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13-letter words containing s, c, u, n, t

  • running costs — The running costs of a business are the amount of money that is regularly spent on things such as salaries, heating, lighting, and rent.
  • russification — Russianize (defs 1, 2).
  • saint columba — Padraic [paw-drik] /ˈpɔ drɪk/ (Show IPA), 1881–1972, Irish poet and dramatist, in the U.S. from 1914.
  • saint maurice — a river in S Quebec, Canada, flowing S and SE to the St. Lawrence River at Three Rivers: lower course in valley called La Mauricie. 325 miles (523 km) long.
  • saint-brieucs — a city in and the capital of the Côtes-du-Nord, in W France.
  • sanctimonious — making a hypocritical show of religious devotion, piety, righteousness, etc.: They resented his sanctimonious comments on immorality in America.
  • sansculottism — (in the French Revolution) a revolutionary of the poorer class: originally a term of contempt applied by the aristocrats but later adopted as a popular name by the revolutionaries.
  • satanic abuse — sexual abuse (esp of children), killing, or violent acts considered to be carried out as part of satanic worship rituals
  • scapulimantic — relating to scapulimancy
  • scathefulness — the state or quality of being harmful or injurious
  • school outing — a short trip that a school organizes for schoolchildren, usually during the school day, to a place of interest such as museum or art gallery
  • scoping study — a preliminary study to define the scope of a project
  • scout uniform — the uniform worn by the Scouts
  • sea buckthorn — a thorny Eurasian shrub, Hippophaë rhamnoides, growing on sea coasts and having silvery leaves and orange fruits: family Elaeagnaceae
  • second nature — an acquired habit or tendency in one's character that is so deeply ingrained as to appear automatic: Neatness is second nature to him.
  • security zone — an area controlled by security forces
  • seductiveness — tending to seduce; enticing; beguiling; captivating: a seductive smile.
  • self-conquest — the act or state of conquering or the state of being conquered; vanquishment.
  • semiconductor — a substance, as silicon or germanium, with electrical conductivity intermediate between that of an insulator and a conductor: a basic component of various kinds of electronic circuit element (semiconductor device) used in communications, control, and detection technology and in computers.
  • sensate focus — a series of touching exercises designed to increase intimacy in a sexual relationship
  • sex education — Sex education is education in schools on the subject of sexual activity and sexual relationships.
  • share account — a savings account in a credit union.
  • shockumentary — a television programme showing members of the public in shocking or violent situations
  • short account — the account of a short seller.
  • sinistrocular — favoring the left eye, rather than the right, by habit or for effective vision (opposed to dextrocular).
  • slow puncture — a small hole in a tyre, from which the air escapes very slowly, so that at first it is not obvious that there is any problem with the tyre
  • soft currency — econ: fluctuating value
  • sound effects — any sounds artificially produced, reproduced from a recording, etc, to create a theatrical effect, such as the bringing together of two halves of a hollow coconut shell to simulate a horse's gallop; used in plays, films, etc
  • south african — of southern Africa.
  • southern cane — a stick or short staff used to assist one in walking; walking stick.
  • spot reducing — the usually futile effort to exercise one part of the body, as the thighs, in hopes of reducing the amount of fat stored in that area.
  • stand accused — If someone stands accused of something, they have been accused of it.
  • step function — a function that is constant on each of a finite set of subintervals of its domain, the union of the subintervals being the domain.
  • stocking unit — A stocking unit is a measurement or number by which items are kept in inventory, for example by dozens, kilograms, or cases.
  • street urchin — a child who spends or appears to spend a lot of time roaming the streets
  • string course — a horizontal band or course, as of stone, projecting beyond or flush with the face of a building, often molded and sometimes richly carved.
  • structuration — the act of giving structure to something
  • sub-component — a constituent part; element; ingredient.
  • subadolescent — younger than or not quite adolescent
  • suballocation — an allocation made from a previous allocation
  • subcinctorium — an embroidered silk vestment resembling, but somewhat broader than, a maniple, worn by the pope on solemn occasions.
  • subcollection — the act of collecting.
  • subcontiguous — almost touching; nearly contiguous.
  • subcontinuous — almost but not quite continuous
  • subcontractor — Law. a person who or business that contracts to provide some service or material necessary for the performance of another's contract.
  • subindication — the act or process of subindicating
  • subindicative — of or relating to subindicating
  • subject index — alphabetical contents list
  • subjectifying — to make subjective.
  • sublanceolate — (of leaves, etc) almost spear-shaped
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