10-letter words starting with s
- scarabaeid — belonging or pertaining to the Scarabaeidae, a family of lamellicorn beetles, including the scarabs, dung beetles, June bugs, and cockchafers.
- scarabaeus — scarab (defs 2, 3).
- scaramouch — a stock character in commedia dell'arte and farce who is a cowardly braggart, easily beaten and frightened.
- scarcement — a footing or ledge formed by a setoff in a wall.
- scare away — frighten off sb, sth
- scarf-ring — a ring which holds a scarf in place
- scarf-skin — the outermost layer of the skin; epidermis.
- scarifying — critical
- scarlatina — scarlet fever.
- scatheless — to attack with severe criticism.
- scatophagy — the act of eating dung or excrement
- scatoscopy — examination of the feces for diagnostic purposes.
- scattergun — A scattergun is a gun that fires a lot of small metal balls at the same time.
- scattering — distributed or occurring here and there at irregular intervals; scattered.
- scaturient — gushing; overflowing.
- scavengers — an animal or other organism that feeds on dead organic matter.
- scavenging — to take or gather (something usable) from discarded material.
- scene dock — dock1 (def 7).
- scenically — of or relating to natural scenery.
- scent-mark — to deposit a scent mark; mark.
- scepticism — skeptical attitude or temper; doubt.
- schaerbeek — a city in central Belgium, near Brussels.
- schafskopf — sheepshead (def 4).
- schalstein — a slate-like rock formed by shearing basaltic or andesitic tuff or lava
- scharwenka — (Ludwig) Philipp [loot-vikh fee-lip] /ˈlut vɪx ˈfi lɪp/ (Show IPA), 1847–1917, German composer.
- schaumburg — a city in NE Illinois.
- scheduling — a plan of procedure, usually written, for a proposed objective, especially with reference to the sequence of and time allotted for each item or operation necessary to its completion: The schedule allows three weeks for this stage.
- schefflera — any of various tropical trees or shrubs belonging to the genus Schefflera, of the ginseng family, having glossy, palmately compound leaves and often cultivated as a houseplant.
- schematism — the particular form or disposition of a thing.
- schematist — a person who forms schemes; a schemer
- schematize — to reduce to or arrange according to a scheme.
- scherzando — (a musical direction) playful; sportive.
- schipperke — one of a Belgian breed of small dogs having erect ears and a thick, black coat, originally used as a watchdog on boats in the Netherlands and Belgium.
- schismatic — Also, schismatical. of, relating to, or of the nature of schism; guilty of schism.
- schistosis — fibrosis of the lungs caused by inhaling dust from slate.
- schizocarp — a dry, dehiscent fruit that at maturity splits into two or more one-seeded carpels.
- schizogamy — reproduction characterized by division of the organism into sexual and asexual parts, as in certain polychaetes.
- schizogony — (in the asexual reproduction of certain sporozoans) the multiple fission of a trophozoite or schizont into merozoites.
- schizoidal — relating to a person with a schizoid personality disorder
- schleicher — August, 1821–68, German linguist.
- schlieffen — Alfred (ˈalfreːt), Count von Schlieffen. 1833–1913, German field marshal, who devised the Schlieffen Plan (1905): it was intended to ensure German victory over a Franco-Russian alliance by holding off Russia with minimal strength and swiftly defeating France by a massive flanking movement through the Low Countries. In a modified form, it was unsuccessfully employed in World War I (1914)
- schliemann — Heinrich [hahyn-rikh] /ˈhaɪn rɪx/ (Show IPA), 1822–90, German archaeologist: excavated ancient cities of Troy and Mycenae.
- schlimazel — an inept, bungling person who suffers from unremitting bad luck.
- schnitzler — Arthur [ahr-ther;; German ahr-too r] /ˈɑr θər;; German ˈɑr tʊər/ (Show IPA), 1862–1931, Austrian dramatist and novelist.
- schnozzola — a nose, especially one of unusually large size.
- schoenberg — Arnold (ˈarnɔlt). 1874–1951, Austrian composer and musical theorist, in the US after 1933. The harmonic idiom of such early works as the string sextet Verklärte Nacht (1899) gave way to his development of atonality, as in the song cycle Pierrot Lunaire (1912), and later of the twelve-tone technique. He wrote many choral, orchestral, and chamber works and the unfinished opera Moses and Aaron
- scholastic — of or relating to schools, scholars, or education: scholastic attainments.
- schongauer — Martin [mahr-tn;; German mahr-teen] /ˈmɑr tn;; German ˈmɑr tin/ (Show IPA), c1430–91, German engraver and painter.
- school age — the age set by law for children to start school attendance.
- school bus — a vehicle used to transport students to and from school or used for other related purposes.