13-letter words containing e, c, a, l, r, t
- self-catering — holiday accommodation not including meals
- self-creation — the act of producing or causing to exist; the act of creating; engendering.
- self-critical — capable of criticizing oneself objectively.
- semi-tropical — Semi-tropical places have warm, wet air.
- share capital — A company's share capital is the money that shareholders invest in order to start or expand the business.
- shelf-stacker — a person whose job is to fill the shelves and displays in a supermarket or other shop with goods for sale
- singles chart — a ranked chart of popular music (individual songs, not albums or collections) for a specific period of time
- slave traffic — the traffic of slaves
- social credit — the doctrine that under capitalism there is an inadequate distribution of purchasing power, for which the remedy lies in governmental control of retail prices and the distribution of national dividends to consumers.
- social market — an economic system in which industry and commerce are run by private enterprise within limits set by the government to ensure equality of opportunity and social and environmental responsibility
- spectacularly — of or like a spectacle; marked by or given to an impressive, large-scale display.
- spectral line — a line in a spectrum due to the absorption or emission of light at a discrete frequency.
- spectral type — a category for classifying a star, as A star or G star, according to features of its spectrum, as its shape as a function of temperature and wavelength and its absorption spectrum, that indicate the surface temperature of the star and the presence of particular atoms or molecules in its outer layers: principal types are spectral types O, B, A, F, G, K, and M.
- standard cell — a primary electric cell, as the Weston cell, that produces an accurately known constant voltage: used in scientific measurements.
- state control — government ownership
- steeplechaser — a horse race over a turf course furnished with artificial ditches, hedges, and other obstacles over which the horses must jump.
- sterculia gum — karaya gum.
- stereological — of, relating to, stereology
- stereotypical — a process, now often replaced by more advanced methods, for making metal printing plates by taking a mold of composed type or the like in papier-mâché or other material and then taking from this mold a cast in type metal.
- strategically — pertaining to, characterized by, or of the nature of strategy: strategic movements.
- strobilaceous — resembling a strobilus; conelike.
- structuralize — to form into or make part of a structure.
- subtriplicate — designating or involving the ratio of the cube roots of two terms
- supercritical — extremely critical.
- supergalactic — a system of galaxies.
- superparticle — (in supersymmetry theory) a theoretical particle that is a partner to an observed particle, having the same mass but a different spin
- surface plate — Machinery. a flat plate used by machinists for testing surfaces that are to be made perfectly flat.
- suspercollate — to hang
- sustentacular — supporting.
- symmetrically — characterized by or exhibiting symmetry; well-proportioned, as a body or whole; regular in form or arrangement of corresponding parts.
- tactical wire — wire entanglements used to break up attacking enemy formations or to keep them within the field of defensive fire.
- talcum powder — a powder made of purified, usually perfumed talc, for toilet purposes.
- tax collector — sb employed to gather taxes
- telegrammatic — a message or communication sent by telegraph; a telegraphic dispatch.
- telluric acid — a white, toxic, crystalline compound, H 6 TeO 6 , slightly soluble in cold water, soluble in hot water and alkalis: used as an analytical agent.
- tercentennial — pertaining to 300 years or a period of 300 years.
- tetrachloride — a chloride containing four atoms of chlorine.
- the carolinas — North Carolina and South Carolina
- the civil war — the war between the North (the Union) and the South (the Confederacy) in the U.S. (1861-65)
- theatricalism — conduct suggesting theatrical actions or mannerisms, especially of an extravagant or exhibitionist sort.
- theatricality — of or relating to the theater or dramatic presentations: theatrical performances.
- theatricalize — to put into dramatic or theatrical form; dramatize.
- theoretically — of, relating to, or consisting in theory; not practical (distinguished from applied).
- therapeutical — of or relating to the treating or curing of disease; curative.
- thermal shock — a fluctuation in temperature causing stress in a material. It often results in fracture, esp in brittle materials such as ceramics
- thermobalance — an analytical balance that measures weight changes when matter is heated
- thermoelastic — pertaining to the thermodynamic effects produced by deformation of an elastic substance.
- thermonuclear — relating to nuclear fusion
- thermoplastic — soft and pliable when heated, as some plastics, without any change of the inherent properties.
- three old cat — three-a-cat.