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15-letter words containing c, r, e, d, u

  • second republic — the republic established in France in 1848 and replaced by the Second Empire in 1852.
  • secondary cause — a cause which is not the primary or ultimate cause
  • secondary group — a group of people with whom one's contacts are detached and impersonal.
  • secundogeniture — the state of being the second born child
  • securicor guard — a guard who works for Securicor
  • security thread — a colored thread running through the paper of a piece of paper money, used to deter counterfeiting.
  • self-disclosure — the act or an instance of disclosing; exposure; revelation.
  • self-production — produced by oneself or itself.
  • semidocumentary — a film or television programme that is fictional but includes many factual events or details
  • seven-card stud — a variety of poker in which each player is dealt one card face down in each of the first two rounds, one card face up in each of the next four rounds, and one card face down in the last round, each of the last five rounds being followed by a betting interval. Compare stud poker (def 1).
  • shoulder charge — an instance of a player charging into another so that there is contact between their shoulders (permissible in some circumstances)
  • sled cultivator — go-devil (def 5).
  • sodium chlorate — a colorless, water-soluble solid, NaClO 3 , cool and salty to the taste, used chiefly in the manufacture of explosives and matches, as a textile mordant, and as an oxidizing and bleaching agent.
  • sodium chloride — salt1 (def 1).
  • sodium citrates — the sodium salts of citric acid (monosodium citrate, disodium citrate, trisodium citrate)
  • 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
  • standard clause — a clause which is inserted as standard into certain types of contracts or agreements
  • student teacher — a student who is studying to be a teacher and who, as part of the training, observes classroom instruction or does closely supervised teaching in an elementary or secondary school.
  • subsidiary cell — Immunology. any of various cells of the immune system that work with T or B cells to initiate a specific immune response.
  • superconfidence — great or extreme confidence, overconfidence
  • superintendence — a district or place under a superintendent.
  • superintendency — a district or place under a superintendent.
  • surface density — quantity, as of electric charge, per unit surface area.
  • surface-ripened — (of cheese) ripened on the surface by molds or other microorganisms.
  • surgical needle — a needle for suturing.
  • talcum (powder) — a powder for the body and face made of powdered, purified talc, usually perfumed
  • target audience — the target audience of a programme is the group of people that the programme-makers are trying to persuade to watch or listen to it
  • thunderstricken — Archaic. to strike with a thunderbolt.
  • treacle mustard — a N temperate cruciferous annual plant, Erysimum cheiranthoides, having small yellow flowers. It is a common weed in cultivated ground
  • treacle pudding — a sponge cake with syrup on top
  • tricotyledonous — having three cotyledons.
  • tricuspid valve — the valve, consisting of three triangular flaps of tissue between the right auricle and ventricle of the heart, that keeps blood from flowing back into the auricle.
  • 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.
  • udmurt republic — a constituent republic of W central Russia, in the basin of the middle Kama. Capital: Izhevsk. Pop: 1 570 500 (2002). Area: 42 100 sq km (16 250 sq miles)
  • ultrademocratic — (in the US) characteristic of a staunch member or supporter of the Democratic Party and its agenda
  • un-considerable — rather large or great in size, distance, extent, etc.: It cost a considerable amount. We took a considerable length of time to decide.
  • un-incarcerated — to imprison; confine.
  • un-romanticized — to make romantic; invest with a romantic character: Many people romanticize the role of an editor.
  • una corda pedal — soft pedal (def 1).
  • 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.
  • uncharacterized — to mark or distinguish as a characteristic; be a characteristic of: Rich metaphors characterize his poetry.
  • unchoreographed — not choreographed; not pre-arranged or pre-prepared; unplanned
  • uncircumscribed — to draw a line around; encircle: to circumscribe a city on a map.
  • uncomprehending — to understand the nature or meaning of; grasp with the mind; perceive: He did not comprehend the significance of the ambassador's remark.
  • unconstrainedly — in an unconfined manner
  • uncorresponding — identical in all essentials or respects: corresponding fingerprints.
  • under secretary — an official who is subordinate to a principal secretary, as in the U.S. cabinet: Under Secretary of the Treasury.
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