10-letter words containing sc
- ascriptive — having the ability to be attributable to
- atascadero — a town in SW California.
- athabascan — a family of languages spoken by American Indians in most of inland northwest Canada and Alaska, in coastal Oregon and California, and in Arizona and the Rio Grande basin, and including especially Navajo, Apache, and Chipewyan. Compare family (def 14).
- athapascan — a group of North American Indian languages belonging to the Na-Dene phylum, including Apache and Navaho
- audio disc — an act of recording.
- auriscopes — Plural form of auriscope.
- auscultate — to examine (a patient) by means of auscultation
- autoscopic — of or relating to an out-of-body experience
- back score — a line at each end of the rink parallel to and equidistant from the foot score and the sweeping score.
- baroscopic — Relating to, or determined by, the baroscope.
- bathyscaph — a submersible vessel having a flotation compartment with an observation capsule underneath, capable of reaching ocean depths of over 10 000 metres (about 5000 fathoms)
- beachscape — a section or expanse of beach and shore scenery.
- bergamasca — a fast dance similar to the tarantella.
- berlusconi — Silvio (ˈsilvjo). born 1936, Italian politician and media tycoon: prime minister of Italy (1994–95, 2001–06, 2008–11); convicted of tax fraud and expelled from the Italian Senate in 2013
- bescreened — screen (def 17).
- bescribble — to cover with scribbles
- big screen — When people talk about the big screen, they are referring to films that are made for cinema rather than for television.
- bioscience — the life sciences collectively
- black disc — a conventional black vinyl gramophone record as opposed to a compact disc
- blastodisc — the blastula that forms as a flattened sphere on top of the yolk in the yolk-laden eggs of birds and reptiles.
- bnr pascal — ["Remote Rendezvous", N. Gammage et al, Soft Prac & Exp 17(10):741-755 (Oct 1987)].
- body scrub — a product designed to exfoliate the skin
- bomb scare — an alarm arising from the fear that a bomb may have been left in a place
- boy scouts — the worldwide movement founded by Lord Baden-Powell in 1908, now called the Scout Association in the UK and the Boys Scouts of America in the USA, which pursues a programme of activities for boys with the aim of developing character and responsibility
- brain scan — an examination of the brain, using radiological scanning techniques, used in medical diagnosis and scientific research
- brake disc — a metal disc that revolves with the wheel in a disc brake
- brix scale — a scale for calibrating hydrometers used for measuring the concentration and density of sugar solutions at a given temperature
- broadscale — on a broad scale; extensive; spread over a wide area
- bruschetta — Bruschetta is a slice of toasted bread which is brushed with olive oil and usually covered with chopped tomatoes.
- calescence — an increasing heat
- candescent — glowing or starting to glow with heat
- cascarilla — a West Indian euphorbiaceous shrub, Croton eluteria, whose bitter aromatic bark is used as a tonic
- caulescent — having a stem clearly visible above the ground
- celioscope — celoscope.
- celioscopy — celoscope.
- cgi script — Common Gateway Interface
- cityscapes — Plural form of cityscape.
- cloudscape — a picturesque formation of clouds
- coalescent — to grow together or into one body: The two lakes coalesced into one.
- coalescing — Present participle of coalesce.
- cockscombs — Plural form of cockscomb.
- codiscover — to discover jointly
- coeloscope — celoscope.
- colposcope — an instrument for examining the uterine cervix, esp for early signs of cancer
- colposcopy — an examination by means of a colposcope.
- condescend — If someone condescends to do something, they agree to do it, but in a way which shows that they think they are better than other people and should not have to do it.
- confiscate — If you confiscate something from someone, you take it away from them, usually as a punishment.
- connascent — born, produced, or growing simultaneously
- conscience — Conscience is doing what you believe is right even though it might be unpopular, difficult, or dangerous.
- conscribed — Simple past tense and past participle of conscribe.