11-letter words containing sc
- big science — scientific research that requires a large investment of capital
- bigeye scad — a carangid fish, Selar crumenophthalmus, of tropical seas and Atlantic coastal waters of the U.S., having prominent eyes and commonly used as bait.
- bikini scar — a horizontal scar on the lower abdomen in the area where a bikini would be worn, usually resulting from a Caesarean section.
- biscuit tin — an airtight container for storing biscuits in
- bleed screw — A bleed screw is a type of tap or valve that helps to drain a hydraulic system, such as a brake system.
- blue schist — a metamorphic rock formed under conditions of high pressure and relatively low temperature
- blue screen — a special effects film technique involving filming actors against a blue screen on which effects such as computerized graphics can be added later and integrated into a single sequence
- boss screen — a screen image within a computer game that can be activated instantly, designed to hide the evidence of game-playing, esp at work
- bundle scar — any small mark left on the leaf scar from the vascular tissue, where the leaf was once attached to the stem.
- buon fresco — fresco (def 1).
- c-odescript — (language) A Liana interpreter, embeddable in C and C++ programs.
- candescence — glowing; incandescent.
- caniapiscau — a river in NE Quebec, Canada, flowing NW to the Larch River (Mélèzes) 575 miles (925 km) long.
- cat scanner — a specialized x-ray instrument that displays computerized cross-sectional images of the body, providing a noninvasive means of visualizing the brain, lungs, liver, spleen, and other soft tissue.
- cesca chair — a chair, with or without arms, designed by Marcel Breuer in 1928, having a cantilevered frame of chromium-plated or stainless tubular steel and a seat and back of bentwood-framed canework.
- chiaroscuro — Chiaroscuro is the use of light and shade in a picture, or the effect produced by light and shade in a place.
- chromascope — An instrument for showing the optical effects of colour.
- chromoscope — a piece of equipment that is used to examine different aspects of colour including, for example, intensity
- chronoscope — an instrument that registers small intervals of time on a dial, cathode-ray tube, etc
- cinemascope — an anamorphic process of wide-screen film projection in which an image of approximately twice the usual width is squeezed into a 35mm frame and then screened by a projector having complementary lenses
- ciscaucasia — the part of Caucasia north of the Caucasus Mountains
- cloudscapes — Plural form of cloudscape.
- coach screw — a large screw with a square head used in timber work in buildings, etc
- coalescence — to grow together or into one body: The two lakes coalesced into one.
- coconscious — a division within the subconscious
- coelioscopy — a medical procedure for examining the abdomen
- cognoscente — a person with special knowledge in some field, esp. in the fine arts
- cognoscenti — The cognoscenti are the people who know a lot about a particular subject.
- cognoscible — able to be known or recognized
- colonoscope — an instrument for examining the colon, consisting of a flexible lighted tube that is inserted in the colon to look for abnormalities and to remove them or take tissue samples
- colonoscopy — visual inspection of the interior of the colon with a flexible, lighted tube inserted through the rectum.
- colposcopes — Plural form of colposcope.
- concrescent — Growing together.
- condenscend — Misspelling of condescend.
- condescends — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of condescend.
- condisciple — a fellow disciple or a fellow student
- confiscable — subject or liable to confiscation or seizure
- confiscated — Take or seize (someone's property) with authority.
- confiscates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of confiscate.
- confiscator — to seize as forfeited to the public domain; appropriate, by way of penalty, for public use.
- connascence — connascency
- connascency — the simultaneous birth of two or more things
- consciences — the inner sense of what is right or wrong in one's conduct or motives, impelling one toward right action: to follow the dictates of conscience.
- consciouses — aware of one's own existence, sensations, thoughts, surroundings, etc.
- consciously — aware of one's own existence, sensations, thoughts, surroundings, etc.
- conscripted — enrolled for compulsory service, esp military service
- conscriptee — a person who has been drafted for military service; conscript.
- convalesced — Simple past tense and past participle of convalesce.
- cool school — a school where the students resolve conflict without the involvement of teachers
- corkscrewed — Simple past tense and past participle of corkscrew.