13-letter words containing i, a, t, r, c
- self-critical — capable of criticizing oneself objectively.
- semi-abstract — pertaining to or designating a style of painting or sculpture in which the subject remains recognizable although the forms are highly stylized in a manner derived from abstract art.
- semi-tropical — Semi-tropical places have warm, wet air.
- semiparasitic — Biology. commonly parasitic but also capable of living on dead or decaying animal matter.
- serving hatch — a small hatch or opening in a kitchen wall used to serve food through to an adjoining room
- sex chromatin — Barr body.
- share capital — A company's share capital is the money that shareholders invest in order to start or expand the business.
- shark biscuit — a bodyboard
- ship decanter — a glass decanter with a very wide base.
- shopping cart — a four-wheeled cart provided by a supermarket or other retail store for a customer's use in collecting purchases.
- side entrance — an entrance at the side of a building
- significatory — serving to signify
- simplificator — a person who simplifies matters
- singles chart — a ranked chart of popular music (individual songs, not albums or collections) for a specific period of time
- sinistrocular — favoring the left eye, rather than the right, by habit or for effective vision (opposed to dextrocular).
- sister carrie — a novel (1900) by Theodore Dreiser.
- skin reaction — an irritation or inflammation of the skin due to an allergy or infection, brought about by natural means or by a skin test.
- slave traffic — the traffic of slaves
- smear tactics — actions designed to slander another person or organization in order to damage their reputation
- 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
- sociocultural — of, relating to, or signifying the combination or interaction of social and cultural elements.
- sociodramatic — a method of group psychotherapy in which each patient assumes and dramatizes a variety of roles, usually focusing on problems and conflicts arising in group situations.
- solar chariot — (in ancient Egypt) a chariot placed in the tomb of a king to transport him to the sun.
- south african — of southern Africa.
- south america — a continent in the S part of the Western Hemisphere. About 6,900,000 sq. mi. (17,871,000 sq. km).
- space tourism — travel into space for recreational purposes
- spectatorship — the state of being a spectator
- spectral line — a line in a spectrum due to the absorption or emission of light at a discrete frequency.
- spermatogenic — relating to the development of spermatozoa
- spermatotoxic — spermotoxic.
- sportscasting — the reporting of a sports event by radio or television broadcast.
- staff officer — a commissioned officer who is a member of a staff.
- standard coin — a coin having value in bullion at least equal to its face value.
- standing crop — the totality of living things in an ecosystem at a given time.
- stare decisis — the doctrine that rules or principles of law on which a court rested a previous decision are authoritative in all future cases in which the facts are substantially the same.
- static memory — the contents of computer memory that remain fixed until written to or until the power is turned off.
- steamer chair — deck chair.
- step aerobics — a set of aerobic exercises designed to improve the cardiovascular system, which consists of stepping on and off a special box of adjustable height
- stercorarious — stercoraceous
- 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.
- stock raising — the breeding and raising of livestock.
- straight face — a serious or impassive facial expression that conceals one's true feelings about something, especially a desire to laugh.
- strait-jacket — a garment made of strong material and designed to bind the arms, as of a violently disoriented person.
- strategic fit — (in business) the degree to which the activities of different sections of a business or businesses working together complement one another to achieve competitive advantage and business success
- strategically — pertaining to, characterized by, or of the nature of strategy: strategic movements.
- stratigraphic — a branch of geology dealing with the classification, nomenclature, correlation, and interpretation of stratified rocks.
- stratospheric — relating to the stratosphere