10-letter words containing sco
- discounsel — to advise (a person) against a specific act
- discounted — to deduct a certain amount from (a bill, charge, etc.): All bills that are paid promptly will be discounted at two percent.
- discounter — a person who discounts.
- discourage — to deprive of courage, hope, or confidence; dishearten; dispirit.
- discoursal — of or relating to discourse
- discoursed — communication of thought by words; talk; conversation: earnest and intelligent discourse.
- discourser — One who discourses; a narrator or speaker.
- discourses — communication of thought by words; talk; conversation: earnest and intelligent discourse.
- discovered — to see, get knowledge of, learn of, find, or find out; gain sight or knowledge of (something previously unseen or unknown): to discover America; to discover electricity. Synonyms: detect, espy, descry, discern, ascertain, unearth, ferret out, notice.
- discoverer — a person who discovers.
- drop scone — a flat spongy cake made by dropping a spoonful of batter on a griddle
- dry fresco — fresco secco.
- dry-fresco — the technique of painting in watercolors on dry plaster. Also called dry fresco, secco. Compare fresco (def 1).
- dyscontrol — The inability to control one's behavior.
- eightscore — one hundred and sixty
- endoscopes — Plural form of endoscope.
- endoscopic — Of, or relating to endoscopy or an endoscope.
- ensconcing — Present participle of ensconce.
- episcopacy — Government of a church by bishops.
- episcopant — a bishop
- episcopate — The office or term of office of a bishop.
- episcopize — to make, rule as, or perform the duties of a bishop
- escoveitch — (West Indies) escabeche.
- fetoscopes — Plural form of fetoscope.
- fiberscope — an optical instrument consisting of a fiber bundle with an objective lens at one end and an eyepiece at the other, for viewing objects not accessible to direct viewing.
- fibrescope — (British) An instrument, consisting of a fibre optic bundle, used to observe inaccessible areas.
- foetoscope — (chiefly, British) alternative spelling of fetoscope.
- foetoscopy — Alternative form of fetoscopy.
- foot score — a line at each end of the rink that is at right angles to its length.
- fourscorth — eightieth
- full score — the entire score of a musical composition, showing each part separately
- funduscopy — Ophthalmoscopic examination of the fundus of the eye.
- gasconaded — Simple past tense and past participle of gasconade.
- gasconader — A great boaster; a blusterer.
- girl scout — (sometimes initial capital letters) a member of an organization of girls (Girl Scouts) founded in the U.S. in 1912 by Juliette Low that seeks to develop certain skills, as well as health, citizenship, and character.
- goalscorer — (football) A person who scores a goal, or scores goals.
- gonioscope — an optical instrument used for measuring the angle of the anterior chamber of the eye.
- gonioscopy — an optical instrument used for measuring the angle of the anterior chamber of the eye.
- gyroscopes — Plural form of gyroscope.
- gyroscopic — an apparatus consisting of a rotating wheel so mounted that its axis can turn freely in certain or all directions, and capable of maintaining the same absolute direction in space in spite of movements of the mountings and surrounding parts: used to maintain equilibrium, determine direction, etc.
- hagioscope — squint (def 13).
- helioscope — a telescope for viewing the sun, adapted to protect the eye of the viewer from the sun's glare.
- horoscopes — Plural form of horoscope.
- hydroscope — an optical device for viewing objects below the surface of water.
- hygroscope — an instrument that indicates the approximate humidity of the air.
- hygroscopy — The ability of a substance to attract and hold water molecules from the surrounding environment.
- iconoscope — a television camera tube in which a beam of high-velocity electrons scans a photoemissive mosaic.
- keep score — sport: record results
- kinescopes — Plural form of kinescope.
- lactoscope — an optical device for determining the amount of cream in milk.