10-letter words containing u, n, s, c, r
- 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.
- scrubwoman — a woman hired to clean a place; charwoman.
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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.
- second-run — designating or of:
- securement — the act of securing.
- secureness — free from or not exposed to danger or harm; safe.
- sine curve — a curve described by the equation y = sin x, the ordinate being equal to the sine of the abscissa.
- snow crust — a relatively hard, upper layer or film of ice or compacted snow on a snow surface.
- soundtrack — the narrow band on one or both sides of a motion-picture film on which sound is recorded.
- springbuck — springbok.
- squirt can — an oilcan with a flexible body that ejects oil when compressed.
- sub-branch — a further branch or division of something within an already established branch or division
- subcentral — near or almost to the center.
- 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.
- subcranial — of the area beneath the cranium or skull
- subcurrent — a not clearly revealed or formulated direction of thought, intention, action, etc., underlying what is manifested: His words, though ostensibly friendly, betrayed a subcurrent of hostility.
- subnuclear — pertaining to particles within or smaller than an atomic nucleus.
- subphrenic — underneath the diaphragm
- succorance — the act of seeking out affectionate care and social support.
- sufferance — passive permission resulting from lack of interference; tolerance, especially of something wrong or illegal (usually preceded by on or by).
- sugar cane — a tall grass, Saccharum officinarum, of tropical and warm regions, having a stout, jointed stalk, and constituting the chief source of sugar.
- sugar corn — sweet corn.
- sunderance — to separate; part; divide; sever.
- superclean — exceptionally clean
- supersonic — greater than the speed of sound waves through air.
- supertonic — the second tone of a diatonic scale, being the next above the tonic.
- supragenic — beyond the limits or above the level of genes.
- surfaceman — a labourer, such as a miner, who works at the surface
- surfactant — surface-active agent.
- surjection — onto function.
- surveyance — survey; inspection; superintendence
- survivance — survival
- syncarpous — of the nature of or pertaining to a syncarp.
- tersanctus — Sanctus (def 1).
- transducer — a device that receives a signal in the form of one type of energy and converts it to a signal in another form: A microphone is a transducer that converts acoustic energy into electrical impulses.
- translucid — translucent.
- trichinous — pertaining to or of the nature of trichinosis.
- turgescent — becoming swollen; swelling.
- ubermensch — superman (def 2).
- ultrasonic — of, relating to, or utilizing ultrasound.
- un-secular — of or relating to worldly things or to things that are not regarded as religious, spiritual, or sacred; temporal: secular interests.
- unactorish — not resembling or characteristic of actors or acting