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14-letter words containing p, i, t, c

  • self-publicist — someone who is skilled at promoting him or herself
  • self-replicate — (of a computer virus, etc) to reproduce itself
  • semielliptical — a half ellipse, usually one containing both ends of the major axis.
  • service stripe — a stripe worn on the left sleeve by an enlisted person to indicate a specific period of time served on active duty.
  • sharp practice — You can use sharp practice to refer to an action or a way of behaving, especially in business or professional matters, that you think is clever but dishonest.
  • sicstus prolog — A Prolog from the SICS (Swedish Inst of Comp Sci). E-mail: <[email protected]>. Mailing list: [email protected]
  • sigma particle — an unstable hyperon having positive, negative, or zero electric charge and strangeness −1. Symbol: Σ.
  • simplification — to make less complex or complicated; make plainer or easier: to simplify a problem.
  • simplistically — characterized by extreme simplism; oversimplified: a simplistic notion of good and bad.
  • simscript ii.5 — Another version of SIMSCRIPT from CACI.
  • sistine chapel — the chapel of the pope in the Vatican at Rome, built for Pope Sixtus IV and decorated with frescoes by Michelangelo and others.
  • skull practice — a meeting for the purpose of discussion, exchange of ideas, solving problems, etc.
  • social capital — the interpersonal relationships, institutions, and other social assets of a society or group that can be used to gain advantage: the impact of social capital on productivity and economic well-being; the ways in which women accumulate social capital.
  • social chapter — The social chapter is an agreement between countries in the European Union concerning workers' rights and working conditions.
  • social-compact — the voluntary agreement among individuals by which, according to any of various theories, as of Hobbes, Locke, or Rousseau, organized society is brought into being and invested with the right to secure mutual protection and welfare or to regulate the relations among its members.
  • sociopolitical — of, relating to, or signifying the combination or interaction of social and political factors: the sociopolitical environment in Japan.
  • sophisticating — a sophisticated person.
  • sophistication — sophisticated character, ideas, tastes, or ways as the result of education, worldly experience, etc.: the sophistication of the wealthy.
  • sparring match — a practice boxing match
  • specbase_int92 — A variant of SPECint92 that reports "baseline" results, using stricter run rules.
  • special effect — Usually, special effects. a video or audio illusion in film or other media, created with computer-generated images, prosthetic makeup, pyrotechnics, etc.
  • specialisation — the act of specializing, or pursuing a particular line of study or work: Medical students with high student loans often feel driven into specialization.
  • specialization — the act of specializing, or pursuing a particular line of study or work: Medical students with high student loans often feel driven into specialization.
  • specimen plant — a plant grown by itself for ornamental effect, rather than being massed with others in a bed or border.
  • specrate_int92 — (benchmark)   The integer SPECrate derived from the results of a set of integer benchmarks (the geometric mean of six SPEC rates from CINT92) run multiple times simultaneously, and can be used to estimate a machine's overall multi-tasking throughput for integer code. It is typically used on multiprocessor machines. SPECrate_int92 obsoletes SPECintThruput89. See also SPECbaserate.
  • spectacularity — of or like a spectacle; marked by or given to an impressive, large-scale display.
  • spectrological — relating to spectres or spectrology
  • spectroscopist — the science that deals with the use of the spectroscope and with spectrum analysis.
  • spermatic cord — the cord by which a testis is suspended in the scrotum, containing the vas deferens and the blood vessels and nerves of the testis.
  • spinthariscope — an instrument that detects ionizing radiation by picking up sparks of light from alpha particles.
  • spirit compass — a wet compass filled with a mixture of alcohol and water.
  • spiritualistic — the belief or doctrine that the spirits of the dead, surviving after the mortal life, can and do communicate with the living, especially through a person (a medium) particularly susceptible to their influence.
  • spirochaetosis — a disease caused by infection with a spirochete.
  • spironolactone — a steroid, C 2 4 H 3 2 O 4 S, used in combination with other drugs as a diuretic and antihypertensive.
  • spitting cobra — any cobra or cobralike snake, especially the ringhals, that sprays venom at the eyes of approaching animals.
  • spittle insect — any of numerous leaping, homopterous insects of the family Cercopidae, which in the immature stages live in a spittlelike secretion on plants.
  • split decision — a decision of a bout on whose outcome the referee and judges did not unanimously agree.
  • sporotrichosis — a widespread infectious disease marked by nodules or ulcers of the skin, chiefly affecting humans and domestic mammals and caused by the fungus Sporothrix schenckii.
  • spotted orchid — any of various common Eurasian orchids, esp the heath and common spotted orchids (Dactylorhiza maculata and D. fuchsii). The flowers are variable but usually have dark blotches
  • stability pact — an agreement between the member states of the EU which have joined the single currency, the aim of which is to secure the currency's stability by imposing fines on member states whose budget deficits exceed 3 per cent of their gross domestic product
  • standard pitch — concert pitch
  • starting price — gambling odds
  • steeplechasing — a horse race over a turf course furnished with artificial ditches, hedges, and other obstacles over which the horses must jump.
  • steganographic — of, or pertaining to, steganography
  • stegocephalian — an extinct, pre-Jurassic amphibian
  • stereospecific — (of a reaction) producing a simple stereoisomer.
  • sticking place — Also called sticking point. the place or point at which something stops and holds firm.
  • sticking point — a point, detail, or circumstance causing or likely to cause a stalemate or impasse: The bill would have gone through the Senate quickly but for one sticking point.
  • stopping place — a place where vehicles may stop temporarily
  • streptobacilli — any of various bacilli that form in chains.
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