13-letter words containing a, s, c, n
- simware, inc. — (company) The producers of REXXWARE. E-mail: <[email protected]>. Address: Ottawa, Canada.
- single combat — combat between two persons.
- single-acting — (of a reciprocating engine, pump, etc.) having pistons accomplishing work only in one direction. Compare double-acting (def 1).
- single-action — (of a firearm) requiring the cocking of the hammer before firing each shot: a single-action revolver.
- singles chart — a ranked chart of popular music (individual songs, not albums or collections) for a specific period of time
- sinistrocular — favoring the left eye, rather than the right, by habit or for effective vision (opposed to dextrocular).
- skepticalness — inclined to skepticism; having an attitude of doubt: a skeptical young woman who will question whatever you say.
- 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.
- skip distance — the minimum distance along the earth's surface between the position of a short-wave transmitter and the region where its signal is received after one reflection from the ionosphere.
- skunk cabbage — a low, fetid, broad-leaved North American plant, Symplocarpus foetidus, of the arum family, having a brownish-purple and green mottled spathe surrounding a stout spadix, growing in moist ground.
- slash fiction — a type or piece of fan fiction involving usually same-sex romantic relationships between fictional characters or famous people, whether or not the romances actually exist: Sherlock Holmes/Dr. Watson slash fiction. Also called slash.
- slide changer — a device for changing the slide displayed in a projector
- sliding scale — a variable scale, especially of industrial costs, as wages, that may be adapted to changes in demand.
- slow handclap — slow rhythmic clapping, esp used by an audience to indicate dissatisfaction or impatience
- snake charmer — an entertainer who seems to charm venomous snakes, usually by music.
- soccer season — the part of each year during which soccer is usually played
- social action — individual or group behavior that involves interaction with other individuals or groups, especially organized action toward social reform.
- social column — a column in a newspaper or magazine that details the activities of members of fashionable society
- social gaming — the playing of online games on social media websites.
- social-minded — interested in or concerned with social conditions or the welfare of society.
- socialization — a continuing process whereby an individual acquires a personal identity and learns the norms, values, behavior, and social skills appropriate to his or her social position.
- solar furnace — a furnace using sunlight concentrated by concave mirrors as the direct source of heat.
- solicitations — instances of asking someone for money, help, support, or an opinion
- sonic barrier — sound barrier.
- south african — of southern Africa.
- southern cane — a stick or short staff used to assist one in walking; walking stick.
- space blanket — a plastic insulating body wrapping coated on one or both sides with aluminium foil which reflects back most of the body heat lost by radiation: carried by climbers, mountaineers, etc, for use in cases of exposure or exhaustion
- space fiction — a book, film, TV series, etc, set in outer space
- space heating — the heating of a limited area, as a room, by means of a heater (space heater) within the area.
- space science — any of the sciences involved in space travel or the exploration of space, as space medicine.
- space station — an orbiting manned structure that can be used for a variety of purposes, as to assemble or service satellites, refuel spacecraft, etc.
- spanish cedar — a tropical American tree, Cedrela odorata, of the mahogany family.
- spastic colon — a chronic condition of recurring abdominal pain with constipation or diarrhoea or both
- special agent — an investigator in a law enforcement agency.
- special needs — learning difficulties
- specific name — the second part in the name of a species, such as norvegicus in Rattus norvegicus
- specification — the act of specifying.
- specimen page — a page regarded as typical of pages of its type, esp one produced by a typesetter or designer to show an example of the typesetting for a book
- spectral line — a line in a spectrum due to the absorption or emission of light at a discrete frequency.
- speech island — a speech community that is completely surrounded by another, usually larger, speech community.
- speech making — act of addressing the public formally
- speechreading — the act or process of determining the intended meaning of a speaker by utilizing all visual clues accompanying speech attempts, as lip movements, facial expressions, and bodily gestures, used especially by people with impaired hearing.
- spermatogenic — relating to the development of spermatozoa
- sperry univac — (company) One of the divisions of Sperry Corporation at the time that company merged with the Burroughs Corporation to form Unisys Corporation.
- sphagnicolous — growing in moss
- spice islands — the Moluccas
- spinal column — the series of vertebrae in a vertebrate animal forming the axis of the skeleton and protecting the spinal cord; spine; backbone.
- spiral casing — a spiral passage for directing the water from a penstock around a water turbine and into the rotor.
- splanchnocele — a primitive embryonic body cavity
- splanchnology — the visceral system