13-letter words containing c, a, r, y, s
- pharmacognosy — materia medica (def 2).
- pharyngoscope — an instrument for inspecting the pharynx.
- pharyngoscopy — an examination by means of a pharyngoscope.
- physharmonica — a keyboard musical instrument fitted with free reeds, and which is an early form of harmonium
- physiographic — the science of physical geography.
- playing cards — cards used in playing various games, arranged in decks of four suits (spades, hearts, diamonds, and clubs): a standard deck has 52 cards
- postcranially — affecting the postcranium
- postsecondary — of or relating to education beyond high school: She completed her postsecondary education at a two-year college.
- potter's clay — a clay, suitably plastic and free of iron and other impurities, for use by potters.
- priority case — a matter that takes precedence over others
- prismatically — of, relating to, or like a prism.
- processionary — of, relating to, or moving in a procession
- prostatectomy — excision of part or all of the prostate gland.
- psychobabbler — a person who uses psychobabble
- psychographer — a person who writes a psychograph; a psychological or psychographic biographer.
- psychographic — Psychology. a graph indicating the relative strength of the personality traits of an individual.
- psychotherapy — the treatment of psychological disorders or maladjustments by a professional technique, as psychoanalysis, group therapy, or behavioral therapy.
- quasi-crystal — a group of atoms resembling a crystal but not having symmetrical plane faces
- rayleigh disc — a small light disc suspended in the path of a sound wave, used to measure the intensity of the sound by analysing the resulting deflection of the disc
- realistically — interested in, concerned with, or based on what is real or practical: a realistic estimate of costs; a realistic planner.
- recrystallize — to become crystallized again.
- resectability — the state of being resectable
- restless cavy — a wild guinea pig.
- roxas y acuña — Manuel (maˈnwel). 1892–1948, Philippine statesman; first president of the Republic of the Philippines (1946–48)
- royal society — The Royal Society of London for the Advancement of Science, a society through which the British government has supported scientific investigation since 1662: awards four annual medals.
- saccharimetry — the process of measuring the amount of sugar in a sample, as with a saccharimeter or by polarimetry.
- saccharolytic — of or causing the hydrolysis of sugars.
- saccharometry — the process of determining the quantity of sugar in a solution
- saccharomyces — a fungus of the genus Saccharomyces, esp the yeast plant
- sacramentally — of, relating to, or of the nature of a sacrament, especially the sacrament of the Eucharist.
- sacrifice fly — a fly ball when there are fewer than two players out that enables a base runner, usually at third base, to score after the ball is caught.
- sacrificially — pertaining to or concerned with sacrifice.
- sacrosanctity — extremely sacred or inviolable: a sacrosanct chamber in the temple.
- safety factor — the ratio of the maximum stress that a structural part or other piece of material can withstand to the maximum stress estimated for it in the use for which it is designed.
- safety screen — a screen covering a work area and protecting people and equipment from fire and other danger
- sarcastically — of, relating to, or characterized by sarcasm: a sarcastic reply.
- scalariformly — in a scalariform or ladder-like manner
- scarcely ever — almost never, seldom
- sclerotherapy — Medicine/Medical. a treatment for varicose veins in which blood flow is diverted and the veins collapsed by injection of a hardening solution, also used cosmetically in spider veins to eliminate discoloration.
- scotland yard — a short street in central London, England: formerly the site of the London police headquarters, which were removed 1890 to a Thames embankment (New Scotland Yard, ).
- 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.
- scullery maid — a maid whose duties include washing up and vegetable preparation
- secondary era — the period from the beginning of the Triassic to the end of the Cretaceous
- 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
- seismic array — a system of linked seismographs arranged in a regular geometric pattern to increase sensitivity to earthquake detection
- serologically — as pertains to or with respect to serology; in a serological manner
- severance pay — money, exclusive of wages, back pay, etc., paid to an employee who has tenure and who is dismissed because of lack of work or other reasons beyond the employee's control.
- 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