13-letter words containing c, e, n, s, d
- shaft encoder — A shaft encoder is a sensor for measuring how fast a shaft rotates.
- ship chandler — a person who deals in cordage, canvas, and other supplies for ships.
- ship decanter — a glass decanter with a very wide base.
- shock and awe — US military: use of extreme force
- side entrance — an entrance at the side of a building
- single-celled — having or containing a single cell
- single-decker — A single-decker or a single-decker bus is a bus with only one deck.
- 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.
- 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.
- social-minded — interested in or concerned with social conditions or the welfare of society.
- sound effects — any sounds artificially produced, reproduced from a recording, etc, to create a theatrical effect, such as the bringing together of two halves of a hollow coconut shell to simulate a horse's gallop; used in plays, films, etc
- spanish cedar — a tropical American tree, Cedrela odorata, of the mahogany family.
- special needs — learning difficulties
- speech island — a speech community that is completely surrounded by another, usually larger, speech community.
- 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.
- speedcoding 3 — (language) [Listed in CACM 2(5):16, May 1959].
- spice islands — the Moluccas
- spot reducing — the usually futile effort to exercise one part of the body, as the thighs, in hopes of reducing the amount of fat stored in that area.
- stand accused — If someone stands accused of something, they have been accused of it.
- standard cell — a primary electric cell, as the Weston cell, that produces an accurately known constant voltage: used in scientific measurements.
- 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.
- steroidogenic — of or pertaining to steroidogenesis
- stockbreeding — the breeding and raising of livestock for marketing or exhibition.
- subadolescent — younger than or not quite adolescent
- subdiscipline — training to act in accordance with rules; drill: military discipline.
- subindicative — of or relating to subindicating
- subject index — alphabetical contents list
- supercalender — a roll or set of rolls for giving a high, smooth finish to paper.
- suspectedness — the state of being suspected
- sweet-scented — having a pleasant and sweet smell; fragrant.
- syndesmectomy — excision of part of a ligament.
- 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.
- technologised — to make technological; to modernize or modify with technology.
- teledildonics — a technology supposedly enabling two or more people to engage in sexual activity remotely
- the decencies — those things that are considered necessary for a decent life
- the secondary — cornerbacks and safeties collectively
- thick-skinned — having a thick skin.
- thirty-second — next after the thirty-first; being the ordinal number for 32.
- thunderstruck — overcome with consternation; confounded; astounded: He was thunderstruck by the news of his promotion.
- time discount — a discount allowed for payment of an invoice or bill before it falls due.
- transactinide — any element having an atomic number higher than 103, the last of the actinide series. These superheavy, radioactive elements are extremely short-lived, and can only be created in the laboratory.
- transcendence — the quality or state of being transcendent.
- transcendency — the quality or state of being transcendent.
- transcendents — going beyond ordinary limits; surpassing; exceeding.
- twenty-second — next after the twenty-first; being the ordinal number for 22.
- un-cloistered — secluded from the world; sheltered: a cloistered life.
- unascertained — to find out definitely; learn with certainty or assurance; determine: to ascertain the facts.
- uncircumcised — not circumcised.
- uncloudedness — the quality or state of being unclouded or free of clouds