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18-letter words containing c, r, o, m

  • restoration comedy — English comedy of the period of the Restoration, stressing manners and social satire.
  • restriction enzyme — any of a group of enzymes that catalyze the cleavage of DNA molecules at specific sites: used for gene splicing in recombinant DNA technology and for chromosome mapping.
  • resuscitation room — an intensive care unit
  • rhyming dictionary — a specialist dictionary organized by the final sounds of words, used to write poetry
  • roman architecture — buildings in style of ancient Rome
  • roman congregation — any of the executive departments of the Curia Romana as the administration of the Roman Catholic Church.
  • room occupancy tax — Room occupancy tax is a tax that guests at a hotel have to pay in order to stay there.
  • running commentary — non-stop description of sth
  • school of motoring — a centre where people pay for lessons to learn to drive
  • second triumvirate — the coalition and joint rule of the Roman Empire by Antony, Lepidus, and Octavian, begun in 43 bc
  • secondary consumer — (in the food chain) a carnivore that feeds only upon herbivores.
  • secondary emission — the emission of electrons (secondary electrons) from a material that is bombarded with electrons or ions.
  • self-comprehending — to understand the nature or meaning of; grasp with the mind; perceive: He did not comprehend the significance of the ambassador's remark.
  • self-incrimination — the act of incriminating oneself or exposing oneself to prosecution, especially by giving evidence or testimony.
  • self-mortification — the inflicting of pain or privation on oneself: He was certain that self-mortification was the only road to salvation.
  • self-recrimination — the act of recriminating, or countercharging: Hope gave way to recrimination with both sides claiming the moral high ground.
  • semi-microanalysis — any analytical method in which the weight of the sample is between 10 and 100 milligrams.
  • semiprecious stone — See at semiprecious.
  • senior aircraftman — a rank in the Royal Air Force comparable to that of a private in the army, though not the lowest rank in the Royal Air Force
  • senior common room — (in British universities, colleges, etc) a common room for the use of academic staff
  • sex discrimination — the practice of treating male and female people unequally
  • shotgun microphone — a directional microphone with a narrow-angle range of sensitivity.
  • sixth-form college — (in England and Wales) a college offering A-level and other courses to pupils over sixteen from local schools, esp from those that do not have sixth forms
  • sling psychrometer — a psychrometer so designed that the wet-bulb thermometer can be ventilated, to expedite evaporation, by whirling in the air.
  • small claims court — a special court established to handle small claims or debts, usually without the services of lawyers.
  • small-claims court — a special court established to handle small claims or debts, usually without the services of lawyers.
  • so much the better — You can say 'so much the better' or 'all the better' to indicate that it is desirable that a particular thing is used, done, or available.
  • social bookmarking — the practice of saving bookmarked Web pages to a public website as a way to share the links with other Internet users: Social bookmarking is a tool that allows you to add tags and comments to your bookmarks.
  • social environment — the environment developed by humans as contrasted with the natural environment; society as a whole, especially in its relation to the individual.
  • societal marketing — marketing that takes into account society's long-term welfare
  • sodium bicarbonate — a white, crystalline, water-soluble solid, in powder or granules, NaHCO 3 , usually prepared by the reaction of soda ash with carbon dioxide or obtained from the intermediate product of the Solvay process by purification: used chiefly in the manufacture of sodium salts, baking powder, and beverages, as a laboratory reagent, as a fire extinguisher, and in medicine as an antacid.
  • southern cameroons — German Kamerun. a region in W Africa: a German protectorate 1884–1919; divided in 1919 into British and French mandates.
  • spectrocolorimetry — the quantitative measure of colors by spectrophotometry.
  • spectrofluorimeter — an instrument in which the spectrum of secondarily emitted fluorescent light is used to identify chemical compounds.
  • spectrofluorometer — an instrument in which the spectrum of secondarily emitted fluorescent light is used to identify chemical compounds.
  • spectropolarimeter — an instrument for determining the extent to which plane-polarized light of various wavelengths is rotated by certain solutions, consisting of a combination of a spectroscope and a polarimeter.
  • spherical geometry — the branch of geometry that deals with figures on spherical surfaces.
  • st john chrysostom — Saint John, a.d. 347?–407, ecumenical patriarch of Constantinople.
  • state of emergency — If a government or other authority declares a state of emergency in an area, it introduces special measures such as increased powers for the police or army, usually because of civil disorder or because of a natural disaster such as an earthquake.
  • steering committee — a committee, especially of a deliberative or legislative body, charged with preparing the agenda of a session.
  • stockholm syndrome — an emotional attachment to a captor formed by a hostage as a result of continuous stress, dependence, and a need to cooperate for survival.
  • stoichiometrically — of or relating to stoichiometry.
  • stokely carmichael — Hoagland Howard [hohg-luh nd] /ˈhoʊg lənd/ (Show IPA), ("Hoagy") 1899–1981, U.S. songwriter and musician.
  • stomach sweetbread — sweetbread (def 1).
  • structural formula — a chemical formula showing the linkage of the atoms in a molecule diagrammatically, as H–O–H.
  • subatomic particle — physics:
  • subsidiary company — a company whose controlling interest is owned by another company.
  • summary proceeding — a mode of trial authorized by statute to be held before a judge without the usual full hearing.
  • surveyor's compass — an instrument used by surveyors for measuring azimuths.
  • symmetric function — a polynomial in several indeterminates that stays the same under any permutation of the indeterminates.
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