14-letter words containing c, a, e, i, t, s
- smoking jacket — a loose-fitting jacket for men, often of a heavy fabric and trimmed with braid, worn indoors, especially as a lounging jacket.
- sobriety coach — a person who is employed to help another to refrain from drinking alcohol
- social chapter — The social chapter is an agreement between countries in the European Union concerning workers' rights and working conditions.
- social charter — a declaration of the rights, minimum wages, maximum hours, etc, of workers in the European Union, later adopted in the Social Chapter
- social network — a network of friends, colleagues, and other personal contacts: Strong social networks can encourage healthy behaviors.
- social studies — a course of instruction in an elementary or secondary school comprising such subjects as history, geography, civics, etc.
- sodium citrate — a white, crystalline or granular, water-soluble, odorless solid, Na 3 C 6 H 5 O 7 ⋅2H 2 O, having a cool, saline taste: used in photography, in soft drinks, and in medicine chiefly to prevent the coagulation of blood.
- sodium lactate — a water-soluble, hygroscopic salt, C 3 H 5 NaO 3 , used in solution in medicine to treat metabolic acidosis, usually by injection.
- soft ice-cream — a softer and lighter-textured ice cream that contains more air than standard ice-cream. It was developed in Britain in the 20th century.
- somali current — a current of the Indian Ocean, flowing northward along the coast of Somalia in summer and southwestward the rest of the year.
- south american — a continent in the S part of the Western Hemisphere. About 6,900,000 sq. mi. (17,871,000 sq. km).
- sovietological — of or relating to Sovietology
- specbase_int92 — A variant of SPECint92 that reports "baseline" results, using stricter run rules.
- special effect — Usually, special effects. a video or audio illusion in film or other media, created with computer-generated images, prosthetic makeup, pyrotechnics, etc.
- specialisation — the act of specializing, or pursuing a particular line of study or work: Medical students with high student loans often feel driven into specialization.
- specialization — the act of specializing, or pursuing a particular line of study or work: Medical students with high student loans often feel driven into specialization.
- specimen plant — a plant grown by itself for ornamental effect, rather than being massed with others in a bed or border.
- specrate_int92 — (benchmark) The integer SPECrate derived from the results of a set of integer benchmarks (the geometric mean of six SPEC rates from CINT92) run multiple times simultaneously, and can be used to estimate a machine's overall multi-tasking throughput for integer code. It is typically used on multiprocessor machines. SPECrate_int92 obsoletes SPECintThruput89. See also SPECbaserate.
- spectacularity — of or like a spectacle; marked by or given to an impressive, large-scale display.
- spectrological — relating to spectres or spectrology
- spermatic cord — the cord by which a testis is suspended in the scrotum, containing the vas deferens and the blood vessels and nerves of the testis.
- spinthariscope — an instrument that detects ionizing radiation by picking up sparks of light from alpha particles.
- spirochaetosis — a disease caused by infection with a spirochete.
- spironolactone — a steroid, C 2 4 H 3 2 O 4 S, used in combination with other drugs as a diuretic and antihypertensive.
- st. catharines — a city in SE Ontario, in SE Canada.
- stadium jacket — an insulated, parkalike jacket that reaches to the mid thigh or the knees and often has a drawstring around the bottom edge, worn outdoors in cold weather.
- stage director — a person who directs a theatrical production.
- starting price — gambling odds
- state function — a thermodynamic quantity that has definite values for given states of a system, such as entropy, enthalpy, free energy, etc
- state medicine — socialized medicine.
- state services — services appointed to commemorate days of national celebration or deliverance such as the accession of a sovereign
- steam cracking — Steam cracking is the main method of breaking down large molecules of hydrocarbons, in which a gaseous or liquid hydrocarbon is diluted with steam and then heated.
- steeplechasing — a horse race over a turf course furnished with artificial ditches, hedges, and other obstacles over which the horses must jump.
- steganographic — of, or pertaining to, steganography
- stegocephalian — an extinct, pre-Jurassic amphibian
- sterculiaceous — of, relating to, or belonging to the Sterculiaceae, a chiefly tropical family of plants that includes cacao and cola
- stereochemical — of, relating to, stereochemistry
- sticking place — Also called sticking point. the place or point at which something stops and holds firm.
- stinking cedar — an evergreen tree, Torreya taxifolia, of the yew family, native to Florida, having rank-smelling foliage and dark-green, egg-shaped fruit.
- stock in trade — the requisites for carrying on a business, especially goods kept on hand for sale in a store.
- stock watering — the creation of more new shares in a company than is justified by its assets
- stock-in-trade — items used in performing a job
- stocking frame — a type of knitting machine
- stopping place — a place where vehicles may stop temporarily
- storage device — a device used to store digital data or information, as a hard disk or CD.
- straight-faced — a serious or impassive facial expression that conceals one's true feelings about something, especially a desire to laugh.
- straight-laced — strait-laced (sense 2)
- straightjacket — to put in or as in a straitjacket: Her ambition was straitjacketed by her family.
- strait-lacedly — in a strait-laced manner
- streptobacilli — any of various bacilli that form in chains.