandalous — disgraceful; shameful or shocking; improper: scandalous behavior in public.
- school bus — a vehicle used to transport students to and from school or used for other related purposes.
- school run — The school run is the journey that parents make each day when they take their children to school and bring them home from school.
- sclerotium — a vegetative, resting food-storage body in certain higher fungi, composed of a compact mass of hardened mycelia.
- scornfully — full of scorn; derisive; contemptuous: He smiled in a scornful way.
- scrobicule — a small pit, for example around one of a sea urchin's nodules
- scrofulous — pertaining to, resembling, of the nature of, or affected with scrofula.
- scrub fowl — megapode.
- scrupulous — having scruples, or moral or ethical standards; having or showing a strict regard for what one considers right; principled: scrupulous about defending human rights.
- scurrilous — grossly or obscenely abusive: a scurrilous attack on the mayor.
- sdrucciola — (of rhymes) triple
- sexlocular — having six loculi or cells for seeds
- siliculose — bearing silicles.
- slouch hat — a soft hat often made of felt and having a supple, usually broad brim.
- sluice-box — an artificial channel for conducting water, often fitted with a gate (sluice gate) at the upper end for regulating the flow.
- solicitous — anxious or concerned (usually followed by about, for, etc., or a clause): solicitous about a person's health.
- solicitude — the state of being solicitous; anxiety or concern.
- soul music — a fervent type of popular music developed in the late 1950s by black Americans as a secularized form of gospel music, with rhythm-and-blues influences, and distinctive for its earthy expressiveness, variously plaintive or raucous vocals, and often passionate romanticism or sensuality.
- soul patch — a small patch of facial hair below the centre of the lower lip and above the chin
- sourceless — any thing or place from which something comes, arises, or is obtained; origin: Which foods are sources of calcium?
- speciously — apparently good or right though lacking real merit; superficially pleasing or plausible: specious arguments.
- speculator — a person who is engaged in commercial or financial speculation.
- star cloud — a cloudlike patch of light on the celestial sphere, consisting of a multitude of stars.
- stomachful — the amount one's stomach can hold
- subcollege — a department of a college which provides classes below college level
- subcontrol — to exercise restraint or direction over; dominate; command: The car is difficult to control at high speeds. That zone is controlled by enemy troops.
- submucosal — of or relating to the submucosa
- suboctuple — in the proportion or ratio of one to eight
- subvocally — in a subvocal manner, with subvocalization
- superblock — an area of city land larger than the usual block, treated according to a unified plan and generally closed to vehicular through traffic.
- telecourse — a course of study presented on television, as for local home viewers receiving credit at a community college.
- the-clouds — a comedy (423 b.c.) by Aristophanes.
- tiliaceous — belonging to the Tiliaceae, the linden family of plants.
- tubicolous — living in a self-constructed tube, as a marine worm.
- tuscaloosa — a city in W Alabama.