13-letter words containing a, c, e, t, y
- screaming tty — [Unix] A terminal line which spews an infinite number of random characters at the operating system. This can happen if the terminal is either disconnected or connected to a powered-off terminal but still enabled for login; misconfiguration, misimplementation, or simple bad luck can start such a terminal screaming. A screaming tty or two can seriously degrade the performance of a vanilla Unix system; the arriving "characters" are treated as userid/password pairs and tested as such. The Unix password encryption algorithm is designed to be computationally intensive in order to foil brute-force crack attacks, so although none of the logins succeeds; the overhead of rejecting them all can be substantial.
- secretaryship — a person, usually an official, who is in charge of the records, correspondence, minutes of meetings, and related affairs of an organization, company, association, etc.: the secretary of the Linguistic Society of America.
- security leak — a leak of information that could endanger public safety
- selectability — to choose in preference to another or others; pick out.
- semi-mythical — pertaining to, of the nature of, or involving a myth.
- shock therapy — (not in technical use) any of various therapies, as insulin shock therapy or electroconvulsive therapy, that induce convulsions or unconsciousness, used for symptomatic relief in certain mental disorders.
- shockumentary — a television programme showing members of the public in shocking or violent situations
- sketchability — the suitability for being sketched
- sparcsystem 4 — (computer) A computer built with the MicroSPARC ii 70MHz CPU as used in the SPARC 5 Model 70. The SPARCsystem 4 is basically a cheaper, cut-down SPARC 5. It has an 8-bit pixel accelerator instead of the SBus Turbo GX card. Memory expansion is limited to 160 MB. Availability was planned for March/April 1995.
- spectacularly — of or like a spectacle; marked by or given to an impressive, large-scale display.
- spectral type — a category for classifying a star, as A star or G star, according to features of its spectrum, as its shape as a function of temperature and wavelength and its absorption spectrum, that indicate the surface temperature of the star and the presence of particular atoms or molecules in its outer layers: principal types are spectral types O, B, A, F, G, K, and M.
- spectrography — a spectroscope for photographing or producing a representation of a spectrum.
- speculatively — pertaining to, of the nature of, or characterized by speculation, contemplation, conjecture, or abstract reasoning: a speculative approach.
- static memory — the contents of computer memory that remain fixed until written to or until the power is turned off.
- stereotypical — a process, now often replaced by more advanced methods, for making metal printing plates by taking a mold of composed type or the like in papier-mâché or other material and then taking from this mold a cast in type metal.
- strategically — pertaining to, characterized by, or of the nature of strategy: strategic movements.
- streaky bacon — Streaky bacon is bacon which has stripes of fat between stripes of meat.
- subspeciality — a particular area of expertise within a specialism
- superactivity — extreme activity; hyperactivity
- surface yeast — yeast that rises to the surface as froth during fermentation.
- symmetrically — characterized by or exhibiting symmetry; well-proportioned, as a body or whole; regular in form or arrangement of corresponding parts.
- sympathectomy — surgery that interrupts a nerve pathway of the sympathetic or involuntary nervous system.
- synaposematic — relating to synaposematism
- synthetically — of, pertaining to, proceeding by, or involving synthesis (opposed to analytic).
- systematician — a person who adheres to, or creates, a system
- telegenically — having physical qualities or characteristics that televise well; videogenic.
- tertiary care — the aspect of in-patient care dealing with illnesses or conditions requiring specialized techniques, as coronary artery bypass surgery, renal hemodialysis, and treatment of severe burns.
- testificatory — related to a person who witnesses or an object used as evidence
- the archenemy — the devil
- the heptarchy — the supposed confederacy of seven Anglo-Saxon kingdoms
- the necessary — the money required for a particular purpose
- the secondary — cornerbacks and safeties collectively
- theatricality — of or relating to the theater or dramatic presentations: theatrical performances.
- theologically — of, relating to, or involved with theology: a theological student.
- theoretically — of, relating to, or consisting in theory; not practical (distinguished from applied).
- thermodynamic — of or relating to thermodynamics.
- ticket agency — an agency dealing in the sale of tickets, especially theater tickets.
- tracheophytes — any plant of the former division Tracheophyta, comprising all the vascular plants.
- tract society — a society that publishes and distributes religious pamphlets.
- transcendency — the quality or state of being transcendent.
- translucently — permitting light to pass through but diffusing it so that persons, objects, etc., on the opposite side are not clearly visible: Frosted window glass is translucent but not transparent.
- travel agency — a business that accommodates travelers, as by securing tickets, arranging for reservations, and giving information.
- traverse city — a city in NW Michigan.
- treacherously — characterized by faithlessness or readiness to betray trust; traitorous.
- tricarpellary — having three carpels.
- tropical year — year (def 4b).
- turkey carpet — a wool carpet made in one piece and having a deep velvety pile and rich glowing colours
- tympanic bone — (in mammals) a bone of the skull, supporting the tympanic membrane and enclosing part of the tympanum or middle ear.
- type locality — Biology. the locality in which a type specimen was collected.
- underactivity — insufficient activity