10-letter words containing s, u, r, c
- sandsucker — the flatfish Platessa limandoides
- santa cruz — a city on the coast of California.
- saucerlike — resembling a saucer
- scarabaeus — scarab (defs 2, 3).
- scaramouch — a stock character in commedia dell'arte and farce who is a cowardly braggart, easily beaten and frightened.
- scattergun — A scattergun is a gun that fires a lot of small metal balls at the same time.
- scaturient — gushing; overflowing.
- schaumburg — a city in NE Illinois.
- schongauer — Martin [mahr-tn;; German mahr-teen] /ˈmɑr tn;; German ˈmɑr tin/ (Show IPA), c1430–91, German engraver and painter.
- 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.
- schumacher — Ernst Friedrich (ɛrnst ˈfriːdrɪç). 1911–77, British economist, born in Germany. He is best known for his book Small is Beautiful (1973)
- schumpeter — Joseph Alois [uh-lois] /əˈlɔɪs/ (Show IPA), 1883–1950, U.S. economist, born in Austria.
- sclerotium — a vegetative, resting food-storage body in certain higher fungi, composed of a compact mass of hardened mycelia.
- scordatura — the tuning of a stringed instrument in other than the usual way to facilitate the playing of certain compositions.
- scornfully — full of scorn; derisive; contemptuous: He smiled in a scornful way.
- scoutcraft — practice of or skill at scouting.
- screen out — eliminate
- screwed up — a metal fastener having a tapered shank with a helical thread, and topped with a slotted head, driven into wood or the like by rotating, especially by means of a screwdriver.
- scriptural — (sometimes initial capital letter) of, relating to, or in accordance with sacred writings, especially the Scriptures.
- 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.
- scroungers — to borrow (a small amount or item) with no intention of repaying or returning it: to scrounge a cigarette.
- scrub bird — either of two Australian passerine birds of the genus Atrichornis, related to the lyrebirds, having a loud voice and reduced powers of flight: A. clamosus is endangered.
- scrub fowl — megapode.
- scrub pine — any of several pines, as the jack pine, characterized by a scrubby or irregular manner of growth, usually found in dry, sandy soil.
- scrub suit — a loose-fitting, usually two-piece garment, often of green cotton, worn by surgeons and assisting personnel in an operating room.
- scrub-bird — either of two Australian passerine birds of the genus Atrichornis, related to the lyrebirds, having a loud voice and reduced powers of flight: A. clamosus is endangered.
- scrubbable — to rub hard with a brush, cloth, etc., or against a rough surface in washing.
- scrubboard — washboard (defs 1, 2).
- scrubwoman — a woman hired to clean a place; charwoman.
- scrum half — a player who puts in the ball at scrums and tries to get it away to his three-quarter backs
- scrunch up — If you scrunch something up, you squeeze it or bend it so that it is no longer in its natural shape and is often crushed.
- scruncheon — (in Newfoundland) a small crisp piece of fried pork fat
- 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.
- scrutineer — an official examiner, especially of votes in an election.
- scrutinise — to examine in detail with careful or critical attention.
- scrutinize — to examine in detail with careful or critical attention.
- scrutinous — strict, thorough
- scuff mark — Scuff marks are marks made on a smooth surface when something is rubbed against it.
- sculduddry — unchaste behaviour
- sculptress — a woman who practices the art of sculpture.
- sculptural — relating to sculpture
- sculptured — having a surface or shape molded, marked, carved, indented, etc., by or as if by sculpture: sculptured leather belts.
- scum-board — a board or strip of material partly immersed in flowing water to hold back scum.
- 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)
- scurfiness — the state or quality of being scurfy
- scurrility — a scurrilous quality or condition.
- scurrilous — grossly or obscenely abusive: a scurrilous attack on the mayor.
- sdrucciola — (of rhymes) triple
- sea urchin — any echinoderm of the class Echinoidea, having a somewhat globular or discoid form, and a shell composed of many calcareous plates covered with projecting spines.