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13-letter words containing i, c, e, s, t, o

  • silver doctor — a type of artificial fly, used chiefly for trout and salmon.
  • single combat — combat between two persons.
  • single-action — (of a firearm) requiring the cocking of the hammer before firing each shot: a single-action revolver.
  • sister school — a university or college which is financially, historically or socially linked to another
  • 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.
  • smooth collie — a breed of short-haired collie with a smooth, thick coat.
  • 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
  • society verse — light, graceful, entertaining poetry considered as appealing to polite society.
  • sociocentrism — oriented toward or focused on one's own social group.
  • sophisticated — sophisticated.
  • south america — a continent in the S part of the Western Hemisphere. About 6,900,000 sq. mi. (17,871,000 sq. km).
  • space fiction — a book, film, TV series, etc, set in outer space
  • space station — an orbiting manned structure that can be used for a variety of purposes, as to assemble or service satellites, refuel spacecraft, etc.
  • space tourism — travel into space for recreational purposes
  • specification — the act of specifying.
  • spectatorship — the state of being a spectator
  • spectinomycin — an antibiotic drug, C 1 4 H 2 4 N 2 O 7 , produced by the actinomycete Streptomyces spectabilis, used in the treatment of susceptible gonorrhea.
  • spectroscopic — an optical device for producing and observing a spectrum of light or radiation from any source, consisting essentially of a slit through which the radiation passes, a collimating lens, and an Amici prism.
  • spermatogenic — relating to the development of spermatozoa
  • spermatotoxic — spermotoxic.
  • spherocytosis — the condition of having spherocytes
  • spheroidicity — a spheroidal state or form.
  • spirochetosis — a disease caused by infection with a spirochete.
  • splenectomize — to remove the spleen from
  • spot reducing — the usually futile effort to exercise one part of the body, as the thighs, in hopes of reducing the amount of fat stored in that area.
  • staff officer — a commissioned officer who is a member of a staff.
  • staff section — section (def 10b).
  • stannic oxide — a white, amorphous, water-insoluble powder, SnO 2 , used chiefly in the manufacture of ceramic glazes and glass, and of polishing powders for metal, glass, and marble.
  • state capitol — the building which houses the government of a state
  • static memory — the contents of computer memory that remain fixed until written to or until the power is turned off.
  • steering lock — an anti-theft device
  • 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
  • step function — a function that is constant on each of a finite set of subintervals of its domain, the union of the subintervals being the domain.
  • stercorarious — stercoraceous
  • stereognostic — the ability to determine the shape and weight of an object by touching or lifting it.
  • 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.
  • sterling bloc — those countries having currencies whose values tend to vary directly with the rise and fall of the value of the pound sterling.
  • steroidogenic — of or pertaining to steroidogenesis
  • stethoscopist — a person who is experienced in the use of a stethoscope
  • sticker shock — unpleasant surprise on learning of an unexpectedly high price for an item.
  • sticks&stones — (language, functional programming)   A functional, polymorphic hardware description language loosely based on ML by Lucca Cardelli.
  • stockbreeding — the breeding and raising of livestock for marketing or exhibition.
  • stoichiometry — the calculation of the quantities of chemical elements or compounds involved in chemical reactions.
  • stratospheric — relating to the stratosphere
  • string course — a horizontal band or course, as of stone, projecting beyond or flush with the face of a building, often molded and sometimes richly carved.
  • strobilaceous — resembling a strobilus; conelike.
  • subcategorize — to split into subcategories
  • subcollection — the act of collecting.
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