13-letter words containing c, l, a, u, s
- porcelaineous — like porcelain
- postauricular — of or relating to the ear or to the sense of hearing; aural.
- postholocaust — following a holocaust
- prague school — a school of linguistics emphasizing structure, active in the 1920s and 1930s.
- precious opal — any opal having a play of colors, used as a gemstone.
- prosecutorial — of or relating to a prosecutor or prosecution: prosecutorial zeal.
- pseudo-social — relating to, devoted to, or characterized by friendly companionship or relations: a social club.
- pseudoclassic — falsely or spuriously classic.
- public access — the availability of noncommercial television and radio broadcasting facilities to community groups or members of the public for programs of general interest to the community, especially as a condition of cable television franchises.
- quadriplegics — Plural form of quadriplegic.
- quasi-crystal — a group of atoms resembling a crystal but not having symmetrical plane faces
- quasi-medical — of or relating to the science or practice of medicine: medical history; medical treatment.
- quasiparticle — an entity, as an exciton or phonon, that interacts with elementary particles, but does not exist as a free particle.
- quick-release — (of part of a device, etc) capable of being detached quickly and easily
- réaumur scale — René Antoine Ferchault de [ruh-ney ahn-twan fer-shoh duh] /rəˈneɪ ɑ̃ˈtwan fɛrˈʃoʊ də/ (Show IPA), 1683–1757, French physicist and inventor.
- republicanism — republican government.
- revascularize — to surgically improve the blood circulation of (an organ or area of the body).
- ruled surface — a surface that can be generated by a straight line, as a cylinder or cone.
- rural science — the study and theory of agriculture, biology, ecology, and associated fields
- sacral plexus — a nerve network originating from the nerves of the sacral spine and innervating large areas of the lower trunk and legs, especially via the sciatic nerves.
- saint columba — Padraic [paw-drik] /ˈpɔ drɪk/ (Show IPA), 1881–1972, Irish poet and dramatist, in the U.S. from 1914.
- salviniaceous — relating to the genus Salviniaceae
- sansculottism — (in the French Revolution) a revolutionary of the poorer class: originally a term of contempt applied by the aristocrats but later adopted as a popular name by the revolutionaries.
- saving clause — a clause which denotes a reservation or exception
- sawbuck table — a table that has X -shaped legs.
- scapulimantic — relating to scapulimancy
- scathefulness — the state or quality of being harmful or injurious
- schutzstaffel — an elite military unit of the Nazi party that served as Hitler's bodyguard and as a special police force. Abbreviation: SS.
- sclerocaulous — having a hard, dry stem
- scripturalism — the state of being scriptural or adhering to the Scriptures when translating or writing
- scripturalist — a literalist or translator obedient to the Scriptures
- scullery maid — a maid whose duties include washing up and vegetable preparation
- security leak — a leak of information that could endanger public safety
- selenous acid — a colorless, transparent, crystalline powder, H2SeO3, soluble in water and used as a reagent
- self-educated — educated by one's own efforts, especially without formal instruction.
- semi-circular — Something that is semi-circular has the shape of half a circle.
- sesquiplicate — relating to or involving the ratio between the square roots of the cubes of given terms; i.e. the sesquiplicate ratio of given terms is the ratio between the square roots of the cubes of those terms
- sinistrocular — favoring the left eye, rather than the right, by habit or for effective vision (opposed to dextrocular).
- social column — a column in a newspaper or magazine that details the activities of members of fashionable society
- sociocultural — of, relating to, or signifying the combination or interaction of social and cultural elements.
- solar furnace — a furnace using sunlight concentrated by concave mirrors as the direct source of heat.
- somar dumpacl — (tool) A utilty which provides a concise report of Windows NT file system permissions, to help find holes in system security.
- space capsule — Aerospace. capsule (def 5).
- space shuttle — any of several U.S. space vehicles consisting of a reusable manned orbiter that touches down on a landing strip after an orbital mission, two reusable solid rocket boosters that drop off after initial ascent, and an expendable external tank containing liquid propellants.
- spectacularly — of or like a spectacle; marked by or given to an impressive, large-scale display.
- speculatively — pertaining to, of the nature of, or characterized by speculation, contemplation, conjecture, or abstract reasoning: a speculative approach.
- sphagnicolous — growing in moss
- spinal column — the series of vertebrae in a vertebrate animal forming the axis of the skeleton and protecting the spinal cord; spine; backbone.
- spruce sawfly — any of several sawflies of the family Diprionidae, especially Diprion hercyniae (European spruce sawfly) the larvae of which feed on the foliage of spruce.
- square splice — a scarf joint between two pieces, having the form of a half-lap joint with a thicker and a thinner section for each piece, the thicker one being at the end: used to resist tension.