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11-letter words containing sco

  • short score — a condensed version of the score for a musical composition, usually written for piano
  • sideroscope — an apparatus for detecting splinters of iron or steel in the eye.
  • sniperscope — a snooperscope designed for attaching to a rifle or carbine.
  • stauroscope — an optical instrument for studying the crystal structure of minerals under polarized light
  • stereoscope — an optical instrument through which two pictures of the same object, taken from slightly different points of view, are viewed, one by each eye, producing the effect of a single picture of the object, with the appearance of depth or relief.
  • stereoscopy — the study of the stereoscope and its techniques.
  • stethoscope — an instrument used in auscultation to convey sounds in the chest or other parts of the body to the ear of the examiner.
  • stone-scone — a village in central Scotland: site of coronation of Scottish kings until 1651.
  • stroboscope — a device for studying the motion of a body, especially a body in rapid revolution or vibration, by making the motion appear to slow down or stop, as by periodically illuminating the body or viewing it through widely spaced openings in a revolving disk.
  • surf scoter — a large, North American scoter, Melanitta perspicillata, the adult male of which is black with two white patches on the head.
  • telescoping — an optical instrument for making distant objects appear larger and therefore nearer. One of the two principal forms (refracting telescope) consists essentially of an objective lens set into one end of a tube and an adjustable eyepiece or combination of lenses set into the other end of a tube that slides into the first and through which the enlarged object is viewed directly; the other form (reflecting telescope) has a concave mirror that gathers light from the object and focuses it into an adjustable eyepiece or combination of lenses through which the reflection of the object is enlarged and viewed. Compare radio telescope.
  • telescopist — someone who is adept with a telescope
  • telescopium — an inconspicuous constellation in the S hemisphere, close to Sagittarius and Ara
  • thermoscope — a device that indicates a change in temperature, esp one that does not measure the actual temperature
  • true fresco — fresco (def 1).
  • true-fresco — fresco (def 1).
  • underscored — to mark with a line or lines underneath; underline, as for emphasis.
  • underscores — to mark with a line or lines underneath; underline, as for emphasis.
  • uranoscopid — any fish of the family Uranoscopidae, comprising the stargazers.
  • vascongadas — Basque Country
  • vectorscope — a waveform monitor which measures audio and video signals
  • viscountess — the wife or widow of a viscount.
  • vocal score — a musical score that shows voice parts in full and orchestral parts in the form of a piano transcription
  • wainscoting — wood, especially oak and usually in the form of paneling, for lining interior walls.
  • wainscotted — Having a wainscot.
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