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