12-letter words containing s, e, c, r, t
- subsecretary — a secretary subordinate to another secretary
- substructure — a structure forming the foundation of a building or other construction.
- suffruticose — woody at the base and herbaceous above.
- sugar-coated — Sugar-coated food is covered with a sweet substance made of sugar.
- summer stock — the production of plays, musical comedy, etc., during the summer, especially in a suburban or resort area, often by a repertory company.
- supercabinet — a specially-formed cabinet, a select or powerful group of political ministers (cabinet)
- supercapital — a member situated between a capital and the spring of an arch, as a dosseret.
- supercluster — a cluster of open clusters.
- superconduct — to conduct electricity very efficiently or without resistance, to act as a superconductor
- superculture — the quality in a person or society that arises from a concern for what is regarded as excellent in arts, letters, manners, scholarly pursuits, etc.
- supercurrent — an electric current that flows without resistance in a superconducting material.
- superelastic — capable of returning to its original length, shape, etc., after being stretched, deformed, compressed, or expanded: an elastic waistband; elastic fiber.
- superplastic — (of some metals and alloys) having the capacity to undergo extreme deformation at high temperatures.
- surrealistic — of, relating to, or characteristic of surrealism; surreal.
- swagger coat — a woman's pyramid-shaped coat with a full flared back and usually raglan sleeves, first popularized in the 1930s.
- sweet cherry — a cherry tree, Prunus avium, characterized by reddish-brown bark and a pyramidal manner of growth.
- sweet clover — melilot.
- sylviculture — the cultivation of forest trees; forestry.
- synchroneity — the state of being synchronous; synchronism.
- syncretistic — the attempted reconciliation or union of different or opposing principles, practices, or parties, as in philosophy or religion.
- tartar sauce — a mayonnaise dressing for fish and seafood, usually with chopped pickles, onions, olives, capers, and green herbs added.
- tax increase — an increase in the amount of tax that people and companies are obliged to pay
- tech support — an advising and troubleshooting service provided by a manufacturer, typically a software or hardware developer, to its customers, often online or on the telephone.
- technostress — any mental stress caused by (too much) interaction with technology
- telepresence — the use of virtual reality technology to operate machinery by remote control or to create the effect of being at a different or imaginary location
- teleservices — any services available through teletext
- tennis court — ground marked out for tennis
- tensiometric — relating to the measurement of tension
- test cricket — a form of cricket that takes the longest amount of time to play
- testificator — a person who witnesses
- the crescent — the emblem of Islam or Turkey
- the flickers — the cinema
- the jurassic — the Jurassic period or rock system
- the pictures — a cinema or film show
- the scorpion — the constellation Scorpio, the eighth sign of the zodiac
- the services — the armed forces
- the triassic — the Triassic period or rock system
- theocentrism — having God as the focal point of thoughts, interests, and feelings: theocentric philosophy.
- therapeutics — a therapeutic substance.
- thermostatic — a device, including a relay actuated by thermal conduction or convection, that functions to establish and maintain a desired temperature automatically or signals a change in temperature for manual adjustment.
- third sector — the segment of a nation's economy that is made up of neither public nor business concerns, as nonprofit health or educational institutions.
- thoracoscope — an instrument used for examining the pleural cavity
- three cheers — three shouts of hurrah given in unison by a group to honour someone or celebrate something
- thumb-sucker — a person who habitually sucks a thumb.
- thunderstick — bull-roarer.
- tinea cruris — jock itch.
- tone cluster — a group of adjacent notes played on a keyboard instrument typically with the fist, forearm, or elbow, similar groupings also occurring in orchestral music.
- top security — ultra secure
- torch singer — a singer, especially a woman, who specializes in singing torch songs.
- touch screen — a touch-sensitive display screen on a computer or other electronic device: touching different portions of the screen with a finger or stylus will cause the device to take actions determined by a computer program.