14-letter words containing c, i, s, e, l
- sticking place — Also called sticking point. the place or point at which something stops and holds firm.
- stirling cycle — a highly efficient thermodynamic cycle in which air or an inert gas is compressed and expanded
- stopping place — a place where vehicles may stop temporarily
- straight-laced — strait-laced (sense 2)
- strait-lacedly — in a strait-laced manner
- streptobacilli — any of various bacilli that form in chains.
- stretchability — to draw out or extend (oneself, a body, limbs, wings, etc.) to the full length or extent (often followed by out): to stretch oneself out on the ground.
- striped muscle — a type of contractile tissue that is marked by transverse striations; it is concerned with moving skeletal parts to which it is usually attached
- structuralized — to form into or make part of a structure.
- studio complex — a building containing a room or rooms used to record television or radio programmes, make films, music, etc
- styptic pencil — a pencil-shaped stick of a paste containing alum or a similar styptic agent, used to stanch the bleeding of minor cuts.
- subcontinental — a large, relatively self-contained landmass forming a subdivision of a continent: the subcontinent of India.
- subgenerically — in a subgeneric manner; in a way relating to a subgenus
- subjectability — that which forms a basic matter of thought, discussion, investigation, etc.: a subject of conversation.
- successionless — not having a successor or descendants
- sucking diesel — doing very well; successful
- suicide clause — a clause in a life-insurance policy stating that the insurer is required to pay only the reserve or the total premiums paid if the policyholder should commit suicide within a stated period.
- sulfuric ether — ether (def 1).
- sulphacetamide — a topical antibiotic of the sulphonamide group, used to treat eye infections, as well as skin infections including acne
- sun animalcule — a heliozoan.
- supercelestial — located above the heavens; above the heavens or celestial regions
- superciliously — haughtily disdainful or contemptuous, as a person or a facial expression.
- supercivilized — (of a person or society) highly or excessively civilized
- superficiality — being at, on, or near the surface: a superficial wound.
- superficialize — to treat things superficially
- supermasculine — highly masculine
- survival curve — a line or curve plotted on a graph indicating survival rates of a specific population, as breast-cancer patients, over a period of time.
- susceptibility — state or character of being susceptible: susceptibility to disease.
- susceptible of — that gives a chance for; admitting; allowing
- susceptible to — liable to
- switch selling — a system of selling, now illegal in Britain, whereby potential customers are attracted by a special offer on some goods but the salesman's real aim is to sell other more expensive goods instead
- symmetric lisp — A parallel Lisp in which environments are first-class objects. It is implemented in Common LISP. E-mail: Suresh Jagannathan <[email protected]>.
- synaptic cleft — the small gap, measured in nanometers, between an axon terminal and any of the cell membranes in the immediate vicinity.
- synthetic fuel — fuel in the form of liquid or gas (synthetic natural gas) manufactured from coal or in the form of oil extracted from shale or tar sands.
- systematically — having, showing, or involving a system, method, or plan: a systematic course of reading; systematic efforts.
- technicalities — technical methods and vocabulary
- telangiectasis — chronic dilatation of the capillaries and other small blood vessels.
- teleprocessing — computerized processing and transmission of data over the telephone or other long-distance communications systems.
- telescopically — of, relating to, or of the nature of a telescope.
- telesmatically — in a telesmatic manner
- tellurous acid — a white, crystalline powder, H2TeO3
- the black isle — a peninsula in NE Scotland, in Highland council area, between the Cromarty and Moray Firths
- the cordeliers — a political club founded in 1790 and meeting at an old Cordelier convent in Paris
- the ice blacks — the international ice hockey team of New Zealand
- the mesolithic — the Mesolithic period; Middle Stone Age
- the salicaceae — a chiefly N temperate family of trees and shrubs having catkins: includes the willows and poplars
- ticket scalper — an unauthorized ticket speculator who buys tickets to a performance or sports event and resells them at inflated prices.
- tip the scales — to exercise a decisive influence
- tissue culture — the technique of cultivating living tissue in a prepared medium outside the body.
- trades council — (in Britain) an association of the different trade unions in one town or area