13-letter words containing s, a, c, r, e
- script reader — playreader.
- scullery maid — a maid whose duties include washing up and vegetable preparation
- sea buckthorn — a thorny Eurasian shrub, Hippophaë rhamnoides, growing on sea coasts and having silvery leaves and orange fruits: family Elaeagnaceae
- search engine — a computer program that searches documents, especially on the World Wide Web, for a specified word or words and provides a list of documents in which they are found.
- seckel (pear) — a small, sweet, juicy, reddish-brown pear
- second nature — an acquired habit or tendency in one's character that is so deeply ingrained as to appear automatic: Neatness is second nature to him.
- second of arc — second2 (def 4).
- second papers — the documents by which an alien formerly made application for U.S. citizenship after having earlier filed a declaration of intention
- second reader — the elected official of a church or society who conducts services and reads from the Scriptures.
- second-grader — a pupil who is in the second grade
- secondary era — the period from the beginning of the Triassic to the end of the Cretaceous
- secret ballot — a vote in which the confidentiality of how one votes is safeguarded.
- secret weapon — Someone's secret weapon is a thing or person which they believe will help them achieve something and which other people do not know about.
- secretaryship — a person, usually an official, who is in charge of the records, correspondence, minutes of meetings, and related affairs of an organization, company, association, etc.: the secretary of the Linguistic Society of America.
- sectorization — the act or state of sectorizing
- security leak — a leak of information that could endanger public safety
- seed merchant — someone that collects, packages and sells seeds
- seismic array — a system of linked seismographs arranged in a regular geometric pattern to increase sensitivity to earthquake detection
- self-catering — holiday accommodation not including meals
- self-creation — the act of producing or causing to exist; the act of creating; engendering.
- self-critical — capable of criticizing oneself objectively.
- self-declared — proclaiming oneself to be
- self-reliance — reliance on oneself or one's own powers, resources, etc.
- self-reproach — blame or censure by one's own conscience.
- semi-abstract — pertaining to or designating a style of painting or sculpture in which the subject remains recognizable although the forms are highly stylized in a manner derived from abstract art.
- semi-circular — Something that is semi-circular has the shape of half a circle.
- semi-tropical — Semi-tropical places have warm, wet air.
- semicarbazide — an organic nitrogen compound derived from urea
- semicarbazone — a product that occurs as a result of aldehyde or ketone reacting with semicarbazide
- semiempirical — partly empirical
- semiparasitic — Biology. commonly parasitic but also capable of living on dead or decaying animal matter.
- semiporcelain — any of several vitrified ceramic wares lacking the translucency or hardness of true porcelain but otherwise similar to it.
- serial-access — sequential-access.
- serologically — as pertains to or with respect to serology; in a serological manner
- service break — an instance of a player winning a game against a server.
- service clasp — clasp (def 4).
- serving hatch — a small hatch or opening in a kitchen wall used to serve food through to an adjoining room
- severance pay — money, exclusive of wages, back pay, etc., paid to an employee who has tenure and who is dismissed because of lack of work or other reasons beyond the employee's control.
- severance tax — a tax levied by a state on the extraction and use of a natural product, as coal, that is sold outside the state or during a certain period.
- sex chromatin — Barr body.
- shaft encoder — A shaft encoder is a sensor for measuring how fast a shaft rotates.
- shaped charge — a warhead having a concave, hollow end and operating on the Munroe effect.
- share account — a savings account in a credit union.
- share capital — A company's share capital is the money that shareholders invest in order to start or expand the business.
- sharecropping — the practice of cultivating farmland as a sharecropper
- shark watcher — a business consultant who assists companies in identifying and preventing unwelcome takeover bids
- shaving cream — a preparation, as of soap and free fatty acid, that is lathered and applied to the face to soften and condition the beard for shaving.
- she-crab soup — a thick, bisquelike soup made with the meat and eggs of the female crab.
- shelf-stacker — a person whose job is to fill the shelves and displays in a supermarket or other shop with goods for sale
- ship chandler — a person who deals in cordage, canvas, and other supplies for ships.