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13-letter words containing n, a, o, c, r, e

  • sharecropping — the practice of cultivating farmland as a sharecropper
  • shockumentary — a television programme showing members of the public in shocking or violent situations
  • 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.
  • soccer season — the part of each year during which soccer is usually played
  • solar furnace — a furnace using sunlight concentrated by concave mirrors as the direct source of heat.
  • sonic barrier — sound barrier.
  • southern cane — a stick or short staff used to assist one in walking; walking stick.
  • spermatogenic — relating to the development of spermatozoa
  • state control — government ownership
  • streaky bacon — Streaky bacon is bacon which has stripes of fat between stripes of meat.
  • supercolumnar — existing above a column or columns: a supercolumnar feature.
  • 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.
  • tangoreceptor — a receptor stimulated by touch.
  • 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
  • terpsichorean — pertaining to dancing.
  • the carolinas — North Carolina and South Carolina
  • the decameron — title of collection of stories written in Italian in the early Renaissance by Boccaccio
  • the secondary — cornerbacks and safeties collectively
  • the-decameron — a collection of 100 tales (1353) by Boccaccio.
  • thenceforward — from that time or place onward.
  • thermobalance — an analytical balance that measures weight changes when matter is heated
  • thermodynamic — of or relating to thermodynamics.
  • thermonuclear — relating to nuclear fusion
  • thoracenteses — insertion of a hollow needle or similar instrument into the pleural cavity of the chest in order to drain pleural fluid.
  • thoracentesis — insertion of a hollow needle or similar instrument into the pleural cavity of the chest in order to drain pleural fluid.
  • touch a nerve — to mention or bring to mind a sensitive issue or subject
  • 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
  • trench mortar — a portable, muzzle-loaded mortar, usually having a smooth bore, fired at high angles of elevation to reach concealed enemy targets.
  • triamcinolone — a synthetic glucocorticoid drug, C 21 H 27 FO 6 , used in the symptomatic treatment of inflammation.
  • 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
  • tropocollagen — the molecular unit which forms collagen, consisting of three polypeptide chains
  • trotting race — a horse race using trotters.
  • truman capote — Truman, 1924–84, U.S. novelist, short-story writer, and playwright.
  • tuberculation — Also, tuberculated, tuberculose. having tubercles.
  • ultraviolence — acts of extreme violence, esp those shown on television or film
  • uncategorical — without exceptions or conditions; absolute; unqualified and unconditional: a categorical denial.
  • uncategorized — to arrange in categories or classes; classify.
  • unchlorinated — not chlorinated; not treated with chlorine
  • uncomfortable — causing discomfort or distress; painful; irritating.
  • unconformable — not conformable; not conforming.
  • unconquerable — to acquire by force of arms; win in war: to conquer a foreign land.
  • unconquerably — in an invincible manner
  • unconsecrated — to make or declare sacred; set apart or dedicate to the service of a deity: to consecrate a new church building.
  • unconstrained — forced, compelled, or obliged: a constrained confession.
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