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14-letter words containing s, c, r, u, p

  • cruising speed — the speed at which a ship, car, or aircraft travels most efficiently
  • cryptoporticus — a covered passage, as one underground, lighted on one side.
  • crystal pickup — a piezoelectric vibration pickup or detector, often used on electric phonographs
  • cuproscheelite — (mineral) A mineral (CuWO4) having the same structure as scheelite but with calcium replaced by copper.
  • cuprotungstite — (mineral) A tetragonal mineral containing copper, hydrogen, oxygen, and tungsten.
  • curiosity shop — a shop selling unusual items and curios
  • curl one's lip — to show contempt, as by raising a corner of the lip
  • curtain speech — a talk given in front of the curtain after a stage performance, often by the author or an actor
  • custard powder — a powder containing cornflour, sugar, etc, for thickening milk to make a yellow sauce
  • cypress spurge — a perennial herb, Euphorbia cyparissias, of Eurasia, having small, greenish-yellow flowers in dense clusters.
  • dairy products — food derived from or containing milk and its derivatives
  • deep structure — a representation of a sentence at a level where logical or grammatical relations are made explicit, before transformational rules have been applied
  • dipterocarpous — (of a tree) belonging to the genus Dipterocarpus or the family Dipterocarpaceae
  • disciplinarium — a scourge for flogging penitents
  • duplex process — any of several methods for making steel in which the process is begun in one furnace and finished in another.
  • escape routine — a means of leaving a computer-program sequence before its end, in order to commence another sequence
  • euphorbiaceous — of, relating to, or belonging to the Euphorbiaceae, a family of plants typically having capsular fruits: includes the spurges, the castor oil and cassava plants, cascarilla, and poinsettia
  • first republic — the republic established in France in 1792 and replaced by the First Empire in 1804.
  • flash spectrum — the emission spectrum of the chromosphere of the sun, which dominates the solar spectrum in the seconds just before and after a total solar eclipse.
  • galactophorous — bearing milk; lactiferous.
  • group dynamics — (used with a plural verb) the interactions that influence the attitudes and behavior of people when they are grouped with others through either choice or accidental circumstances.
  • gynecomorphous — having the form, appearance, or attributes of a female.
  • holy scripture — Scripture (def 1).
  • holy sepulcher — the sepulcher in which the body of Jesus lay between His burial and His resurrection.
  • holy sepulchre — the tomb in which the body of Christ was laid after the Crucifixion
  • hydrocephalous — Having a swollen head.
  • hydrosulphuric — Alternative spelling of hydrosulfuric.
  • hyperacuteness — the state of being extremely acute or aware
  • hyperconscious — acutely aware.
  • hypermasculine — pertaining to or characteristic of a man or men: masculine attire.
  • hyperuricemias — Plural form of hyperuricemia.
  • income support — welfare payment to low earners
  • instructorship — a person who instructs; teacher.
  • insulinotropic — That stimulates or affects the production of insulin.
  • isocyano group — the univalent group −NC.
  • knockout drops — a drug secretly put into someone's drink to cause stupefaction
  • l-shaped curve — a curve on a graph that shows a sharp fall after which values remain low for a long period
  • lease-purchase — the continuing use of property or goods under a lease for a stipulated period with option for the lessee to buy and with part of the rental charges credited toward the purchase price.
  • macrocephalous — Having a large head.
  • microcephalous — Microcephalic.
  • microcomputers — Plural form of microcomputer.
  • micropublisher — a publisher of material in microfilm
  • micropulsation — a very minor fluctuation in the strength of the earth's magnetic field
  • mispronouncing — Present participle of mispronounce.
  • money-purchase — relating to a pension scheme in which both employer and employee make contributions to a fund that is used to buy an annuity on retirement. The amount paid as a pension depends on the size of the fund
  • mount prospect — a city in NE Illinois, near Chicago.
  • multiprocessor — parallel processing
  • musculophrenic — (anatomy) Pertaining to the muscles and the diaphragm.
  • myrmecophagous — Pertaining to the anteater.
  • myrmecophilous — (biology) Adapted to thrive in the presence of ants.
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