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.