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13-letter words containing l, e, c, a, n

  • scalenohedron — a hemihedral crystal form of 8 or 12 faces, each face being a scalene triangle.
  • scandal sheet — a newspaper or magazine that emphasizes scandal or gossip.
  • scandalmonger — a person who spreads scandal or gossip.
  • scanning line — (in a cathode-ray or television tube) a single horizontal trace made by the electron beam in one traversal of the fluorescent screen. Compare frame (def 9).
  • scarlet woman — a sexually promiscuous woman, especially a prostitute or a woman who commits adultery.
  • scathefulness — the state or quality of being harmful or injurious
  • scene-stealer — a performer in a play, motion picture, etc., who by charm, talent, or artifice, draws most of the audience's attention, often away from the leading performers.
  • scholarliness — of, like, or befitting a scholar: scholarly habits.
  • second ballot — an electoral procedure in which if no candidate emerges as a clear winner in a first ballot, candidates at the bottom of the poll are eliminated and another ballot is held among the remaining candidates
  • sectionalized — divided into sections
  • selenous acid — a colorless, transparent, crystalline powder, H2SeO3, soluble in water and used as a reagent
  • self-catering — holiday accommodation not including meals
  • self-cleaning — an act or instance of making clean: Give the house a good cleaning.
  • self-creation — the act of producing or causing to exist; the act of creating; engendering.
  • self-effacing — the act or fact of keeping oneself in the background, as in humility.
  • self-reliance — reliance on oneself or one's own powers, resources, etc.
  • semiporcelain — any of several vitrified ceramic wares lacking the translucency or hardness of true porcelain but otherwise similar to it.
  • sendmail inc. — (company)   The company, announced in November 1997 and launched in March 1998, created by Eric Allman, the original author of Sendmail. Allman is Chief Technology Officer, Greg Olson is President and CEO. Sendmail Inc. will sell commercial upgrades, service and support to Internet Service Providers and corporations running critical e-mail applications, while still continuing freeware development. Allman said that he devoted the fist six months of the life of Sendmail Inc. to finalising the freeware release. A commercial version was due in summer 1998, at around $1000 per server. The company is expected to reach $40m annual sales within three years. Funding is in the region of $1.25m. Address: Emeryville, California, USA.
  • seneschalship — the office or position of a seneschal
  • shell company — A shell company is a company that another company takes over in order to use its name to gain an advantage.
  • shingle beach — a beach made of a mass of small pieces of rough stone
  • ship chandler — a person who deals in cordage, canvas, and other supplies for ships.
  • silicon alley — an area of New York City in which industries associated with information technology are concentrated
  • single combat — combat between two persons.
  • single-acting — (of a reciprocating engine, pump, etc.) having pistons accomplishing work only in one direction. Compare double-acting (def 1).
  • single-action — (of a firearm) requiring the cocking of the hammer before firing each shot: a single-action revolver.
  • singles chart — a ranked chart of popular music (individual songs, not albums or collections) for a specific period of time
  • skepticalness — inclined to skepticism; having an attitude of doubt: a skeptical young woman who will question whatever you say.
  • slide changer — a device for changing the slide displayed in a projector
  • sliding scale — a variable scale, especially of industrial costs, as wages, that may be adapted to changes in demand.
  • social-minded — interested in or concerned with social conditions or the welfare of society.
  • solar furnace — a furnace using sunlight concentrated by concave mirrors as the direct source of heat.
  • space blanket — a plastic insulating body wrapping coated on one or both sides with aluminium foil which reflects back most of the body heat lost by radiation: carried by climbers, mountaineers, etc, for use in cases of exposure or exhaustion
  • special agent — an investigator in a law enforcement agency.
  • special needs — learning difficulties
  • spectral line — a line in a spectrum due to the absorption or emission of light at a discrete frequency.
  • speech island — a speech community that is completely surrounded by another, usually larger, speech community.
  • spice islands — the Moluccas
  • splanchnocele — a primitive embryonic body cavity
  • squeaky clean — If you say that someone is squeaky clean, you mean that they live a very moral life and have never done anything wrong.
  • squeaky-clean — scrupulously clean.
  • standard cell — a primary electric cell, as the Weston cell, that produces an accurately known constant voltage: used in scientific measurements.
  • state control — government ownership
  • subadolescent — younger than or not quite adolescent
  • sublanceolate — (of leaves, etc) almost spear-shaped
  • substanceless — that of which a thing consists; physical matter or material: form and substance.
  • suction valve — a nonreturn valve in a pump suction to prevent the pump draining or depriming when not in service
  • sunset clause — time limit written into a law
  • supercalender — a roll or set of rolls for giving a high, smooth finish to paper.
  • supercolumnar — existing above a column or columns: a supercolumnar feature.
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