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8-letter words containing t, e, s, c

  • socket 3 — x86 processor socket
  • socket 4 — x86 processor socket
  • socket 5 — x86 processor socket
  • socket 6 — x86 processor socket
  • socket 7 — (hardware, standard)   A physical and electrical specification for the x86 processor socket matching the pins on Pentium microprocessors manufactured by Intel, and compatibles made by Cyrix, AMD and others. Any CPU chip conforming to this specification can be plugged into any conforming motherboard. Supported processors include: 2.5V - 3.5V Pentiums 75-233 MHz, AMD K5 through K6, Cyrix 6x86 (and MX) P120 - P233. Socket 7 uses a SPGA socket, either a 296 pin LIF or a 321 pin ZIF arranged as 37x37 or 19x19 (depending on who you speak to!). See also Super 7. Intel's Pentium II processor uses Slot 1 mounting.
  • socket 8 — (hardware, standard)   A physical and electrical specification for the x86 processor socket matching the pins on a Pentium Pro microprocessor. Socket 8 uses a dual pattern PGA/SPGA LIF/ZIF socket with 387 pins, arranged 24x26.
  • socketed — a hollow part or piece for receiving and holding some part or thing.
  • sockette — a small or short sock, esp one not covering the ankle
  • socrates — 469?–399 b.c, Athenian philosopher.
  • softcore — of, relating to, or containing sexually arousing depictions that are not fully explicit: soft-core pornography. Compare hard-core (def 2).
  • solstice — Astronomy. either of the two times a year when the sun is at its greatest distance from the celestial equator: about June 21, when the sun reaches its northernmost point on the celestial sphere, or about December 22, when it reaches its southernmost point. Compare summer solstice, winter solstice. either of the two points in the ecliptic farthest from the equator.
  • sonicate — a thing which has been subjected to sound waves
  • sortance — suitableness
  • soutache — a narrow braid, commonly of mohair, silk, or rayon, used for trimming.
  • sovietic — relating to the Soviet Union
  • speciate — to form or develop into a new biological species
  • spectate — to participate as a spectator, as at a horse race.
  • spectral — of or relating to a specter; ghostly; phantom.
  • spectrin — a rodlike structural protein of the red blood cell membrane.
  • spectro- — indicating a spectrum
  • spectrum — ZX Spectrum
  • spitcher — the end or finish
  • sprocket — Machinery. Also called chainwheel, sprocket wheel. a toothed wheel engaging with a conveyor or power chain. one tooth of such a wheel.
  • stancher — staunch2 .
  • starched — a white, tasteless, solid carbohydrate, (C 6 H 1 0 O 5) n , occurring in the form of minute granules in the seeds, tubers, and other parts of plants, and forming an important constituent of rice, corn, wheat, beans, potatoes, and many other vegetable foods.
  • std code — a code of four or more digits, other than those comprising a subscriber's local telephone number, that determines the routing of a call
  • steichen — Edward, 1879–1973, U.S. photographer.
  • stenlock — a coal fish, Merlangus carbonarius
  • stenotic — a narrowing or stricture of a passage or vessel.
  • step cut — a cut consisting of a rectangular girdle, often faceted, with two or more tiers of narrow facets running parallel to the girdle on both the crown and the pavilion: used especially in stones in which color is more important than brilliance.
  • sterical — of or relating to the spatial relationships of atoms in a molecule.
  • stickler — a person who insists on something unyieldingly (usually followed by for): a stickler for ceremony.
  • stickley — Gustav [guhs-tahv,, goo s-tahf] /ˈgʌs tɑv,, ˈgʊs tɑf/ (Show IPA), 1858–1942, U.S. furniture designer, architect, and leader of the Arts and Craft Movement in America.
  • stitcher — one complete movement of a threaded needle through a fabric or material such as to leave behind it a single loop or portion of thread, as in sewing, embroidery, or the surgical closing of wounds.
  • stitches — one complete movement of a threaded needle through a fabric or material such as to leave behind it a single loop or portion of thread, as in sewing, embroidery, or the surgical closing of wounds.
  • stockade — Fortification. a defensive barrier consisting of strong posts or timbers fixed upright in the ground.
  • stockage — supplies
  • stockest — a supply of goods kept on hand for sale to customers by a merchant, distributor, manufacturer, etc.; inventory.
  • stonecat — a yellowish-brown, freshwater catfish, Noturus flavus, of the Mississippi River valley and Great Lakes, having poisonous pectoral spines.
  • strachey — (Giles) Lytton [jahylz lit-n] /dʒaɪlz ˈlɪt n/ (Show IPA), 1880–1932, English biographer and literary critic.
  • stretchy — having a tendency to stretch, especially excessively or unduly.
  • stricken — a past participle of strike.
  • strickle — a straightedge used for sweeping off heaped-up grain to the level of the rim of a measure.
  • stricter — characterized by or acting in close conformity to requirements or principles: a strict observance of rituals.
  • stuccoed — an exterior finish for masonry or frame walls, usually composed of cement, sand, and hydrated lime mixed with water and laid on wet.
  • subacute — somewhat or moderately acute.
  • subcaste — Sociology. an endogamous and hereditary social group limited to persons of the same rank, occupation, economic position, etc., and having mores distinguishing it from other such groups. any rigid system of social distinctions.
  • suberect — not quite erect
  • subjects — that which forms a basic matter of thought, discussion, investigation, etc.: a subject of conversation.
  • suckiest — disagreeable; unpleasant.
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