14-letter words containing s, c, a, n, d, r
- merchandisable — Suitable for merchandising.
- metric madness — excessive devotion to metrication
- microsporidian — Any of many parasites, of the class Microsporidia, that are very small fungi.
- mis-coordinate — of the same order or degree; equal in rank or importance.
- misdeclaration — An incorrect declaration, especially in an official context.
- mistranscribed — to make a written copy, especially a typewritten copy, of (dictated material, notes taken during a lecture, or other spoken material).
- monosaccharide — a carbohydrate that does not hydrolyze, as glucose, fructose, or ribose, occurring naturally or obtained by the hydrolysis of glycosides or polysaccharides.
- morris dancing — Morris dancing is a type of old English country dancing which is performed by people wearing special costumes.
- nabuchodonosor — Nebuchadnezzar (def 1).
- nacreous cloud — a rarely seen, luminous, iridescent cloud shaped like a cirrus or altocumulus, approximately 15 miles (24 km) above the earth, and of unknown composition.
- nanostructured — Having a nanostructure; a structure designed on the nano scale.
- narcodiagnosis — the use of drugs to produce narcosis as an aid in diagnosis.
- news broadcast — TV, radio: current affairs item
- north cascades — a national park in NW Washington: site of glaciers and mountain lakes. 789 sq. mi. (2043 sq. km).
- ordinary stock — British. common stock.
- ordnance corps — a combat support military unit responsible for developing and maintaining weapons and weapon systems
- osteochondroma — (medicine) A benign tumor consisting of bone or cartilage.
- panic disorder — a disorder in which inappropriate, intense apprehension and physical symptoms of fear occur so frequently as to produce significant impairment.
- polar distance — codeclination.
- prawn-sandwich — characterizing or belonging to the type of spectator at a football match who is motivated to attend more by the corporate hospitality available than a true devotion to a particular club
- preadolescence — the period preceding adolescence, usually designated as the years from 10 to 13.
- precision-made — made to precise specifications
- procrastinated — to defer action; delay: to procrastinate until an opportunity is lost.
- propagandistic — a person involved in producing or spreading propaganda.
- provincialised — to make provincial in character.
- ranch dressing — seasoned mayonnaise sauce
- reach-me-downs — trousers
- recondensation — the act or process of condensing again
- reconsolidated — to bring together (separate parts) into a single or unified whole; unite; combine: They consolidated their three companies.
- rediscountable — able to be rediscounted
- reducing glass — a lens or mirror that produces a virtual image of an object smaller than the object itself.
- rene descartes — René [ruh-ney;; French ruh-ney] /rəˈneɪ;; French rəˈneɪ/ (Show IPA), 1596–1650, French philosopher and mathematician.
- residence hall — Residence halls are buildings with rooms or apartments, usually built by universities or colleges, in which students live during the school year.
- sacred monster — a celebrity whose eccentricities or indiscretions are easily forgiven by admirers.
- sandhill crane — a North American crane, Grus canadensis, having bluish-gray plumage and a red forehead.
- sandwich board — two connected posters or signboards that hang in front of and behind a person and usually bear some advertisement, notice, exhortation, or the like.
- scaling ladder — a ladder for climbing high walls.
- scatterbrained — a person incapable of serious, connected thought.
- scream and die — Synonym cough and die, but connotes that an error message was printed or displayed before the program crashed.
- screen trading — a form of trading on a market or exchange in which the visual display unit of a computer replaces personal contact as in floor trading
- scribbling pad — a notebook or sketchbook
- second chamber — the parliament of the Netherlands, consisting of an upper chamber (First Chamber) and a lower chamber (Second Chamber)
- second reading — the stage in the consideration of a legislative bill that provides an opportunity for debate and amendment.
- secondary beam — a beam of particles of one kind selected from the group of particles produced when a beam of particles from an accelerator (primary beam) strikes a target.
- secondary cell — storage cell.
- secondary gain — any advantage, as increased attention, disability benefits, or release from unpleasant responsibilities, obtained as a result of having an illness (distinguished from primary gain).
- secondary road — a road less important than a main road or highway.
- secondary wall — the innermost part of a plant cell wall, deposited after the wall has ceased to increase in surface area.
- secondary wave — a transverse earthquake wave that travels through the interior of the earth and is usually the second conspicuous wave to reach a seismograph.
- serodiscordant — pertaining to a relationship with one HIV-positive partner and one HIV-negative partner.