13-letter words containing i, n, s, c, a
- spinal column — the series of vertebrae in a vertebrate animal forming the axis of the skeleton and protecting the spinal cord; spine; backbone.
- spiral casing — a spiral passage for directing the water from a penstock around a water turbine and into the rotor.
- sportscasting — the reporting of a sports event by radio or television broadcast.
- spying charge — an accusation of having taken part in espionage
- staff captain — a person who assists the master of a large ocean passenger vessel, being especially responsible for safety apparatus, fire and lifeboat drills, etc.
- staff section — section (def 10b).
- stamp machine — a machine used for stamping documents, as with the time, etc
- standard coin — a coin having value in bullion at least equal to its face value.
- standing chop — (in an axemen's competition) a chop with the log standing upright
- standing crop — the totality of living things in an ecosystem at a given time.
- 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.
- stock raising — the breeding and raising of livestock.
- stocking mask — a nylon stocking used, especially by a criminal, to disguise the face.
- strip cartoon — A strip cartoon is the same as a comic strip.
- structuration — the act of giving structure to something
- sub-franchise — a privilege of a public nature conferred on an individual, group, or company by a government: a franchise to operate a bus system.
- suballocation — an allocation made from a previous allocation
- subindication — the act or process of subindicating
- subindicative — of or relating to subindicating
- suburbicarian — being near the city of Rome.
- succinic acid — a colorless, crystalline, water-soluble solid, C 4 H 6 O 4 , used chiefly in the manufacture of lacquers, dyes, and perfume.
- suction valve — a nonreturn valve in a pump suction to prevent the pump draining or depriming when not in service
- suffocatingly — to kill by preventing the access of air to the blood through the lungs or analogous organs, as gills; strangle.
- sulfonic acid — any of a large group of organic compounds of the structure RSO 2 OH, which are strong acids that give neutral sodium salts: used in the synthesis of phenols, dyes, and other substances.
- sunrise watch — dogwatch (def 2).
- supercriminal — an extremely bad, powerful or successful criminal, a criminal working on a large scale or committing extreme crimes
- superreaction — a reverse movement or tendency; an action in a reverse direction or manner.
- superromantic — exceptionally romantic
- surface noise — extraneous noise caused by physical wear or a physical flaw on a phonograph record or in a pickup system, rather than by a flaw in the equipment.
- swashbuckling — characteristic of or behaving in the manner of a swashbuckler.
- swimming crab — any of numerous, chiefly marine crabs, especially of the family Portunidae, having the legs adapted for swimming.
- syllabication — to syllabify.
- synallagmatic — relating to a reciprocally binding contract
- synaposematic — relating to synaposematism
- synecdochical — a figure of speech in which a part is used for the whole or the whole for a part, the special for the general or the general for the special, as in ten sail for ten ships or a Croesus for a rich man.
- syntactically — of or relating to syntax: syntactic errors in English; the syntactic rules for computer source code.
- synthetically — of, pertaining to, proceeding by, or involving synthesis (opposed to analytic).
- systematician — a person who adheres to, or creates, a system
- take occasion — to avail oneself of an opportunity (to do something)
- take stock in — a supply of goods kept on hand for sale to customers by a merchant, distributor, manufacturer, etc.; inventory.
- tautochronism — the fact or quality of being a tautochrone
- tax inspector — a government official whose job is to make sure that people and companies are paying the right amount of tax
- telemechanics — the science or practice of operating mechanisms by remote control.
- tenaciousness — holding fast; characterized by keeping a firm hold (often followed by of): a tenacious grip on my arm; tenacious of old habits.
- tennis racket — long-handled bat used in tennis
- terpsichorean — pertaining to dancing.
- testification — the act of testifying or giving testimony.
- the ascension — the bodily ascent of Jesus into heaven on the fortieth day after the Resurrection: Acts 1:9
- the carolinas — North Carolina and South Carolina
- the franchise — the right to vote, esp for representatives in a legislative body; suffrage