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14-letter words containing r, e, l, c, t, i

  • semi-nocturnal — active at night (opposed to diurnal): nocturnal animals.
  • semi-realistic — interested in, concerned with, or based on what is real or practical: a realistic estimate of costs; a realistic planner.
  • service tunnel — a tunnel alongside another which is used for services such as maintenance, repairs, etc
  • serviceability — capable of or being of service; useful.
  • shield cricket — the interstate cricket competition held for the Sheffield Shield
  • sickle feather — one of the paired, elongated, sickle-shaped, middle feathers of the tail of the rooster.
  • sigma particle — an unstable hyperon having positive, negative, or zero electric charge and strangeness −1. Symbol: Σ.
  • silent service — the submarine service (usually preceded by the).
  • single-sticker — a sailboat, esp. a sloop, having only one mast
  • skull practice — a meeting for the purpose of discussion, exchange of ideas, solving problems, etc.
  • slantendicular — slanting (rather than perpendicular or horizontal)
  • sliding vector — a vector having specified magnitude and lying on a given line.
  • slit fricative — a fricative, as (f) or (th), in which the tongue is relatively flat, with air channeled over it through a shallow slit.
  • social chapter — The social chapter is an agreement between countries in the European Union concerning workers' rights and working conditions.
  • social charter — a declaration of the rights, minimum wages, maximum hours, etc, of workers in the European Union, later adopted in the Social Chapter
  • social network — a network of friends, colleagues, and other personal contacts: Strong social networks can encourage healthy behaviors.
  • somali current — a current of the Indian Ocean, flowing northward along the coast of Somalia in summer and southwestward the rest of the year.
  • spectacularity — of or like a spectacle; marked by or given to an impressive, large-scale display.
  • spectrological — relating to spectres or spectrology
  • spironolactone — a steroid, C 2 4 H 3 2 O 4 S, used in combination with other drugs as a diuretic and antihypertensive.
  • stercoricolous — (of an organism) living in dung
  • sterculiaceous — of, relating to, or belonging to the Sterculiaceae, a chiefly tropical family of plants that includes cacao and cola
  • stereochemical — of, relating to, stereochemistry
  • stirling cycle — a highly efficient thermodynamic cycle in which air or an inert gas is compressed and expanded
  • straight-laced — strait-laced (sense 2)
  • strait-lacedly — in a strait-laced manner
  • streptobacilli — any of various bacilli that form in chains.
  • stretchability — to draw out or extend (oneself, a body, limbs, wings, etc.) to the full length or extent (often followed by out): to stretch oneself out on the ground.
  • striped muscle — a type of contractile tissue that is marked by transverse striations; it is concerned with moving skeletal parts to which it is usually attached
  • structuralized — to form into or make part of a structure.
  • sulfuric ether — ether (def 1).
  • supercelestial — located above the heavens; above the heavens or celestial regions
  • superficiality — being at, on, or near the surface: a superficial wound.
  • symmetric lisp — A parallel Lisp in which environments are first-class objects. It is implemented in Common LISP. E-mail: Suresh Jagannathan <[email protected]>.
  • target vehicle — a spacecraft used to develop and practise orbital space rendezvous and docking techniques in preparation for the lunar missions
  • tatar republic — a constituent republic of W Russia, around the confluence of the Volga and Kama Rivers. Capital: Kazan. Pop: 3 779 800 (2002). Area: 68 000 sq km (26 250 sq miles)
  • teaching elder — a minister in a Presbyterian church.
  • technical area — the area at the side of the pitch to which managers, trainers, coaches, etc are restricted during play
  • technothriller — a suspense novel in which the manipulation of sophisticated technology, as of aircraft or weapons systems, plays a prominent part.
  • teleprocessing — computerized processing and transmission of data over the telephone or other long-distance communications systems.
  • tellurous acid — a white, crystalline powder, H2TeO3
  • terminological — the system of terms belonging or peculiar to a science, art, or specialized subject; nomenclature: the terminology of botany.
  • tertiary color — a color, as brown, produced by mixing two secondary colors.
  • the cordeliers — a political club founded in 1790 and meeting at an old Cordelier convent in Paris
  • thermoelectric — of, relating to, or involving the direct relationship between heat and electricity.
  • third republic — the republic established in France in 1870 and terminating with the Nazi occupation in 1940.
  • thromboembolic — the blockage of a blood vessel by a thrombus carried through the bloodstream from its site of formation.
  • tic douloureux — a condition of momentary stabbing pain along the trigeminal nerve
  • ticket scalper — an unauthorized ticket speculator who buys tickets to a performance or sports event and resells them at inflated prices.
  • tissue culture — the technique of cultivating living tissue in a prepared medium outside the body.
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