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13-letter words containing a, s, c, e, i

  • 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.
  • swagger stick — a short, batonlike stick, usually leather-covered, sometimes carried by army officers, soldiers, etc.
  • switched-star — denoting or relating to a cable television system in which only one or two programme channels are fed to each subscriber, who can select other channels by remote control of a central switching point
  • symmetrically — characterized by or exhibiting symmetry; well-proportioned, as a body or whole; regular in form or arrangement of corresponding parts.
  • 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.
  • synthetically — of, pertaining to, proceeding by, or involving synthesis (opposed to analytic).
  • systematician — a person who adheres to, or creates, a system
  • tachistoscope — an apparatus for use in exposing visual stimuli, as pictures, letters, or words, for an extremely brief period, used chiefly to assess visual perception or to increase reading speed.
  • 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
  • tectosilicate — any silicate in which each tetrahedral group shares all its oxygen atoms with neighboring groups, the ratio of silicon to oxygen being 1 to 2.
  • tektosilicate — any silicate in which each tetrahedral group shares all its oxygen atoms with neighboring groups, the ratio of silicon to oxygen being 1 to 2.
  • telefacsimile — facsimile (def 2).
  • telemechanics — the science or practice of operating mechanisms by remote control.
  • tenaciousness — holding fast; characterized by keeping a firm hold (often followed by of): a tenacious grip on my arm; tenacious of old habits.
  • tennis racket — long-handled bat used in tennis
  • terpsichorean — pertaining to dancing.
  • testification — the act of testifying or giving testimony.
  • testificatory — related to a person who witnesses or an object used as evidence
  • tetrastichous — arranged in a spike of four vertical rows, as flowers.
  • 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 franchise — the right to vote, esp for representatives in a legislative body; suffrage
  • the-alchemist — a comedy (1610) by Ben Jonson.
  • theatricalism — conduct suggesting theatrical actions or mannerisms, especially of an extravagant or exhibitionist sort.
  • thermoelastic — pertaining to the thermodynamic effects produced by deformation of an elastic substance.
  • thermoplastic — soft and pliable when heated, as some plastics, without any change of the inherent properties.
  • thermostatics — the branch of science concerned with thermal equilibrium
  • thieves' cant — slang used by thieves
  • 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.
  • total eclipse — an eclipse in which the surface of the eclipsed body is completely obscured.
  • tract society — a society that publishes and distributes religious pamphlets.
  • train service — provision of railway transport
  • trans-oceanic — extending across or traversing the ocean: a transoceanic cable.
  • transactinide — any element having an atomic number higher than 103, the last of the actinide series. These superheavy, radioactive elements are extremely short-lived, and can only be created in the laboratory.
  • transactivate — to activate the replication of (a viral gene) through the presence of a gene at another locus, especially following a viral infection.
  • transcriptase — RNA polymerase.
  • transcriptome — a collection of all the messenger RNA in a particular cell
  • transmittance — Physics. the ratio of the radiant flux transmitted through and emerging from a body to the total flux incident on it: equivalent to one minus the absorptance.
  • traverse city — a city in NW Michigan.
  • trisaccharide — a carbohydrate composed of three monosaccharide units, and hydrolyzable to a monosaccharide or a mixture of monosaccharides.
  • unascertained — to find out definitely; learn with certainty or assurance; determine: to ascertain the facts.
  • uncertainness — not definitely ascertainable or fixed, as in time of occurrence, number, dimensions, or quality.
  • unchastisable — not deserving to be chastised; beyond reproach
  • uncleanliness — unclean.
  • unconstrained — forced, compelled, or obliged: a constrained confession.
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