11-letter words containing sco
- discourages — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of discourage.
- discoursing — communication of thought by words; talk; conversation: earnest and intelligent discourse.
- discourtesy — lack or breach of courtesy; incivility; rudeness.
- discoverers — Plural form of discoverer.
- discoveries — The action or process of discovering or being discovered.
- discovering — Present participle of discover.
- discoverist — advocating or using the discovery method.
- duns scotus — John ("Doctor Subtilis") 1265?–1308, Scottish scholastic theologian.
- eagle scout — a boy scout who has achieved the highest rank in U.S. scouting.
- epidiascope — An optical projector capable of giving images of both opaque and transparent objects.
- episcopally — By episcopal authority.
- episcopates — Plural form of episcopate.
- escort duty — a military duty in which one or more servicemen accompany a person, group of people, or vehicle, for protection, guidance, restraint, or as a mark of honour
- fiberscopes — Plural form of fiberscope.
- fluoroscope — a tube or box fitted with a screen coated with a fluorescent substance, used for viewing objects, especially deep body structures, by means of x-ray or other radiation.
- fluoroscopy — the use of or examination by means of a fluoroscope.
- frescobaldi — Girolamo [jee-raw-lah-maw] /dʒiˈrɔ lɑ mɔ/ (Show IPA), 1583–1643, Italian organist and composer.
- funduscopic — Relating to funduscopy.
- gasconading — extravagant boasting; boastful talk.
- gastroscope — a lighted flexible tubular instrument passed through the mouth for examining the esophagus, stomach, and duodenum.
- gastroscopy — the examination with a gastroscope to detect disease.
- goal scorer — somebody who scores goals
- goalscorers — Plural form of goalscorer.
- hagioscopes — Plural form of hagioscope.
- helioscopic — of or relating to observations of the sun
- hepatoscopy — medical examination of the liver.
- hopscotched — Simple past tense and past participle of hopscotch.
- horoscopist — One versed in horoscopy; an astrologer.
- hydroscopes — Plural form of hydroscope.
- hydroscopic — an optical device for viewing objects below the surface of water.
- hygroscopes — Plural form of hygroscope.
- hygroscopic — absorbing or attracting moisture from the air.
- ice-scoured — noting an area having surface features resulting from scouring by an advancing ice sheet during glaciation.
- iconoscopes — Plural form of iconoscope.
- john scopes — John Thomas, 1901–70, U.S. high-school teacher whose teaching of the Darwinian theory of evolution became a cause célèbre (Scopes Trial or Monkey Trial) in 1925.
- keratoscope — an instrument, as Placido's disk, for determining the symmetry of the curvature of the cornea.
- keratoscopy — an instrument, as Placido's disk, for determining the symmetry of the curvature of the cornea.
- kinetoscope — an early motion-picture device, invented by Edison, in which the film passed behind a peephole for viewing by a single viewer.
- laparoscope — a flexible fiberoptic instrument, passed through a small incision in the abdominal wall and equipped with biopsy forceps, an obturator, scissors or the like, with which to examine the abdominal cavity or perform minor surgery.
- laparoscopy — examination of the abdominal cavity or performance of minor abdominal surgery using a laparoscope.
- low-scoring — (of a sports match) having, getting, or ending in a low score
- lychnoscope — lowside window.
- macroscopic — visible to the naked eye. Compare microscopic (def 1).
- mascot rage — aggressive behaviour by mascots at sporting events
- metoposcopy — the prediction of a person's fortune, or the reading of a person's character, through the examination of the forehead or face
- microscopes — Plural form of microscope.
- microscopic — so small as to be invisible or indistinct without the use of the microscope: microscopic organisms. Compare macroscopic.
- mirrorscope — (dated) A slide projector.
- misconceive — Fail to understand correctly.
- misconstrue — to misunderstand the meaning of; take in a wrong sense; misinterpret.