10-letter words starting with s
- school day — any day on which school is conducted.
- school kid — child of school age
- school run — The school run is the journey that parents make each day when they take their children to school and bring them home from school.
- school tie — old school tie.
- schoolbook — a book for study in schools.
- schooldays — school-age period
- schoolgirl — a girl attending school.
- schooligan — a person of school age who engages in acts of public disorder
- schoolmaid — a schoolgirl
- schoolmarm — a female schoolteacher, especially of the old-time country school type, popularly held to be strict and priggish.
- schoolmate — a companion or associate at school.
- schoolroom — a room in which a class is conducted or pupils are taught.
- schooltide — schooldays
- schooltime — the period during which schools are open
- schoolward — towards or in the direction of school
- schoolwork — the material studied in or for school, comprising homework and work done in class.
- schoolyard — a playground or sports field near a school.
- schrieffer — John Robert, born 1931, U.S. physicist: Nobel prize 1972.
- schtupping — to have sexual intercourse with.
- schumacher — Ernst Friedrich (ɛrnst ˈfriːdrɪç). 1911–77, British economist, born in Germany. He is best known for his book Small is Beautiful (1973)
- schumpeter — Joseph Alois [uh-lois] /əˈlɔɪs/ (Show IPA), 1883–1950, U.S. economist, born in Austria.
- schuylkill — a river flowing SE from E Pennsylvania to the Delaware River at Philadelphia. 131 miles (210 km) long.
- schwarzlot — a type of black decoration on German glassware and ceramics that was popular in the 17th and 18th centuries
- schweitzer — Albert, 1875–1965, Alsatian writer, missionary, doctor, and musician in Africa: Nobel Peace Prize 1952.
- schwitters — Kurt [koo rt] /kʊərt/ (Show IPA), 1887–1948, German artist.
- scientific — of or relating to science or the sciences: scientific studies.
- scillonian — of or relating to the Scilly Isles or their inhabitants
- scindapsus — any plant of the tropical Asiatic climbing genus Scindapsus, typically stem rooting, esp S. aureus and S. pictus, grown as greenhouse or house plants for their leathery heart-shaped variegated leaves: family Araceae
- scintigram — a paper printout or photographic record indicating the intensity and distribution of radioactivity in tissues after administration of a radioactive tracer.
- scintillon — a luminescent body present in the cytoplasm of some dinoflagellates
- sciolistic — superficial knowledge.
- scleroderm — a fish of the sclerodermi tribe
- sclerotial — a vegetative, resting food-storage body in certain higher fungi, composed of a compact mass of hardened mycelia.
- sclerotium — a vegetative, resting food-storage body in certain higher fungi, composed of a compact mass of hardened mycelia.
- sclerotize — to harden and darken (an insect's cuticle)
- sclerotome — Embryology. the part of a mesodermal somite contributing to the development of the vertebrae and ribs.
- sclerotomy — incision into the sclera, as to extract foreign bodies.
- scoffingly — to speak derisively; mock; jeer (often followed by at): If you can't do any better, don't scoff. Their efforts toward a peaceful settlement are not to be scoffed at.
- scooby doo — a clue
- scoop neck — a round, usually low, neckline on a dress, blouse, etc.
- scoot over — come quickly
- scordatura — the tuning of a stringed instrument in other than the usual way to facilitate the playing of certain compositions.
- score card — sport: card for recording results
- score draw — A score draw is the result of a football match in which both teams score at least one goal, and they score the same number of goals.
- scoreboard — a large, usually rectangular board in a ballpark, sports arena, or the like, that shows the score of a contest and often other relevant facts and figures, as the count of balls and strikes on a baseball batter.
- scoresheet — a sheet of paper on which scores are recorded
- scornfully — full of scorn; derisive; contemptuous: He smiled in a scornful way.
- scorpaenid — belonging or pertaining to the Scorpaenidae, a family of marine fishes with spiny fins, including the rockfishes, scorpionfishes, and lionfishes.
- scorzonera — a plant of the modern genus Scorzonera, esp S. Hispanica or black salsify, cultivated in Europe for its root which is used as a vegetable
- scotch egg — British Cookery. a hard-boiled egg encased in sausage meat, breaded, and deep-fried.