15-letter words containing c, e, r, y
- sociocentricity — socially oriented.
- somatic therapy — any of a group of treatments presumed to act on biological factors leading to mental illness.
- special library — a library maintained by an organization, as a business, association, or government agency, to collect materials and provide information of special relevance to the work of the organization.
- spiny cocklebur — a cocklebur, Xanthium spinosum, introduced into North America from Europe.
- st. cyr-l'ecole — a town in N France, W of Versailles: military academy.
- statutory crime — a wrong punishable under a statute, rather than at common law.
- stay the course — to spend some time in a place, in a situation, with a person or group, etc.: He stayed in the army for ten years.
- stereochemistry — the branch of chemistry that deals with the determination of the relative positions in space of the atoms or groups of atoms in a compound and with the effects of these positions on the properties of the compound.
- stereologically — by way of stereology or in a stereological manner
- stereotypically — in a stereotypical manner
- sticky-fingered — given to thieving
- stretcher party — a group of stretcher bearers and the stretchers they are carrying
- strike it lucky — to have some good luck
- styloid process — a long, spinelike process of a bone, especially the projection from the base of the temporal bone.
- subsidiary cell — Immunology. any of various cells of the immune system that work with T or B cells to initiate a specific immune response.
- summary offence — an offence that is triable in a magistrates' court
- superefficiency — the quality or condition of being superefficient
- superintendency — a district or place under a superintendent.
- superplasticity — the phenomenon, exhibited by certain metals and alloys usually at high temperatures, of stretching to extreme lengths without breaking
- surface density — quantity, as of electric charge, per unit surface area.
- swiss army code — (programming, humour) Code for an application that is suffering from feature creep. Swiss Army Code does many things, but does none of them well.
- symmetric group — the group of all permutations of a finite set.
- synectics group — a group of people of varied background that meets to attempt creative solutions of problems through the unrestricted exercise of imagination and the correlation of disparate elements.
- synergistically — pertaining to, characteristic of, or resembling synergy: a synergistic effect.
- syngeneic graft — a tissue or organ transplanted from one member of a species to another, genetically identical member of the species, as a kidney transplanted from one identical twin to the other.
- synthetic resin — any of a large class of complex organic liquids or solids formed from simpler molecules by condensation or polymerization, used esp. in making plastics
- telegraphically — of or relating to the telegraph.
- tertiary colour — a colour formed by mixing two secondary colours
- tertiary sector — The tertiary sector consists of industries which provide a service, such as transport and finance.
- the confederacy — the league of Southern states that seceded from the U.S. in 1860 & 1861; Ala., Ark., Fla., Ga., La., Miss., N.C., S.C., Tenn., Tex., & Va.
- the paralympics — a sporting event, modelled on the Olympic Games, held solely for disabled competitors
- theatre company — an organization that produces theatrical performances
- therapeutically — of or relating to the treating or curing of disease; curative.
- thermochemistry — the branch of chemistry dealing with the relationship between chemical action and heat.
- thyroid extract — the powdered preparation made from the thyroid gland of certain animals, used to treat hypothyroidism
- to carry weight — If a person or their opinion carries weight, they are respected and are able to influence people.
- to the contrary — opposite in nature or character; diametrically or mutually opposed: contrary to fact; contrary propositions.
- tocodynamometer — tokodynamometer.
- training agency — (in Britain, formerly) an organization providing training and retraining for adult workers
- tray classifier — A tray classifier is a tank for leaching from a dispersed solid, in which pulp at the bottom of the tank is raked (= moved to the exit) while solvent is forced toward the bottom of the tank.
- tricotyledonous — having three cotyledons.
- tubal pregnancy — pregnancy that grows in fallopian tube
- turnkey project — a complete project usually including many major units of plant completed under one overall contract, such as a chemical works or power station complex
- umbrella policy — An umbrella policy is a policy that provides excess limits and gives additional excess coverage over the normal limits and coverage of liability policies.
- unceremoniously — discourteously abrupt; hasty; rude: He made an unceremonious departure in the middle of my speech.
- uncomplementary — forming a complement; completing.
- uncomplimentary — of the nature of, conveying, or expressing a compliment, often one that is politely flattering: a complimentary remark.
- unconstrainedly — in an unconfined manner
- uncooperatively — in an uncooperative or unhelpful manner
- uncopyrightable — not able to be copyrighted