13-letter words containing c, r, e, u, s
- she-crab soup — a thick, bisquelike soup made with the meat and eggs of the female crab.
- sheriff court — (in Scotland) a court having jurisdiction to try summarily or on indictment all but the most serious crimes and to deal with most civil actions
- shockumentary — a television programme showing members of the public in shocking or violent situations
- short subject — a short film, as a documentary or travelogue, shown as part of a program with a feature-length film.
- slow puncture — a small hole in a tyre, from which the air escapes very slowly, so that at first it is not obvious that there is any problem with the tyre
- soft currency — econ: fluctuating value
- solar furnace — a furnace using sunlight concentrated by concave mirrors as the direct source of heat.
- south america — a continent in the S part of the Western Hemisphere. About 6,900,000 sq. mi. (17,871,000 sq. km).
- southern cane — a stick or short staff used to assist one in walking; walking stick.
- space tourism — travel into space for recreational purposes
- spectacularly — of or like a spectacle; marked by or given to an impressive, large-scale display.
- sperry univac — (company) One of the divisions of Sperry Corporation at the time that company merged with the Burroughs Corporation to form Unisys Corporation.
- spot reducing — the usually futile effort to exercise one part of the body, as the thighs, in hopes of reducing the amount of fat stored in that area.
- spruce beetle — a beetle, Dendroctonus rufipennis, that feeds on and nests in spruce, pine, and other evergreen trees, sometimes causing extensive damage.
- spruce grouse — a grouse, Canachites canadensis, of coniferous forests of northern North America, that feeds on evergreen buds and needles.
- 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.
- squash racket — a light long-handled racket used in the game of squash
- squirrel cage — a cage containing a cylindrical framework that is rotated by a squirrel or other small animal running inside of it.
- squirrel corn — an American plant, Dicentra canadensis, of the fumitory family, having yellow roots resembling kernels of corn, finely dissected leaves, and clusters of drooping, heart-shaped, cream-colored flowers.
- stercoraceous — consisting of, resembling, or pertaining to dung or feces.
- stercorarious — stercoraceous
- sterculia gum — karaya gum.
- stirpiculture — the production of special stocks or strains by careful breeding.
- street urchin — a child who spends or appears to spend a lot of time roaming the streets
- streptocarpus — any of various plants belonging to the genus Streptocarpus, of the gesneria family, native to Africa and Asia, having showy white, pink, or purplish flowers and often cultivated as a houseplant.
- streptococcus — any of several spherical or oval bacteria of the genus Streptococcus, occurring in pairs or chains, certain species of which are pathogenic for humans, causing scarlet fever, tonsillitis, etc.
- string course — a horizontal band or course, as of stone, projecting beyond or flush with the face of a building, often molded and sometimes richly carved.
- strobilaceous — resembling a strobilus; conelike.
- structuralize — to form into or make part of a structure.
- structureless — without structure, organization, or arrangement; formless.
- sub-franchise — a privilege of a public nature conferred on an individual, group, or company by a government: a franchise to operate a bus system.
- sub-reference — an act or instance of referring.
- subappearance — a slight appearance
- subcategorize — to split into subcategories
- subcoriaceous — almost leathery
- subprefecture — the office or position of subprefect
- subtriplicate — designating or involving the ratio of the cube roots of two terms
- success story — an account of the achievement of success, fortune, or fame by someone or some enterprise.
- successorship — the position or state of a successor
- suffrutescent — partially or slightly woody; subshrubby.
- summer school — study programs offered by a school, college, or university during the summer to those who wish to obtain their degrees more quickly, who must make up credits, or who wish to supplement their education.
- sunrise watch — dogwatch (def 2).
- super-culture — the quality in a person or society that arises from a concern for what is regarded as excellent in arts, letters, manners, scholarly pursuits, etc.
- superachiever — someone who achieves more than most; high achiever
- superactivity — extreme activity; hyperactivity
- supercalender — a roll or set of rolls for giving a high, smooth finish to paper.
- supercautious — very or extremely cautious
- supercollider — a very large colliding-beam machine in which superconducting magnets create millions of megavolts of energy.
- supercolossal — greater than colossal, huge, enormous