13-letter words containing s, a, n, c, r, i
- spermatogenic — relating to the development of spermatozoa
- sperry univac — (company) One of the divisions of Sperry Corporation at the time that company merged with the Burroughs Corporation to form Unisys Corporation.
- spiral casing — a spiral passage for directing the water from a penstock around a water turbine and into the rotor.
- sportscasting — the reporting of a sports event by radio or television broadcast.
- spying charge — an accusation of having taken part in espionage
- standard coin — a coin having value in bullion at least equal to its face value.
- standing crop — the totality of living things in an ecosystem at a given time.
- stock raising — the breeding and raising of livestock.
- strip cartoon — A strip cartoon is the same as a comic strip.
- structuration — the act of giving structure to something
- sub-franchise — a privilege of a public nature conferred on an individual, group, or company by a government: a franchise to operate a bus system.
- suburbicarian — being near the city of Rome.
- sunrise watch — dogwatch (def 2).
- supercriminal — an extremely bad, powerful or successful criminal, a criminal working on a large scale or committing extreme crimes
- superreaction — a reverse movement or tendency; an action in a reverse direction or manner.
- superromantic — exceptionally romantic
- surface noise — extraneous noise caused by physical wear or a physical flaw on a phonograph record or in a pickup system, rather than by a flaw in the equipment.
- swimming crab — any of numerous, chiefly marine crabs, especially of the family Portunidae, having the legs adapted for swimming.
- tautochronism — the fact or quality of being a tautochrone
- tax inspector — a government official whose job is to make sure that people and companies are paying the right amount of tax
- tennis racket — long-handled bat used in tennis
- terpsichorean — pertaining to dancing.
- the carolinas — North Carolina and South Carolina
- the franchise — the right to vote, esp for representatives in a legislative body; suffrage
- thoracentesis — insertion of a hollow needle or similar instrument into the pleural cavity of the chest in order to drain pleural fluid.
- tracking shot — dolly shot.
- tractarianism — the religious opinions and principles of the Oxford movement, especially in its early phase, given in a series of 90 papers called Tracts for the Times, published at Oxford, England, 1833–41.
- train service — provision of railway transport
- trans-oceanic — extending across or traversing the ocean: a transoceanic cable.
- transactinide — any element having an atomic number higher than 103, the last of the actinide series. These superheavy, radioactive elements are extremely short-lived, and can only be created in the laboratory.
- transactional — the act of transacting or the fact of being transacted.
- transactivate — to activate the replication of (a viral gene) through the presence of a gene at another locus, especially following a viral infection.
- transatlantic — crossing or reaching across the Atlantic: a transatlantic liner.
- transcaucasia — a region in SE Europe, S of the Caucasus Mountains, between the Black and Caspian seas: constituted a republic 1922–36 (Transcauca·sian So·cialist Fed·erated So·viet Repub·lic) area now includes the republics of Armenia, Azerbaijan, and Georgia.
- transcriptase — RNA polymerase.
- transcription — the act or process of transcribing.
- transcriptome — a collection of all the messenger RNA in a particular cell
- translocation — a change of location.
- transmittance — Physics. the ratio of the radiant flux transmitted through and emerging from a body to the total flux incident on it: equivalent to one minus the absorptance.
- transmittancy — a measure of the extent to which a solution transmits radiation. It is equal to the ratio of the transmittance of the solution to the transmittance of a pure solvent of the same dimensions
- transthoracic — of or relating to the thorax.
- unascertained — to find out definitely; learn with certainty or assurance; determine: to ascertain the facts.
- uncertainness — not definitely ascertainable or fixed, as in time of occurrence, number, dimensions, or quality.
- uncharismatic — (of a person) not charismatic; lacking charisma; dull
- unconstrained — forced, compelled, or obliged: a constrained confession.
- uncustomarily — according to or depending on custom; usual; habitual.
- undescribable — to tell or depict in written or spoken words; give an account of: He described the accident very carefully.
- undiscernable — capable of being discerned; distinguishable.
- undiscouraged — to deprive of courage, hope, or confidence; dishearten; dispirit.
- undistracting — not distracting; not showy or ostentatious