10-letter words containing sc
- jackscrews — Plural form of jackscrew.
- javascript — Alternative capitalization of JavaScript.
- keep score — sport: record results
- key escrow — (security) A controversial arrangement where the keys needed to decrypt encrypted data must be held in escrow by a third party so that government agencies can obtain them to decrypt messages which they suspect to be relevant to national security.
- kilopascal — one thousand pascals
- kinescopes — Plural form of kinescope.
- kitschiest — Superlative form of kitschy.
- kitschness — the quality of being kitsch
- la flesche — Susette (Inshta Theumba"Bright Eyes") 1854–1903, U.S. author, Native American activist, and lecturer.
- lactescent — becoming or being milky.
- lactoscope — an optical device for determining the amount of cream in milk.
- landscaped — Simple past tense and past participle of landscape.
- landscaper — a gardener who does landscape gardening.
- landscapes — Plural form of landscape.
- lascivious — inclined to lustfulness; wanton; lewd: a lascivious, girl-chasing old man.
- laser disc — video, audio format: optical disc
- laserscope — a surgical instrument that employs a laser beam to destroy diseased tissue or to create small channels; used to open clogged arteries and, in ophthalmology, to treat patients with glaucoma or diabetic retinopathy.
- latescence — the state or quality of being latescent
- laviscious — (nonstandard) Lascivious.
- law school — university where law degrees are taught
- lead screw — (on a lathe) a rotating horizontal screw for moving the tool carriage along the work at a constant rate.
- leaf scald — a bacterial disease of sugarcane, characterized by irregular, bleached streaks on the leaves and defoliation and caused especially by Bacterium albilineans.
- leg muscle — any of various muscles in the leg of a human or animal
- lemniscate — a plane curve generated by the locus of the point at which a variable tangent to a rectangular hyperbola intersects a perpendicular from the center to the tangent. Equation: r 2 = 2 a 2 cosθ.
- line score — a brief listing of the final score and major statistical totals of a game, esp. a baseball game
- lipofuscin — any of several brown pigments similar to melanin that accumulate in animal cells with age and are products of oxidation of lipids and lipoproteins.
- liquescent — becoming liquid; melting.
- livescript — JavaScript
- love scene — a play or film scene in which characters make love
- luftmensch — a person unconcerned with the practicalities of earning a living
- luminesced — Simple past tense and past participle of luminesce.
- luminesces — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of luminesce.
- lunarscape — the landscape of the moon.
- lusciously — highly pleasing to the taste or smell: luscious peaches.
- mach scale — a scale that measures how much deceit and manipulation one will approve or condone in order to achieve some end.
- macroscale — A relatively large scale.
- macroscope — A wide-field imaging device.
- madagascan — an island republic in the Indian Ocean, about 240 miles (385 km) off the SE coast of Africa: formerly a French colony; gained independence 1960. 227,800 sq. mi. (590,000 sq. km). Capital: Antananarivo.
- madagascar — an island republic in the Indian Ocean, about 240 miles (385 km) off the SE coast of Africa: formerly a French colony; gained independence 1960. 227,800 sq. mi. (590,000 sq. km). Capital: Antananarivo.
- majusculae — Capital letters, as found in manuscripts of the sixth century and earlier.
- majuscular — (of letters) uppercase, capitalized.
- majuscules — Plural form of majuscule.
- manscaping — Present participle of manscape.
- manuscribe — (archaic) To write by hand.
- manuscript — the original text of an author's work, handwritten or now usually typed, that is submitted to a publisher.
- maraschino — a sweet cordial or liqueur distilled from marascas.
- marcescent — withering but not falling off, as a part of a plant.
- mascarpone — a very soft Italian cream cheese made from cow's milk.
- meatoscope — (medicine) A speculum for examining a natural passage, such as the urethra.
- meatscreen — a metal screen placed behind meat that is being roasted in order to reflect the fire's heat