15-letter words containing s, c, o, u, r, g
- plastic surgeon — doctor who performs cosmetic surgery
- programme music — music that is intended to depict or evoke a scene or idea
- pseudopregnancy — Pathology, Veterinary Pathology. false pregnancy.
- puffin crossing — a UK pedestrian road crossing with traffic lights signalling red to stop the traffic flow when pedestrians are seen on the crossing by infrared detectors. The green signal reappears when no pedestrians are seen on the crossing
- robert guiscard — Robert [French raw-ber] /French rɔˈbɛr/ (Show IPA), (Robert de Hauteville) c1015–85, Norman conqueror in Italy.
- rural sociology — the sociological study of life in rural areas and the effects of ruralization.
- scrounge around — to borrow (a small amount or item) with no intention of repaying or returning it: to scrounge a cigarette.
- secondary group — a group of people with whom one's contacts are detached and impersonal.
- secundogeniture — the state of being the second born child
- securicor guard — a guard who works for Securicor
- self-renouncing — to give up or put aside voluntarily: to renounce worldly pleasures.
- shoulder charge — an instance of a player charging into another so that there is contact between their shoulders (permissible in some circumstances)
- sounding rocket — a rocket equipped with instruments for making meteorological observations in the upper atmosphere.
- source language — the language in which a text appears that is to be translated into another language. Compare target language (def 1).
- southern gothic — a literary genre depicting life in the southern US and featuring grotesque themes and imagery
- star of courage — a Canadian award for bravery
- steering column — the shaft that connects the steering wheel to the steering gear assembly of an automotive vehicle.
- sugarcane borer — the larva of the pyralid moth, Diatraea saccharalis, a serious pest of sugarcane, corn, rice, and sorghums.
- surge protector — a small device to protect a computer, telephone, television set, or the like from damage by high-voltage electrical surges.
- symmetric group — the group of all permutations of a finite set.
- synectics group — a group of people of varied background that meets to attempt creative solutions of problems through the unrestricted exercise of imagination and the correlation of disparate elements.
- thought process — thinking, train of thought
- toucan crossing — a place where people who are walking and cyclists can both cross a busy road together. They press a button at the side of the road, which operates traffic lights to stop the traffic
- training course — practical programme of study
- uncorresponding — identical in all essentials or respects: corresponding fingerprints.
- urban sociology — the sociological study of cities and their role in the development of society.