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14-letter words containing s, e, a, t, r

  • breast-feeding — to nurse (a baby) at the breast; suckle.
  • bremsstrahlung — the radiation produced when an electrically charged particle, esp an electron, is slowed down by the electric field of an atomic nucleus or an atomic ion
  • brewer's yeast — a yeast, Saccharomyces cerevisiae, used in brewing
  • brewster chair — a chair of 17th-century New England having heavy turned uprights with vertical turned spindles filling in the back, the space beneath the arms, and the spaces between the legs.
  • brewster's law — the law that light will receive maximum polarization from a reflecting surface when it is incident to the surface at an angle (angle of polarization or polarizing angle) having a tangent equal to the index of refraction of the surface.
  • bring onstream — To bring onstream a plant, mine, oilfield, etc. is to start production there.
  • britney spears — beers
  • broad-spectrum — effective against a wide variety of diseases or microorganisms
  • bronchiectasis — chronic dilation of the bronchi or bronchial tubes, which often become infected
  • brood parasite — a young bird hatched and reared by birds of a different species as a result of brood parasitism.
  • brown thrasher — a common large songbird, Toxostoma rufum, of the eastern U.S., having reddish-brown plumage.
  • burschenschaft — a students' fraternity, originally one concerned with Christian ideals, patriotism, etc
  • bush carpenter — a rough-and-ready unskilled workman
  • bush telegraph — a means of communication between primitive peoples over large areas, as by drum beats
  • butler's table — a small table, usually used as a coffee table, with a removable or fixed butler's tray for a top.
  • buyer's market — When there is a buyer's market for a particular product, there are more of the products for sale than there are people who want to buy them, so buyers have a lot of choice and can make prices come down.
  • buyers' market — a market in which goods and services are plentiful and prices relatively low.
  • cairngormstone — (mineral, rare) A yellow or smoky brown variety of rock crystal, found especially in the mountains of w Cairngorm in Scotland.
  • campylobacters — Plural form of campylobacter.
  • cancer cluster — the occurrence of a higher than expected number of cancer cases in a small, defined geographical area or population.
  • cantankerously — In a cantankerous manner.
  • caramelisation — (chiefly British) alternative spelling of caramelization.
  • cardiac arrest — A cardiac arrest is a heart attack.
  • cardiocentesis — surgical puncture of the heart
  • care assistant — a person who is paid to look after one or more severely handicapped people staying in residential accommodation
  • careers master — a male teacher who gives pupils advice and information about careers
  • carpet slipper — Carpet slippers are soft, comfortable slippers.
  • carpet sweeper — a pushable, long-handled implement for removing dirt, lint, etc., from rugs and carpets, consisting of a metal case enclosing one or more brushes that rotate.
  • carpet-sweeper — a household device with a revolving brush for sweeping carpets
  • cartoonishness — The state or condition of being cartoonish.
  • cartridge case — a cylindrical, usually metal casing capable of being loaded with an explosive charge and often also a bullet
  • castelo branco — Humberto de Alencar [oon-ber-too di ah-len-kahr] /ũˈbɛr tʊ dɪ ɑ lɛ̃ˈkɑr/ (Show IPA), 1900–67, Brazilian general and statesman: president 1964–67.
  • castrametation — the art of designing and laying out an encampment
  • castrop-rauxel — an industrial city in W Germany, in North Rhine-Westphalia. Pop: 78 208 (2003 est)
  • cat's whiskers — Radio. a stiff wire forming one contact in a crystal detector and used for probing the crystal.
  • catachrestical — Catachrestic.
  • catastrophized — Simple past tense and past participle of catastrophize.
  • catcher's mitt — the glove worn by the catcher to protect the hands
  • categorisation — (British spelling) Alternative form of categorization.
  • cavalier poets — a group of mid-17th-century English lyric poets, mostly courtiers of Charles I. Chief among them were Robert Herrick, Thomas Carew, Sir John Suckling, and Richard Lovelace
  • celebratedness — the quality or condition of being celebrated
  • centenarianism — the situation or condition of being a centenarian
  • center of mass — the point in a body or system of bodies at which the entire mass may be assumed to be concentrated
  • central powers — (before World War I) Germany, Italy, and Austria-Hungary after they were linked by the Triple Alliance in 1882
  • central sulcus — a deep cleft in each hemisphere of the brain separating the frontal lobe from the parietal lobe
  • centralisation — Alternative spelling of centralization.
  • centre of mass — the point at which the mass of a system could be concentrated without affecting the behaviour of the system under the action of external linear forces
  • centripetalism — the movement of things towards a centre
  • cephalometrics — The measurement and analysis of the craniofacial area, especially as an aid to dental or orthodontic procedures.
  • certifications — Plural form of certification.
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