13-letter words containing s, c, t, u
- suspectedness — the state of being suspected
- suspercollate — to hang
- sustentacular — supporting.
- sustentaculum — an organ or part that gives support
- sweep account — Finance. a checking account from which money in excess of a specified amount is automatically transferred to another account or to an investment that earns a higher rate of return.
- sweet calamus — a plant, Acorus calamus, of the arum family, having long, sword-shaped leaves and a pungent, aromatic rootstock.
- swift current — a city in SW Saskatchewan, in S Canada.
- sylvicultural — relating to sylviculture
- tartare sauce — a mayonnaise dressing for fish and seafood, usually with chopped pickles, onions, olives, capers, and green herbs added.
- tautochronism — the fact or quality of being a tautochrone
- tautochronous — having the character of a tautochrone
- tautosyllabic — occurring within the same syllable: The (s) and (t) are tautosyllabic in the word disturb, but not in distaste.
- tax schedules — the different ways of classifying income under tax law
- tenaciousness — holding fast; characterized by keeping a firm hold (often followed by of): a tenacious grip on my arm; tenacious of old habits.
- terrace house — a house in a terrace or a row of houses, usually identical and having common dividing walls
- tetrastichous — arranged in a spike of four vertical rows, as flowers.
- the conscious — that part of one's mental activity of which one is fully aware at any given time
- the consulate — the consular government of France from 1799 to 1804
- the holocaust — the systematic, genocidal destruction of over six million European Jews by the Nazis before and during WWII
- the superrich — exceptionally wealthy people, considered collectively
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- thick-skulled — stupid; dull.
- thiosulphuric — of or relating to thiosulphuric acid or anything derived from it
- thumb-sucking — a person who habitually sucks a thumb.
- thunderstruck — overcome with consternation; confounded; astounded: He was thunderstruck by the news of his promotion.
- time discount — a discount allowed for payment of an invoice or bill before it falls due.
- tinker's cuss — tinker's damn (def 1).
- to lose touch — If you lose touch with someone, you gradually stop writing, telephoning, or visiting them.
- tourist class — the least costly class of accommodations on regularly scheduled ships and airplanes. Compare third class (def 2).
- tourist court — motel.
- touristically — in a touristic or touristy manner
- toxicophagous — poison-eating
- trachycarpous — having rough-skinned fruit.
- transcaucasia — a region in SE Europe, S of the Caucasus Mountains, between the Black and Caspian seas: constituted a republic 1922–36 (Transcauca·sian So·cialist Fed·erated So·viet Repub·lic) area now includes the republics of Armenia, Azerbaijan, and Georgia.
- transcultural — across all cultures of the world
- translucently — permitting light to pass through but diffusing it so that persons, objects, etc., on the opposite side are not clearly visible: Frosted window glass is translucent but not transparent.
- treacherously — characterized by faithlessness or readiness to betray trust; traitorous.
- trichopterous — belonging or pertaining to the insect order Trichoptera, comprising the caddisflies.
- truchas peaks — group of mountains in N New Mexico, NE of Santa Fe in the S Sangre de Cristo Mountains.
- trucial coast — an independent federation in E Arabia, formed in 1971, now comprising seven emirates on the S coast (formerly, Pirate Coast or Trucial Coast) of the Persian Gulf, formerly under British protection: Abu Dhabi, Dubai, Sharjah, Ajman, Umm al-Qaiwain, Ras al-Khaimah (joined 1972), and Fujairah. About 32,300 sq. mi. (83,657 sq. km). Capital: Abu Dhabi. Abbreviation: U.A.E.
- truck bolster — the upper transverse member of a car truck that holds the truck center plate and receives the car's weight.
- trust account — an account of property established with a trust company by a grantor, for distribution during or after the grantor's lifetime.
- trust company — a company or corporation organized to exercise the functions of a trustee, but usually engaging also in other banking and financial activities.
- tummy muscles — the muscles of the stomach
- tungstic acid — a hydrate of tungsten trioxide, H 2 WO 4 ⋅H 2 O, used in the manufacture of tungsten-lamp filaments.
- tussiculation — a hacking cough.
- tussock grass — any of various grasses that grow in tuftlike clumps.
- ugly customer — a hostile or dangerous person.
- ultracautious — extremely or excessively cautious
- ultraphysical — extremely physical