13-letter words containing c, a, s, e, n, o
- share account — a savings account in a credit union.
- sharecropping — the practice of cultivating farmland as a sharecropper
- shell company — A shell company is a company that another company takes over in order to use its name to gain an advantage.
- shock and awe — US military: use of extreme force
- shockumentary — a television programme showing members of the public in shocking or violent situations
- sign of peace — the liturgical practice of giving a sign of peace, union, or friendship, as a handshake or embrace, at some point in a Christian service, esp. in a Mass or Communion service
- silicon alley — an area of New York City in which industries associated with information technology are concentrated
- single combat — combat between two persons.
- single-action — (of a firearm) requiring the cocking of the hammer before firing each shot: a single-action revolver.
- 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.
- soccer season — the part of each year during which soccer is usually played
- social-minded — interested in or concerned with social conditions or the welfare of society.
- solar furnace — a furnace using sunlight concentrated by concave mirrors as the direct source of heat.
- sonic barrier — sound barrier.
- southern cane — a stick or short staff used to assist one in walking; walking stick.
- space fiction — a book, film, TV series, etc, set in outer space
- space station — an orbiting manned structure that can be used for a variety of purposes, as to assemble or service satellites, refuel spacecraft, etc.
- specification — the act of specifying.
- spermatogenic — relating to the development of spermatozoa
- splanchnocele — a primitive embryonic body cavity
- staff section — section (def 10b).
- stagecoachman — the driver or operator of a stagecoach
- stannic oxide — a white, amorphous, water-insoluble powder, SnO 2 , used chiefly in the manufacture of ceramic glazes and glass, and of polishing powders for metal, glass, and marble.
- state control — government ownership
- streaky bacon — Streaky bacon is bacon which has stripes of fat between stripes of meat.
- subadolescent — younger than or not quite adolescent
- sublanceolate — (of leaves, etc) almost spear-shaped
- suction valve — a nonreturn valve in a pump suction to prevent the pump draining or depriming when not in service
- supercolumnar — existing above a column or columns: a supercolumnar feature.
- superreaction — a reverse movement or tendency; an action in a reverse direction or manner.
- 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.
- sweep account — Finance. a checking account from which money in excess of a specified amount is automatically transferred to another account or to an investment that earns a higher rate of return.
- 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.
- 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
- tenaciousness — holding fast; characterized by keeping a firm hold (often followed by of): a tenacious grip on my arm; tenacious of old habits.
- terpsichorean — pertaining to dancing.
- testification — the act of testifying or giving testimony.
- 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 consulate — the consular government of France from 1799 to 1804
- the secondary — cornerbacks and safeties collectively
- thoracenteses — insertion of a hollow needle or similar instrument into the pleural cavity of the chest in order to drain pleural fluid.
- 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.
- to one's face — the front part of the head, from the forehead to the chin.
- trans-oceanic — extending across or traversing the ocean: a transoceanic cable.