14-letter words containing s, c, r, e, n, a
- speech-reading — the act or process of determining the intended meaning of a speaker by utilizing all visual clues accompanying speech attempts, as lip movements, facial expressions, and bodily gestures, used especially by people with impaired hearing.
- speed merchant — a person who habitually drives too fast in a motor vehicle
- spinthariscope — an instrument that detects ionizing radiation by picking up sparks of light from alpha particles.
- spironolactone — a steroid, C 2 4 H 3 2 O 4 S, used in combination with other drugs as a diuretic and antihypertensive.
- spring balance — a device in which an object to be weighed is attached to the end of a helical spring, the extension of which indicates the weight of the object on a calibrated scale
- square-dancing — the activity of taking part in a square dance
- st. catharines — a city in SE Ontario, in SE Canada.
- standard score — the test score of a participant expressed as the deviation of the score from the mean score of the sample in units of standard deviation.
- stanley dancer — Stanley, 1927–2005, U.S. harness racer and trainer.
- starting price — gambling odds
- steam cracking — Steam cracking is the main method of breaking down large molecules of hydrocarbons, in which a gaseous or liquid hydrocarbon is diluted with steam and then heated.
- steganographic — of, or pertaining to, steganography
- stinking cedar — an evergreen tree, Torreya taxifolia, of the yew family, native to Florida, having rank-smelling foliage and dark-green, egg-shaped fruit.
- stock in trade — the requisites for carrying on a business, especially goods kept on hand for sale in a store.
- stock transfer — Stock transfer is the act of moving goods from one part of the distribution chain to another.
- stock watering — the creation of more new shares in a company than is justified by its assets
- stock-in-trade — items used in performing a job
- stocking frame — a type of knitting machine
- street cleaner — a sanitation worker who cleans streets or sidewalks.
- subarborescent — below or under trees
- subcontrariety — the quality or state of being subcontrary
- subgenerically — in a subgeneric manner; in a way relating to a subgenus
- submetacentric — referring to chromosomes which have one long arm and one short arm
- superabundance — exceedingly or excessively abundant; more than sufficient; excessive.
- supermasculine — highly masculine
- surinam cherry — a tropical American tree, Eugenia uniflora, of the myrtle family, having ovate leaves and fragrant, white flowers.
- sync-generator — an electronic generator that supplies synchronizing pulses to television scanning and transmitting equipment.
- term insurance — an insurance policy that provides coverage for a limited period, the value payable only if a loss occurs within the term, with nothing payable upon its expiration.
- the resistance — an illegal organization fighting for national liberty in a country under enemy occupation, esp in France during World War II
- thermodynamics — the science concerned with the relations between heat and mechanical energy or work, and the conversion of one into the other: modern thermodynamics deals with the properties of systems for the description of which temperature is a necessary coordinate.
- to close ranks — If you say that the members of a group close ranks, you mean that they are supporting each other only because their group is being criticized.
- trade discount — a discount, as from the list price of goods, granted by a manufacturer or wholesaler to a retailer.
- trades council — (in Britain) an association of the different trade unions in one town or area
- train sickness — nausea and dizziness, sometimes accompanied by vomiting, resulting from the motion of the train in which one is traveling.
- transcendental — transcendent, surpassing, or superior.
- transcorporeal — of the nature of the physical body; bodily.
- transcutaneous — by way of or through the skin.
- transempirical — beyond the range of experiential knowledge.
- transit circle — meridian circle.
- transmasculine — noting or relating to a person who was born female but whose gender identity is more male than female.
- transparencies — Also, transparence. the quality or state of being transparent.
- transplacental — across or passing through the placenta.
- transport café — an inexpensive eating place on a main route, used mainly by long-distance lorry drivers
- transrectifier — a device, usually a vacuum tube, that provides transrectification.
- treasury bench — (in Britain) the front bench to the right of the Speaker in the House of Commons, traditionally reserved for members of the Government
- trisoctahedron — a solid bounded by 24 identical faces in groups of three, each group corresponding to one face of an octahedron.
- trysting place — a place for a meeting, especially a secret meeting of lovers; rendezvous.
- turn the scale — Often, scales. a balance or any of various other instruments or devices for weighing: We gave the parents a baby scale. The butcher placed the meat on the scales.
- tymshare, inc. — (company) The US company that created the TYMNET network.
- ultra-distance — covering a distance in excess of 30 miles, often as part of a longer race or competition