16-letter words containing c, u, s, e
- queen's champion — a hereditary official at British coronations, representing the king (King's Champion) or the queen (Queen's Champion) who is being crowned, and having originally the function of challenging to mortal combat any person disputing the right of the new sovereign to rule.
- queen's evidence — evidence for the crown given by an accused person against his or her alleged accomplices.
- question of fact — a question concerning the reality of an alleged event or circumstance in a trial by jury, usually determined by the jury.
- rambunctiousness — difficult to control or handle; wildly boisterous: a rambunctious child.
- recording studio — place where music is recorded
- rectus abdominis — a long flat muscle that extends along the whole length of both sides of the abdomen. It flexes the vertebral column, particularly the lumbar portion; it also tenses the anterior abdominal wall and assists in compressing the abdominal contents
- recursion theory — (theory) The study of problems that, in principle, cannot be solved by either computers or humans.
- refresher course — a study course serving as a review of previous education.
- refuse collector — someone who collects of rubbish and waste, usually in a rubbish or refuse truck, before final disposal
- reinsurance pool — the grouping of insurers that provide partial or complete insurance coverage to other insurers for (a risk on which a policy has already been issued)
- report structure — A report structure is a structure containing a reporting clause and a reported clause or a quote.
- reporting clause — A reporting clause is a clause which indicates that you are talking about what someone said or thought. For example, in 'She said that she was hungry', 'She said' is a reporting clause.
- research quantum — the standard by which the contribution to a university of individual academics is measured and on the basis of which universities receive government funding and academics are promoted
- research student — a student studying for a doctoral award, that is, a PhD or an MPhil
- reserve buoyancy — the difference between the volume of a hull below the designed waterline and the volume of the hull below the lowest opening incapable of being made watertight.
- reserve currency — any currency, as the U.S. dollar, used as a medium to settle international debts.
- residual current — an electric current that continues to flow in a device, etc when there is no voltage supply, due to electrons emitted by heat, etc
- resonant circuit — A resonant circuit combines an inductor and capacitor to make a circuit that responds to a frequency.
- reverse commuter — a commuter who lives in a city and commutes to a job in the suburbs.
- rich tea biscuit — any of various semisweet biscuits
- river carpsucker — a carpsucker, Carpiodes carpio, found in silty rivers of the central U.S. south to Mexico.
- safeguard clause — a clause in a contract, etc, that ensures the protection of something against problems, etc
- safety-conscious — conscious of being safe and preventing danger
- santiago de cuba — a region in Ecuador, E of the Andes: the border long disputed by Peru.
- sauce americaine — a sauce prepared with tomatoes, garlic, wine, shallots, and herbs. See also à l’américaine.
- sb will be lucky — If you say that someone will be lucky to do or get something, you mean that they are very unlikely to do or get it, and will definitely not do or get any more than that.
- scar tissue code — (humour, programming) Old code that is commented out but still included in the current release.
- schaumburg-lippe — a former state in NW Germany.
- scheduled castes — (in India) the official name given to the lower castes that are now protected by the government and offered special concessions.
- schouten islands — a group of islands belonging to Papua New Guinea, in the Pacific Oceans, off the N coast of New Guinea.
- schweizerdeutsch — Schwyzertütsch.
- sclerenchymatous — supporting or protective tissue composed of thickened, dry, and hardened cells.
- sculpture garden — a garden that showcases sculptures in landscaped surroundings
- sebaceous glands — any of the cutaneous glands that secrete oily matter for lubricating hair and skin.
- secondary colour — a colour formed by mixing two primary colours
- secondary source — next after the first in order, place, time, etc.
- secondary tissue — tissue derived from cambium.
- secular humanism — any set of beliefs that promotes human values without specific allusion to religious doctrines.
- secured creditor — a creditor who has a secured loan
- security analyst — a person who specializes in evaluating information regarding stocks and bonds.
- security blanket — a blanket or other familiar item carried especially by a young child to provide reassurance and a feeling of psychological security.
- security council — the division of the United Nations charged with maintaining international peace, composed of five permanent members (U.S., Russian Federation, France, United Kingdom, and the People's Republic of China) and ten temporary members, each serving for two years.
- security manager — The security manager of a store is the person responsible for organizing all security in the store and to whom security guards report.
- security measure — a precaution taken against terrorism, espionage or other danger
- security officer — civilian, policeman or soldier who is responsible for security in a town or country
- security vetting — the process of investigating somebody to establish their trustworthiness
- seleucia trachea — an ancient city in SE Asia Minor, on the River Calycadnus (modern Goksu Nehri): captured by the Turks in the 13th century; site of present-day Silifke (Turkey)
- self-consequence — self-important character or quality; self-importance.
- self-constituted — constituted as such by oneself or itself
- self-consumption — the act of consuming, as by use, decay, or destruction.