14-letter words containing c, a, s, d, e, m
- pyramid scheme — pyramid (def 8).
- quasi-academic — of or relating to a college, academy, school, or other educational institution, especially one for higher education: academic requirements.
- radio spectrum — the portion of the electromagnetic spectrum that includes radio waves.
- radiochemistry — the chemical study of radioactive elements, both natural and artificial, and their use in the study of chemical processes.
- reach-me-downs — trousers
- sacred monster — a celebrity whose eccentricities or indiscretions are easily forgiven by admirers.
- scandium oxide — a white infusible powder, Sc 2 O 3 , soluble in acids.
- scapular medal — a medal that has been blessed and may be substituted for a scapular (sense 3)
- schafer method — a method of artificial respiration in which the patient is placed face downward, pressure then being rhythmically applied with the hands to the lower part of the thorax.
- scrambled eggs — scrambled eggs are eggs that are mixed together and then cooked in butter.
- scream and die — Synonym cough and die, but connotes that an error message was printed or displayed before the program crashed.
- second baseman — the player whose position is second base.
- second chamber — the parliament of the Netherlands, consisting of an upper chamber (First Chamber) and a lower chamber (Second Chamber)
- secondary beam — a beam of particles of one kind selected from the group of particles produced when a beam of particles from an accelerator (primary beam) strikes a target.
- self-dominance — rule; control; authority; ascendancy.
- self-impedance — Electricity. the total opposition to alternating current by an electric circuit, equal to the square root of the sum of the squares of the resistance and reactance of the circuit and usually expressed in ohms. Symbol: Z.
- semantic field — an area of human experience or perception, as color, that is delimited and subcategorized by a set of interrelated vocabulary items in a language.
- semi-dominance — incomplete dominance.
- shamefacedness — modest or bashful.
- slalom descent — a winding descent
- smoked haddock — haddock that has been cured by treating with smoke
- 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 cyanide — a white, crystalline, deliquescent, water-soluble, poisonous powder, NaCN, prepared by heating sodium amide with charcoal: used chiefly in casehardening alloys, in the leaching and flotation of ore, and in electroplating.
- 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.
- space medicine — the branch of aviation medicine dealing with the effects on humans of flying outside the earth's atmosphere.
- speed merchant — a person who habitually drives too fast in a motor vehicle
- 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.
- 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.
- state medicine — socialized medicine.
- sulphacetamide — a topical antibiotic of the sulphonamide group, used to treat eye infections, as well as skin infections including acne
- thermodynamics — the science concerned with the relations between heat and mechanical energy or work, and the conversion of one into the other: modern thermodynamics deals with the properties of systems for the description of which temperature is a necessary coordinate.
- unaccomplished — not accomplished; incomplete or not carried out: Many tasks remain unaccomplished.
- unaccustomedly — in an unaccustomed manner
- undecomposable — indecomposable or unable to be decomposed
- undomesticated — to convert (animals, plants, etc.) to domestic uses; tame.
- vacuum residue — Vacuum residue is the substance which is obtained by vacuum distillation (= a process of separating substances by reducing pressure to less than atmospheric pressure).