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15-letter words containing c, o, n, u, t, r

  • scatter cushion — Scatter cushions are small cushions for use on sofas and chairs.
  • schola cantorum — an ecclesiastical choir or choir school.
  • scpi consortium — (body)   A body established to promote Standard Commands for Programmable Instruments. Address: 8380 Hercules Drive, Suite P3, La Mesa, CA 91942, USA.
  • secundogeniture — the state of being the second born child
  • self-production — produced by oneself or itself.
  • semidocumentary — a film or television programme that is fictional but includes many factual events or details
  • senior lecturer — a university teacher who does not hold a professorship.
  • sesquicarbonate — a salt intermediate in composition between a carbonate and a bicarbonate or consisting of the two combined.
  • sound recordist — recordist.
  • sounding rocket — a rocket equipped with instruments for making meteorological observations in the upper atmosphere.
  • source document — a document that has been or will be transcribed to a word processor or to the memory bank of a computer
  • southern gothic — a literary genre depicting life in the southern US and featuring grotesque themes and imagery
  • steering column — the shaft that connects the steering wheel to the steering gear assembly of an automotive vehicle.
  • storm insurance — insurance cover against damage caused by windstorms
  • structural iron — iron shaped for use in construction.
  • sub-corporation — an association of individuals, created by law or under authority of law, having a continuous existence independent of the existences of its members, and powers and liabilities distinct from those of its members. See also municipal corporation, public corporation.
  • subcontraoctave — the octave below the contraoctave, which is three octaves below the middle C octave on a standard keyboard
  • subject pronoun — pronoun in nominative case
  • subtrochanteric — Anatomy. either of two knobs at the top of the femur, the greater on the outside and the lesser on the inside, serving for the attachment of muscles between the thigh and pelvis.
  • superconvenient — highly convenient
  • superexcitation — the act of exciting.
  • surface tension — the elasticlike force existing in the surface of a body, especially a liquid, tending to minimize the area of the surface, caused by asymmetries in the intermolecular forces between surface molecules.
  • 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.
  • technostructure — the group or class of technically skilled administrators, scientists, and engineers who manage and influence business, the economy, and government affairs.
  • tentaculiferous — having tentacles
  • tetrafunctional — pertaining to molecules or groups that can bond at four sites.
  • the crucifixion — the crucifying of Christ at Calvary, regarded by Christians as the culminating redemptive act of his ministry
  • thermionic tube — a vacuum tube in which the cathode is heated electrically to cause the emission of electrons by thermal agitation.
  • to earn a crust — If you earn a crust, you earn enough money to live on, especially by doing work you would prefer not to do.
  • toucan crossing — a place where people who are walking and cyclists can both cross a busy road together. They press a button at the side of the road, which operates traffic lights to stop the traffic
  • town councillor — member of municipal government
  • trading account — an account similar to a traditional bank account, holding cash and securities, and administered by an investment dealer
  • training course — practical programme of study
  • tricotyledonous — having three cotyledons.
  • truck (on) down — to walk in a carefree, leisurely manner; stroll
  • truman doctrine — the policy of President Truman, as advocated in his address to Congress on March 12, 1947, to provide military and economic aid to Greece and Turkey and, by extension, to any country threatened by Communism or any totalitarian ideology.
  • truth-condition — the circumstances under which a statement is true
  • tuberculization — the process of becoming, or of causing people or animals to become, infected with tuberculosis
  • turf accountant — bookmaker (def 1).
  • turn the corner — the place at which two converging lines or surfaces meet.
  • turn to account — to get use or profit from
  • 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
  • ultraconvenient — extremely convenient
  • ultrasound scan — sonograph examination
  • un-romanticized — to make romantic; invest with a romantic character: Many people romanticize the role of an editor.
  • unaccounted for — If people or things are unaccounted for, you do not know where they are or what has happened to them.
  • unaccounted-for — not accounted for; not understood; unexplained: an explosion resulting from some unaccounted-for mechanical failure.
  • uncategorizable — not able to be categorized or placed into a category
  • uncomplementary — forming a complement; completing.
  • uncomplimentary — of the nature of, conveying, or expressing a compliment, often one that is politely flattering: a complimentary remark.
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