13-letter words containing o, i, r, e, a, c
- romantic love — love characterized by romance and involving sexual attraction
- rose of china — China rose (def 2).
- rousseauistic — the doctrines or principles of Jean Jacques Rousseau or his adherents.
- royal society — The Royal Society of London for the Advancement of Science, a society through which the British government has supported scientific investigation since 1662: awards four annual medals.
- sacerdotalism — the system, spirit, or methods of the priesthood.
- sacerdotalize — to submit (something) to sacerdotalism
- scalpelliform — having the shape of a scalpel blade
- scarfed joint — a lapped joint between two pieces of timber made by notching or grooving the ends and strapping, bolting, or gluing the two pieces together
- scenarization — the process of making or creating a scenario, esp to aid distance learning education
- schizophrenia — Psychiatry.. Also called dementia praecox. a severe mental disorder characterized by some, but not necessarily all, of the following features: emotional blunting, intellectual deterioration, social isolation, disorganized speech and behavior, delusions, and hallucinations.
- scholarliness — of, like, or befitting a scholar: scholarly habits.
- scleromalacia — a thinning of the sclera (the eyeball's outer covering) which can occur as a result of rheumatoid arthritis
- scratch video — the technique or practice of recycling images from films or television to make collages
- sectorization — the act or state of sectorizing
- self-creation — the act of producing or causing to exist; the act of creating; engendering.
- semi-tropical — Semi-tropical places have warm, wet air.
- semicarbazone — a product that occurs as a result of aldehyde or ketone reacting with semicarbazide
- semiporcelain — any of several vitrified ceramic wares lacking the translucency or hardness of true porcelain but otherwise similar to it.
- serologically — as pertains to or with respect to serology; in a serological manner
- 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.
- small calorie — Thermodynamics. calorie (def 1a).
- social circle — a group of people who are socially connected
- social credit — the doctrine that under capitalism there is an inadequate distribution of purchasing power, for which the remedy lies in governmental control of retail prices and the distribution of national dividends to consumers.
- social market — an economic system in which industry and commerce are run by private enterprise within limits set by the government to ensure equality of opportunity and social and environmental responsibility
- social worker — sb who assists local community
- solar eclipse — Astronomy. the obscuration of the light of the moon by the intervention of the earth between it and the sun (lunar eclipse) or the obscuration of the light of the sun by the intervention of the moon between it and a point on the earth (solar eclipse) a similar phenomenon with respect to any other planet and either its satellite or the sun. the partial or complete interception of the light of one component of a binary star by the other.
- sonic barrier — sound barrier.
- south america — a continent in the S part of the Western Hemisphere. About 6,900,000 sq. mi. (17,871,000 sq. km).
- space tourism — travel into space for recreational purposes
- special offer — bargain
- special order — A special order is an extra order or an order for an item specially requested by a customer.
- special-order — to obtain by specific individual order: to special-order a dining-room chandelier.
- spectatorship — the state of being a spectator
- spermatogenic — relating to the development of spermatozoa
- spermatotoxic — spermotoxic.
- staff officer — a commissioned officer who is a member of a staff.
- static memory — the contents of computer memory that remain fixed until written to or until the power is turned off.
- step aerobics — a set of aerobic exercises designed to improve the cardiovascular system, which consists of stepping on and off a special box of adjustable height
- stercorarious — stercoraceous
- stereological — of, relating to, stereology
- stereotypical — a process, now often replaced by more advanced methods, for making metal printing plates by taking a mold of composed type or the like in papier-mâché or other material and then taking from this mold a cast in type metal.
- stratospheric — relating to the stratosphere
- strobilaceous — resembling a strobilus; conelike.
- subcategorize — to split into subcategories
- subcoriaceous — almost leathery
- supercautious — very or extremely cautious
- superreaction — a reverse movement or tendency; an action in a reverse direction or manner.
- superromantic — exceptionally romantic