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13-letter words containing i, n, s, o, c, a

  • sonic barrier — sound barrier.
  • south african — of southern Africa.
  • 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.
  • spastic colon — a chronic condition of recurring abdominal pain with constipation or diarrhoea or both
  • specification — the act of specifying.
  • spermatogenic — relating to the development of spermatozoa
  • sphagnicolous — growing in moss
  • spinal column — the series of vertebrae in a vertebrate animal forming the axis of the skeleton and protecting the spinal cord; spine; backbone.
  • sportscasting — the reporting of a sports event by radio or television broadcast.
  • staff section — section (def 10b).
  • 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
  • suballocation — an allocation made from a previous allocation
  • subindication — the act or process of subindicating
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • syllabication — to syllabify.
  • 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.
  • 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
  • tenaciousness — holding fast; characterized by keeping a firm hold (often followed by of): a tenacious grip on my arm; tenacious of old habits.
  • 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
  • thoracentesis — insertion of a hollow needle or similar instrument into the pleural cavity of the chest in order to drain pleural fluid.
  • time constant — the time required for a changing quantity in a circuit, as voltage or current, to rise or fall approximately 0.632 of the difference between its old and new value after an impulse has been applied that induces such a change: equal in seconds to the inductance of the circuit in henries divided by its resistance in ohms.
  • tracking shot — dolly shot.
  • trans-oceanic — extending across or traversing the ocean: a transoceanic cable.
  • transactional — the act of transacting or the fact of being transacted.
  • transcription — the act or process of transcribing.
  • transcriptome — a collection of all the messenger RNA in a particular cell
  • translocation — a change of location.
  • transthoracic — of or relating to the thorax.
  • tussiculation — a hacking cough.
  • uncomplaisant — not eager to please; not compliant or obliging
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