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13-letter words containing a, c, o, e, n, s

  • share account — a savings account in a credit union.
  • sharecropping — the practice of cultivating farmland as a sharecropper
  • shell company — A shell company is a company that another company takes over in order to use its name to gain an advantage.
  • shock and awe — US military: use of extreme force
  • shockumentary — a television programme showing members of the public in shocking or violent situations
  • sign of peace — the liturgical practice of giving a sign of peace, union, or friendship, as a handshake or embrace, at some point in a Christian service, esp. in a Mass or Communion service
  • silicon alley — an area of New York City in which industries associated with information technology are concentrated
  • single combat — combat between two persons.
  • single-action — (of a firearm) requiring the cocking of the hammer before firing each shot: a single-action revolver.
  • skin reaction — an irritation or inflammation of the skin due to an allergy or infection, brought about by natural means or by a skin test.
  • soccer season — the part of each year during which soccer is usually played
  • social-minded — interested in or concerned with social conditions or the welfare of society.
  • solar furnace — a furnace using sunlight concentrated by concave mirrors as the direct source of heat.
  • sonic barrier — sound barrier.
  • southern cane — a stick or short staff used to assist one in walking; walking stick.
  • space fiction — a book, film, TV series, etc, set in outer space
  • space station — an orbiting manned structure that can be used for a variety of purposes, as to assemble or service satellites, refuel spacecraft, etc.
  • specification — the act of specifying.
  • spermatogenic — relating to the development of spermatozoa
  • splanchnocele — a primitive embryonic body cavity
  • staff section — section (def 10b).
  • stagecoachman — the driver or operator of a stagecoach
  • stannic oxide — a white, amorphous, water-insoluble powder, SnO 2 , used chiefly in the manufacture of ceramic glazes and glass, and of polishing powders for metal, glass, and marble.
  • state control — government ownership
  • streaky bacon — Streaky bacon is bacon which has stripes of fat between stripes of meat.
  • subadolescent — younger than or not quite adolescent
  • sublanceolate — (of leaves, etc) almost spear-shaped
  • suction valve — a nonreturn valve in a pump suction to prevent the pump draining or depriming when not in service
  • supercolumnar — existing above a column or columns: a supercolumnar feature.
  • superreaction — a reverse movement or tendency; an action in a reverse direction or manner.
  • superromantic — exceptionally romantic
  • surface noise — extraneous noise caused by physical wear or a physical flaw on a phonograph record or in a pickup system, rather than by a flaw in the equipment.
  • sweep account — Finance. a checking account from which money in excess of a specified amount is automatically transferred to another account or to an investment that earns a higher rate of return.
  • synaposematic — relating to synaposematism
  • synecdochical — a figure of speech in which a part is used for the whole or the whole for a part, the special for the general or the general for the special, as in ten sail for ten ships or a Croesus for a rich man.
  • take occasion — to avail oneself of an opportunity (to do something)
  • take stock in — a supply of goods kept on hand for sale to customers by a merchant, distributor, manufacturer, etc.; inventory.
  • tax inspector — a government official whose job is to make sure that people and companies are paying the right amount of tax
  • tenaciousness — holding fast; characterized by keeping a firm hold (often followed by of): a tenacious grip on my arm; tenacious of old habits.
  • terpsichorean — pertaining to dancing.
  • testification — the act of testifying or giving testimony.
  • the ascension — the bodily ascent of Jesus into heaven on the fortieth day after the Resurrection: Acts 1:9
  • the carolinas — North Carolina and South Carolina
  • the consulate — the consular government of France from 1799 to 1804
  • the secondary — cornerbacks and safeties collectively
  • thoracenteses — insertion of a hollow needle or similar instrument into the pleural cavity of the chest in order to drain pleural fluid.
  • thoracentesis — insertion of a hollow needle or similar instrument into the pleural cavity of the chest in order to drain pleural fluid.
  • time constant — the time required for a changing quantity in a circuit, as voltage or current, to rise or fall approximately 0.632 of the difference between its old and new value after an impulse has been applied that induces such a change: equal in seconds to the inductance of the circuit in henries divided by its resistance in ohms.
  • to one's face — the front part of the head, from the forehead to the chin.
  • trans-oceanic — extending across or traversing the ocean: a transoceanic cable.
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