13-letter words containing i, r, e, c, o, n
- sectorization — the act or state of sectorizing
- security zone — an area controlled by security forces
- selenocentric — having the moon as its center.
- self-creation — the act of producing or causing to exist; the act of creating; engendering.
- semicarbazone — a product that occurs as a result of aldehyde or ketone reacting with semicarbazide
- semiconductor — a substance, as silicon or germanium, with electrical conductivity intermediate between that of an insulator and a conductor: a basic component of various kinds of electronic circuit element (semiconductor device) used in communications, control, and detection technology and in computers.
- semiporcelain — any of several vitrified ceramic wares lacking the translucency or hardness of true porcelain but otherwise similar to it.
- senior school — a school for pupils between the ages of 11 or 12 and 17 or 18
- sensitometric — of or relating to sensitometry
- serviceperson — a person who is a member of the armed forces of a country.
- sex chromatin — Barr body.
- sharecropping — the practice of cultivating farmland as a sharecropper
- 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.
- sociocentrism — oriented toward or focused on one's own social group.
- sonic barrier — sound barrier.
- spermatogenic — relating to the development of spermatozoa
- 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.
- squirrel corn — an American plant, Dicentra canadensis, of the fumitory family, having yellow roots resembling kernels of corn, finely dissected leaves, and clusters of drooping, heart-shaped, cream-colored flowers.
- steering lock — an anti-theft device
- stereognostic — the ability to determine the shape and weight of an object by touching or lifting it.
- 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
- stockbreeding — the breeding and raising of livestock for marketing or exhibition.
- 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.
- 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.
- tarpeian rock — a rock on the Capitoline Hill in Rome, from which criminals and traitors were hurled.
- tax inspector — a government official whose job is to make sure that people and companies are paying the right amount of tax
- telerecording — the recording of television signals on tape or, more usually, on film
- terpsichorean — pertaining to dancing.
- the carolinas — North Carolina and South Carolina
- the provinces — those parts of a country lying outside the capital and other large cities and regarded as outside the mainstream of sophisticated culture
- thermodynamic — of or relating to thermodynamics.
- thirty-second — next after the thirty-first; being the ordinal number for 32.
- thoracentesis — insertion of a hollow needle or similar instrument into the pleural cavity of the chest in order to drain pleural fluid.
- tiger economy — an economy that maintains a high growth rate, originally referring to the relatively small economies of South Korea, Singapore, Hong Kong, and Taiwan in East Asia.
- to perfection — impeccably, perfectly
- trade council — a central council composed of local trade unions.
- trans-oceanic — extending across or traversing the ocean: a transoceanic cable.
- transcriptome — a collection of all the messenger RNA in a particular cell
- triamcinolone — a synthetic glucocorticoid drug, C 21 H 27 FO 6 , used in the symptomatic treatment of inflammation.
- trichothecene — any of a group of toxins derived from various imperfect fungi, as of the genera Fusarium and Trichothecium.
- trinucleotide — three linked nucleotides; triplet.
- tropic-cancer — Geography. either of two corresponding parallels of latitude on the terrestrial globe, one (tropic of Cancer) about 23½° N, and the other (tropic of Capricorn) about 23½° S of the equator, being the boundaries of the Torrid Zone. the tropics, the regions lying between and near these parallels of latitude; the Torrid Zone and neighboring regions.
- tropical zone — Torrid Zone
- trotting race — a horse race using trotters.
- truchet point — (unit, text) An obsolete variant of the point, equal to 0.188 mm.
- tuberculation — Also, tuberculated, tuberculose. having tubercles.
- tumorgenicity — the state of being tumorgenic, giving rise to tumours