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

  • scribaciousness — the quality or state of being scribacious
  • scrounge around — to borrow (a small amount or item) with no intention of repaying or returning it: to scrounge a cigarette.
  • second mortgage — a mortgage the lien of which is next in priority to a first mortgage.
  • secondary cause — a cause which is not the primary or ultimate cause
  • secondary color — a color, as orange, green, or violet, produced by mixing two primary colors.
  • secondary group — a group of people with whom one's contacts are detached and impersonal.
  • secondary metal — metal derived wholly or in part from scrap.
  • secondary xylem — xylem derived from the cambium during secondary growth.
  • self-abhorrence — a feeling of extreme repugnance or aversion; utter loathing; abomination.
  • self-laceration — the result of lacerating; a rough, jagged tear.
  • semantic memory — the recollection of facts and concepts
  • semiabstraction — a work of art whose subject matter is semi-abstract
  • semidocumentary — a film or television programme that is fictional but includes many factual events or details
  • service station — Also called gas station. a place equipped for servicing automobiles, as by selling gasoline and oil, making repairs, etc.
  • servo-mechanism — A servo-mechanism is a system or device that provides increased power to operate a control.
  • sesquicarbonate — a salt intermediate in composition between a carbonate and a bicarbonate or consisting of the two combined.
  • sharing economy — a system in which people rent, borrow, or share commodities, services, and resources owned by individuals, usually with the aid of online technology, in an effort to save money, cut costs, and reduce waste.
  • shock resistant — not affected by impact
  • shock treatment — electroconvulsive therapy
  • shock-resistant — strong or resilient enough to sustain minor impacts without damage to the internal mechanism: a shock-resistant watch.
  • shopping arcade — a place where a number of shops are connected together under one roof
  • shoshone cavern — a large cave in NW Wyoming: a national monument.
  • silicon carbide — a very hard, insoluble, crystalline compound, SiC, used as an abrasive and as an electrical resistor in objects exposed to high temperatures.
  • simple fraction — a ratio of two integers.
  • source language — the language in which a text appears that is to be translated into another language. Compare target language (def 1).
  • speed indicator — an instrument for counting the number of revolutions of a gasoline engine.
  • splanchnopleure — the double layer formed by the association of the lower layer of the lateral plate of mesoderm with the underlying entoderm, which develops into the embryonic viscera.
  • sporting chance — an even or fair opportunity for a favorable outcome in an enterprise, as winning in a game of chance or in any kind of contest: They gave the less experienced players a sporting chance by handicapping the experts.
  • stage direction — an instruction written into the script of a play, indicating stage actions, movements of performers, or production requirements.
  • star connection — a connection used in a polyphase electrical device or system of devices in which the windings each have one end connected to a common junction, the star point, and the other end to a separate terminal
  • station officer — a person who is in charge of a fire station
  • storm insurance — insurance cover against damage caused by windstorms
  • stretch a point — a sharp or tapering end, as of a dagger.
  • subcontraoctave — the octave below the contraoctave, which is three octaves below the middle C octave on a standard keyboard
  • subtrochanteric — Anatomy. either of two knobs at the top of the femur, the greater on the outside and the lesser on the inside, serving for the attachment of muscles between the thigh and pelvis.
  • sugarcane borer — the larva of the pyralid moth, Diatraea saccharalis, a serious pest of sugarcane, corn, rice, and sorghums.
  • summary offence — an offence that is triable in a magistrates' court
  • superexcitation — the act of exciting.
  • surface tension — the elasticlike force existing in the surface of a body, especially a liquid, tending to minimize the area of the surface, caused by asymmetries in the intermolecular forces between surface molecules.
  • tentaculiferous — having tentacles
  • teratocarcinoma — a monstrous malignant tumour typically found in the testes
  • terra incognita — an unknown or unexplored land, region, or subject.
  • tetrafunctional — pertaining to molecules or groups that can bond at four sites.
  • the amen corner — the part of a church, usually to one side of the pulpit, occupied by people who lead the responsive amens during the service
  • the confederacy — the league of Southern states that seceded from the U.S. in 1860 & 1861; Ala., Ark., Fla., Ga., La., Miss., N.C., S.C., Tenn., Tex., & Va.
  • the incarnation — the taking on of a human body by the second person of the Trinity; the joining of the divine and the human in Jesus Christ
  • the phanerozoic — the Phanerozoic era
  • the wrong track — the incorrect line of investigation, inquiry, etc
  • theatre company — an organization that produces theatrical performances
  • thermoremanence — the state or quality of being thermoremanent
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