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14-letter words containing d, e, c, s

  • pseudo-generic — of, applicable to, or referring to all the members of a genus, class, group, or kind; general.
  • pseudo-medical — of or relating to the science or practice of medicine: medical history; medical treatment.
  • pseudo-science — any of various methods, theories, or systems, as astrology, psychokinesis, or clairvoyance, considered as having no scientific basis.
  • pseudoscorpion — any of several small arachnids of the order Chelonethida that resemble a tailless scorpion and that feed chiefly on small insects.
  • pseudosentence — a sentence rejected as meaningless because it does not express anything verifiable in experience.
  • purchase order — document requesting to buy sth
  • pyramid scheme — pyramid (def 8).
  • quadruplicates — Plural form of quadruplicate.
  • quasi-academic — of or relating to a college, academy, school, or other educational institution, especially one for higher education: academic requirements.
  • quasi-periodic — almost periodic
  • radio cassette — A radio cassette is a radio and a cassette player together in a single machine.
  • radio spectrum — the portion of the electromagnetic spectrum that includes radio waves.
  • radiochemistry — the chemical study of radioactive elements, both natural and artificial, and their use in the study of chemical processes.
  • ranch dressing — seasoned mayonnaise sauce
  • reach-me-downs — trousers
  • reception desk — the front desk in a hotel where guests can books rooms or ask questions
  • recondensation — the act or process of condensing again
  • reconsolidated — to bring together (separate parts) into a single or unified whole; unite; combine: They consolidated their three companies.
  • rediscountable — able to be rediscounted
  • reducing glass — a lens or mirror that produces a virtual image of an object smaller than the object itself.
  • reductase test — a test for the bacterial content in milk to determine its fitness for drinking.
  • rene descartes — René [ruh-ney;; French ruh-ney] /rəˈneɪ;; French rəˈneɪ/ (Show IPA), 1596–1650, French philosopher and mathematician.
  • res adjudicata — res judicata.
  • residence hall — Residence halls are buildings with rooms or apartments, usually built by universities or colleges, in which students live during the school year.
  • residence time — Also called residence. Chemistry. the length of time a substance remains in the adsorbed, suspended, or dissolved state.
  • restricted epl — (language)   (REPL) The efficient subset of EPL used to write the core of Multics.
  • ribonucleoside — a ribonucleotide precursor that contains ribose and a purine or pyrimidine base.
  • ridiculousness — causing or worthy of ridicule or derision; absurd; preposterous; laughable: a ridiculous plan.
  • sacred college — the collective body of the cardinals of the Roman Catholic Church
  • sacred history — history that is retold with the aim of instilling religious faith and which may or may not be founded on fact
  • sacred monster — a celebrity whose eccentricities or indiscretions are easily forgiven by admirers.
  • saint benedict — Saint, died a.d. 685, pope 684–85.
  • salade niçoise — a cold dish consisting of hard-boiled eggs, anchovy fillets, olives, tomatoes, tuna fish, etc
  • sales director — a professional responsible for directing and managing the sales department of a company
  • sandhill crane — a North American crane, Grus canadensis, having bluish-gray plumage and a red forehead.
  • sandwich panel — a structural panel consisting of a core of one material enclosed between two sheets of a different material.
  • sansculottides — the festivities held during the five complementary days in the French Republican Calendar
  • scaling ladder — a ladder for climbing high walls.
  • scandium oxide — a white infusible powder, Sc 2 O 3 , soluble in acids.
  • scapular medal — a medal that has been blessed and may be substituted for a scapular (sense 3)
  • scatterbrained — a person incapable of serious, connected thought.
  • scented orchid — a slender orchid, Gymnadenia conopsea, with fragrant pink flowers carried in a dense spike and having a three-lobed lip; found in calcareous turf
  • schafer method — a method of artificial respiration in which the patient is placed face downward, pressure then being rhythmically applied with the hands to the lower part of the thorax.
  • scheduling api — Scheduling Application Programming Interface
  • schmidt system — a wide-angle optical system having a concave, spherical mirror whose aberration is neutralized by a correcting lens: often used in special, photographic reflecting telescopes to obtain clear pictures of large areas of the celestial sphere
  • school edition — a special edition of a book for distribution to schools or colleges, subject to a special rate of discount, sometimes without a dust jacket (distinguished from trade edition).
  • schoolchildren — a child attending school.
  • scorched earth — military policy: destroying enemy crops
  • scoresby sound — a heavily indented arm of the Norwegian Sea in E Greenland.
  • scotch verdict — a verdict of not proven: acceptable in certain cases in Scottish criminal law.
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