13-letter words containing c, e, r, o, u, s
- shockumentary — a television programme showing members of the public in shocking or violent situations
- short subject — a short film, as a documentary or travelogue, shown as part of a program with a feature-length film.
- slow puncture — a small hole in a tyre, from which the air escapes very slowly, so that at first it is not obvious that there is any problem with the tyre
- soft currency — econ: fluctuating value
- solar furnace — a furnace using sunlight concentrated by concave mirrors as the direct source of heat.
- south america — a continent in the S part of the Western Hemisphere. About 6,900,000 sq. mi. (17,871,000 sq. km).
- southern cane — a stick or short staff used to assist one in walking; walking stick.
- space tourism — travel into space for recreational purposes
- 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.
- spruce grouse — a grouse, Canachites canadensis, of coniferous forests of northern North America, that feeds on evergreen buds and needles.
- squirrel corn — an American plant, Dicentra canadensis, of the fumitory family, having yellow roots resembling kernels of corn, finely dissected leaves, and clusters of drooping, heart-shaped, cream-colored flowers.
- stercoraceous — consisting of, resembling, or pertaining to dung or feces.
- stercorarious — stercoraceous
- streptocarpus — any of various plants belonging to the genus Streptocarpus, of the gesneria family, native to Africa and Asia, having showy white, pink, or purplish flowers and often cultivated as a houseplant.
- streptococcus — any of several spherical or oval bacteria of the genus Streptococcus, occurring in pairs or chains, certain species of which are pathogenic for humans, causing scarlet fever, tonsillitis, etc.
- string course — a horizontal band or course, as of stone, projecting beyond or flush with the face of a building, often molded and sometimes richly carved.
- strobilaceous — resembling a strobilus; conelike.
- subcategorize — to split into subcategories
- subcoriaceous — almost leathery
- success story — an account of the achievement of success, fortune, or fame by someone or some enterprise.
- successorship — the position or state of a successor
- summer school — study programs offered by a school, college, or university during the summer to those who wish to obtain their degrees more quickly, who must make up credits, or who wish to supplement their education.
- supercautious — very or extremely cautious
- supercollider — a very large colliding-beam machine in which superconducting magnets create millions of megavolts of energy.
- supercolossal — greater than colossal, huge, enormous
- supercolumnar — existing above a column or columns: a supercolumnar feature.
- supercomputer — a very fast, powerful mainframe computer, used in advanced military and scientific applications.
- superreaction — a reverse movement or tendency; an action in a reverse direction or manner.
- superromantic — exceptionally romantic
- support price — the price at which the government will purchase commodities, especially farm produce, in order to maintain a certain price level.
- supramolecule — a collection of molecules held together by intermolecular forces
- supreme court — the highest court of the U.S.
- 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.
- survey course — an introductory course of study that provides a general view of an academic subject.
- suspercollate — to hang
- terrace house — a house in a terrace or a row of houses, usually identical and having common dividing walls
- tetrastichous — arranged in a spike of four vertical rows, as flowers.
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- treacherously — characterized by faithlessness or readiness to betray trust; traitorous.
- trichopterous — belonging or pertaining to the insect order Trichoptera, comprising the caddisflies.
- truck bolster — the upper transverse member of a car truck that holds the truck center plate and receives the car's weight.
- ugly customer — a hostile or dangerous person.
- un-cloistered — secluded from the world; sheltered: a cloistered life.
- unceremonious — discourteously abrupt; hasty; rude: He made an unceremonious departure in the middle of my speech.
- uncompromised — unable to function optimally, especially with regard to immune response, owing to underlying disease, harmful environmental exposure, or the side effects of a course of treatment.
- unconsecrated — to make or declare sacred; set apart or dedicate to the service of a deity: to consecrate a new church building.
- unconsidering — not reflective or thoughtful
- unconstrained — forced, compelled, or obliged: a constrained confession.
- unconstricted — to draw or press in; cause to contract or shrink; compress.
- unconstructed — (of clothing) made with little or no padding, interfacing, or lining, so as to fit loosely or softly on the body.