14-letter words containing r, u, c
- serum sickness — a generalized allergic reaction to a foreign serum or drug, characterized by fever, skin rash, enlarged lymph nodes, and painful joints.
- servant church — the attitude or practices of a church whose avowed purpose is to serve the world.
- service module — (often initial capital letters) U.S. Aerospace. the section of an Apollo spacecraft containing the principal propulsion system, electrical system, water, and other supplies.
- service tunnel — a tunnel alongside another which is used for services such as maintenance, repairs, etc
- shoulder patch — a cloth emblem worn on the upper part of a sleeve of a uniform typically as identification of the organization to which the wearer is assigned.
- shower cubicle — a shower enclosure
- shower curtain — waterproof sheet around a shower
- shulchan aruch — the main codification of Jewish law derived from the Talmud, compiled by the 16th-century rabbi, Joseph Caro
- sicstus prolog — A Prolog from the SICS (Swedish Inst of Comp Sci). E-mail: <[email protected]>. Mailing list: [email protected]
- silviculturist — the cultivation of forest trees; forestry.
- simaroubaceous — belonging to the Simaroubaceae, the quassia family of plants.
- size reduction — Size reduction is a process in which the particle size of a solid is made smaller.
- ski instructor — sb who teaches skiing
- skull practice — a meeting for the purpose of discussion, exchange of ideas, solving problems, etc.
- slantendicular — slanting (rather than perpendicular or horizontal)
- slate-coloured — like slate in colour
- slum clearance — the removal for rehousing, by the state, of those people who previously lived in slum areas, to prepare the area for demolition and rebuilding
- slurry reactor — A slurry reactor is a reactor in which contact is achieved by suspending a solid in a liquid.
- smoker's cough — a chronic cough caused by smoking.
- socioreligious — of, relating to, or signifying the combination or interaction of religious and social factors.
- sock suspender — garter (def 1).
- sodium citrate — a white, crystalline or granular, water-soluble, odorless solid, Na 3 C 6 H 5 O 7 ⋅2H 2 O, having a cool, saline taste: used in photography, in soft drinks, and in medicine chiefly to prevent the coagulation of blood.
- soft sculpture — sculpture principally in vinyl, canvas, or other flexible material reproducing objects of characteristically rigid construction, as an electric fan, a typewriter, a set of drums, or a bathtub, in forms having a malleable texture and a liquescent, somewhat deflated appearance.
- somali current — a current of the Indian Ocean, flowing northward along the coast of Somalia in summer and southwestward the rest of the year.
- soul-searching — the act or process of close and penetrating analysis of oneself, to determine one's true motives and sentiments.
- sound archives — official records or files (as in a library) of sound recordings, broadcasts, or performances, esp those from radio programmes
- source program — an original computer program written by a programmer that is converted into the equivalent object program, written in machine language, by the compiler or assembler
- south american — a continent in the S part of the Western Hemisphere. About 6,900,000 sq. mi. (17,871,000 sq. km).
- south carolina — a state in the SE United States, on the Atlantic coast. 31,055 sq. mi. (80,430 sq. km). Capital: Columbia. Abbreviation: SC (for use with zip code), S.C.
- southern cross — Also called Cross. Astronomy. a southern constellation between Centaurus and Musca. Compare Northern Cross.
- southern crown — the constellation Corona Australis.
- southern ocean — that part of the Indian Ocean south of Australia
- spark spectrum — a spectrum formed from the light produced by an electric spark, characteristic of the gas or vapor through which the spark passes.
- speckled trout — brook trout (def 1).
- spectacularity — of or like a spectacle; marked by or given to an impressive, large-scale display.
- spectator pump — a woman's spectator shoe, closed at the front and back, usually having a medium or medium-high heel.
- 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.
- spruce budworm — the larva of a common tortricid moth, Choristoneura fumiferana, that is a destructive pest primarily of spruce and balsam fir in the northern and northeastern U.S. and in Canada.
- square bracket — bracket (def 3).
- square-dancing — the activity of taking part in a square dance
- squared circle — a wrestling ring
- squared splice — square splice.
- staghorn sumac — a sumac, Rhus typhina, of eastern North America, having leaves that turn scarlet, orange, and purple in the autumn.
- starch-reduced — (of food, esp bread) having the starch content reduced, as in proprietary slimming products
- start-up costs — the costs of setting up a business or other project
- startle colour — a bright region of an animal's coloration, normally hidden from view and often part of a design resembling birds' eyes, etc, exposed when the animal is disturbed by a predator
- station church — any of the churches in Rome that have been used from ancient times as points of assembly for religious processions
- 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
- stock turnover — the rate at which stock is sold and replenished