13-letter words containing c, u, r, e, a
- second nature — an acquired habit or tendency in one's character that is so deeply ingrained as to appear automatic: Neatness is second nature to him.
- security leak — a leak of information that could endanger public safety
- semi-circular — Something that is semi-circular has the shape of half a circle.
- share account — a savings account in a credit union.
- she-crab soup — a thick, bisquelike soup made with the meat and eggs of the female crab.
- shockumentary — a television programme showing members of the public in shocking or violent situations
- 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.
- 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.
- stercoraceous — consisting of, resembling, or pertaining to dung or feces.
- stercorarious — stercoraceous
- sterculia gum — karaya gum.
- 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.
- strobilaceous — resembling a strobilus; conelike.
- structuralize — to form into or make part of a structure.
- 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.
- subappearance — a slight appearance
- subcategorize — to split into subcategories
- subcoriaceous — almost leathery
- subtriplicate — designating or involving the ratio of the cube roots of two terms
- sunrise watch — dogwatch (def 2).
- 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
- supercolossal — greater than colossal, huge, enormous
- supercolumnar — existing above a column or columns: a supercolumnar feature.
- supercriminal — an extremely bad, powerful or successful criminal, a criminal working on a large scale or committing extreme crimes
- supercritical — extremely critical.
- superficially — being at, on, or near the surface: a superficial wound.
- supergalactic — a system of galaxies.
- supergraphics — large-scale painted or applied decorative art in bold colors and typically in geometric or typographic designs, used over walls and sometimes floors and ceilings to create an illusion of expanded or altered space.
- superparticle — (in supersymmetry theory) a theoretical particle that is a partner to an observed particle, having the same mass but a different spin
- superphysical — above or beyond what is physical; hyperphysical.
- superreaction — a reverse movement or tendency; an action in a reverse direction or manner.
- superromantic — exceptionally romantic
- supracellular — beyond the limits or above the level of cells.
- supramolecule — a collection of molecules held together by intermolecular forces
- surbased arch — drop arch (def 2).
- surface noise — extraneous noise caused by physical wear or a physical flaw on a phonograph record or in a pickup system, rather than by a flaw in the equipment.
- surface plate — Machinery. a flat plate used by machinists for testing surfaces that are to be made perfectly flat.
- surface water — water found on the surface of the earth (not underground or in the atmosphere), for example in rivers, seas, lakes, reservoirs, etc
- surface yeast — yeast that rises to the surface as froth during fermentation.