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16-letter words containing s, c, r, o, g

  • prospect heights — a town in N Illinois.
  • prosthetic group — the nonprotein acid constituent of a conjugate protein, as the heme group of hemoglobin.
  • psychogeriatrics — the psychology of old age.
  • purchasing power — Also called buying power. the ability to purchase goods and services.
  • rattle so's cage — If someone rattles your cage, they do something which is intended to make you feel nervous.
  • recorded message — words spoken by someone and recorded electronically in order to be replayed again in future, esp automatically over the phone
  • recording studio — place where music is recorded
  • releasing factor — a substance usually of hypothalamic origin that triggers the release of a particular hormone from an endocrine gland.
  • reporting clause — A reporting clause is a clause which indicates that you are talking about what someone said or thought. For example, in 'She said that she was hungry', 'She said' is a reporting clause.
  • richmond heights — a city in E Missouri, near St. Louis.
  • sangre de cristo — a mountain range in S Colorado and N New Mexico: a part of the Rocky Mountains. Highest peak, Blanca Peak, 14,390 feet (4385 meters).
  • saxo grammaticus — c1150–1206? Danish historian and poet.
  • scarborough lily — a plant, Vallota speciosa, of the amaryllis family, native to southern Africa, having clusters of funnel-shaped, scarlet flowers.
  • schoolgirl crush — an infatuation that a young girl has, usually for an older man such as a teacher or an actor, which is seen as superficial and unlikely to last for long
  • scratch together — to assemble with difficulty
  • scribbling block — scratch pad.
  • scrovegni chapel — Arena Chapel.
  • second messenger — any of various intracellular chemical substances, as cyclic AMP, that transmit and amplify the messages delivered by a first messenger to specific receptors on the cell surface.
  • secondary growth — an increase in the thickness of the shoots and roots of a vascular plant as a result of the formation of new cells in the cambium.
  • self-proclaiming — to announce or declare in an official or formal manner: to proclaim war.
  • self-pronouncing — having the pronunciation indicated, especially by diacritical marks added on original spellings rather than by phonetic symbols: a self-pronouncing dictionary.
  • self-reproducing — to make a copy, representation, duplicate, or close imitation of: to reproduce a picture.
  • shoestring catch — a catch of a ball on the fly, made close to the ground while running.
  • simon boccanegra — an opera (1857) by Giuseppe Verdi.
  • single precision — using one word rather than two or more to represent a number.
  • slang dictionary — a specialized dictionary covering the words, phrases, and idioms that reflect the least formal speech of a language. These terms are often metaphorical and playful, and are likely to be evanescent as the spoken language changes from one generation to another. Much slang belongs to specific groups, as the jargon of a particular class, profession, or age group. Some is vulgar. Some slang terms have staying power as slang, but others make a transition into common informal speech, and then into the standard language. An online slang dictionary, such as the Dictionary.com Slang Dictionary, provides immediate information about the meaning and history of a queried term and its appropriateness or lack of appropriateness in a range of social and professional circumstances.
  • sliding friction — frictional resistance to relative movement of surfaces on loaded contact
  • social gathering — party, get-together
  • software package — bundle of files to execute computer program
  • something fierce — desperately, intensely
  • spectroheliogram — a photograph of the sun made with a spectroheliograph.
  • spreading factor — a substance, as hyaluronidase, that promotes the diffusion of a material through body tissues
  • sql access group — (body)   The origanisaton which defined Call-Level Interface, on which ODBC is based. It is now part of X/Open.
  • staffing officer — someone who recruits, hires, and ensures the interests of staff and employees in an organization
  • stage production — a play or show which is performed on stage
  • statutory change — a change in the law
  • stock car racing — the sport of racing in stock cars
  • stocking stuffer — a small, usually inexpensive gift that is placed with others in a Christmas stocking.
  • stomach-churning — causing nausea.
  • storage capacity — amount of room or space
  • string orchestra — an orchestra consisting only of violins, violas, cellos, and double basses
  • subcartilaginous — partially or incompletely cartilaginous.
  • subtropical high — one of several highs, as the Azores and Pacific highs, that prevail over the oceans at latitudes of about 30 degrees N and S. Also called subtropical anticyclone. Compare high (def 37).
  • sulu archipelago — an island group in the SW Philippines, separating the Sulawesi Sea from the Sulu Sea. 1086 sq. mi. (2813 sq. km). Capital: Jolo.
  • supporting actor — performer: not lead
  • syncategorematic — Traditional Logic. of or relating to a word that is part of a categorical proposition but is not a term, as all, some, is.
  • teachers college — a four-year college offering courses for the training of primary and secondary school teachers and granting the bachelor's degree and often advanced degrees.
  • the scots guards — a regiment of Guards Division of the British Army which dates back to 1642
  • through-composed — having different music for each verse: a through-composed song. Compare strophic (def 2).
  • tracking station — a facility equipped with instrumentation for following the flight path of, communicating with, and collecting data from a rocket or spacecraft.
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