14-letter words containing c, e, r, a, s
- transcendental — transcendent, surpassing, or superior.
- transcorporeal — of the nature of the physical body; bodily.
- transcutaneous — by way of or through the skin.
- transempirical — beyond the range of experiential knowledge.
- transit circle — meridian circle.
- transmasculine — noting or relating to a person who was born female but whose gender identity is more male than female.
- transparencies — Also, transparence. the quality or state of being transparent.
- transplacental — across or passing through the placenta.
- transport café — an inexpensive eating place on a main route, used mainly by long-distance lorry drivers
- transrectifier — a device, usually a vacuum tube, that provides transrectification.
- treasure chest — A treasure chest is a box containing treasure.
- treasury bench — (in Britain) the front bench to the right of the Speaker in the House of Commons, traditionally reserved for members of the Government
- treasury stock — outstanding shares of stock reacquired and held by the issuing corporation.
- trisoctahedron — a solid bounded by 24 identical faces in groups of three, each group corresponding to one face of an octahedron.
- trucial states — an independent federation in E Arabia, formed in 1971, now comprising seven emirates on the S coast (formerly, Pirate Coast or Trucial Coast) of the Persian Gulf, formerly under British protection: Abu Dhabi, Dubai, Sharjah, Ajman, Umm al-Qaiwain, Ras al-Khaimah (joined 1972), and Fujairah. About 32,300 sq. mi. (83,657 sq. km). Capital: Abu Dhabi. Abbreviation: U.A.E.
- trysting place — a place for a meeting, especially a secret meeting of lovers; rendezvous.
- turn the scale — Often, scales. a balance or any of various other instruments or devices for weighing: We gave the parents a baby scale. The butcher placed the meat on the scales.
- two-horse race — a competition, election, etc, in which there are only two teams or candidates with a chance of winning
- tymshare, inc. — (company) The US company that created the TYMNET network.
- ultra-distance — covering a distance in excess of 30 miles, often as part of a longer race or competition
- ultraexclusive — extremely exclusive
- ultramasculine — extremely masculine
- ultraprecision — extreme accuracy or precision
- ultrarealistic — extremely realistic
- ultrastructure — the structures of a cell that are revealed by electron microscopy.
- unchristianize — to make unchristian; to render no longer Christian; to remove Christian status or nature from
- unconservative — disposed to preserve existing conditions, institutions, etc., or to restore traditional ones, and to limit change.
- uncrystallized — lacking a final form
- under-research — diligent and systematic inquiry or investigation into a subject in order to discover or revise facts, theories, applications, etc.: recent research in medicine.
- underinsurance — insurance purchased against damage or loss of property in an amount less than its true value, sometimes bought intentionally by the insured with full knowledge of the risk.
- undersecretary — an official who is subordinate to a principal secretary, as in the U.S. cabinet: Under Secretary of the Treasury.
- undiscoverable — unable to be discovered or found out
- undiscoverably — in an undiscoverable manner
- undistractedly — in an undistracted manner
- ungracefulness — the state of being ungraceful
- ungraciousness — the state of being ungracious
- unhysterically — in a way that does not show or suggest any hysteria; calmly; rationally
- unicorn chaser — originally a picture of a unicorn posted on a blog site shortly after an offensive or disturbing picture has been posted, as a kind of antidote to the previous post. Now used of a comforting or innocent image, video clip, or topic viewed or contemplated following a previous, disturbing image, video, etc.
- universal city — a city in S central Texas.
- unpurchaseable — not able to be bought or purchased
- unsectarianism — the state or quality of being unsectarian
- user interface — the interface features through which users interact with the hardware and software of computers and other electronic devices. Abbreviation: UI.
- v-shaped curve — a curve on a graph that shows a sharp fall followed by a correspondingly sharp rise
- 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).
- valerianaceous — belonging to the plant family Valerianaceae.
- van conversion — van2 (def 4).
- variable costs — Variable costs are costs that vary depending on how much of a product is made.
- varicose veins — swollen blood vessels
- velasco ibarra — José María [haw-se mah-ree-ah] /hɔˈsɛ mɑˈri ɑ/ (Show IPA), 1893–1979, Ecuadorean political leader: president 1934–35, 1944–47, 1952–56, 1960–61, 1968–72.
- vernix caseosa — the fatty matter, consisting chiefly of dead epidermal cells and sebaceous secretions, covering the skin of a fetus and newborn.