15-letter words containing s, e, r, u
- sounding rocket — a rocket equipped with instruments for making meteorological observations in the upper atmosphere.
- source document — a document that has been or will be transcribed to a word processor or to the memory bank of a computer
- source language — the language in which a text appears that is to be translated into another language. Compare target language (def 1).
- source material — original, authoritative, or basic materials utilized in research, as diaries or manuscripts.
- south yorkshire — a metropolitan county in N England. 603 sq. mi. (1561 sq. km).
- southeastwardly — toward the southeast
- southern blight — a disease of peanuts, tomatoes, and other plants, caused by a fungus, Sclerotium rolfsii, affecting the roots and resulting in rapid wilting.
- southern gothic — a literary genre depicting life in the southern US and featuring grotesque themes and imagery
- southern lights — aurora australis.
- southern paiute — See under Paiute (def 2).
- southwestwardly — toward the southwest
- special feature — an article differing from the normal format and focusing on a particular topic
- spinous process — a spinelike process of a bone, especially the dorsal projection from the center of the arch of a vertebra.
- spiny cocklebur — a cocklebur, Xanthium spinosum, introduced into North America from Europe.
- splanchnopleure — the double layer formed by the association of the lower layer of the lateral plate of mesoderm with the underlying entoderm, which develops into the embryonic viscera.
- squadron leader — air-force officer
- squeeze through — to press forcibly together; compress.
- squelch circuit — a circuit which disconnects a receiver in order to eliminate output noise when no signal or an extremely weak signal is received
- squirrel monkey — either of two small, long-tailed monkeys, Saimiri oerstedii of Central America and S. sciureus of South America, having a small white face with black muzzle and gold, brown, or greenish fur: S. oerstedii is endangered.
- st. ulmo's fire — St. Elmo's fire.
- staggered hours — a system of working in which the employees of an organization do not all arrive and leave at the same time, but have large periods of overlap
- standard clause — a clause which is inserted as standard into certain types of contracts or agreements
- star of courage — a Canadian award for bravery
- static pressure — the pressure exerted by a fluid that is not moving or flowing.
- statutory crime — a wrong punishable under a statute, rather than at common law.
- statutory order — a statute that applies further legislation to an existing act
- stay the course — to spend some time in a place, in a situation, with a person or group, etc.: He stayed in the army for ten years.
- steak au poivre — pepper steak (def 2).
- steering column — the shaft that connects the steering wheel to the steering gear assembly of an automotive vehicle.
- stiff upper lip — stoicism
- stirrup leather — the strap that holds the stirrup of a saddle.
- storm insurance — insurance cover against damage caused by windstorms
- strawberry bush — an E North American shrub or small tree, Euonymus americanus, having pendulous capsules that split when ripe to reveal scarlet seeds: family Celastraceae
- streptobacillus — any of various bacilli that form in chains.
- stress fracture — a hairline crack in a bone, especially of a foot or leg, caused by repeated or prolonged stress and often occurring in runners, dancers, and soldiers (march fracture)
- strike it lucky — to have some good luck
- strombuliferous — having organs coiled as spirals
- strontium oxide — a white insoluble solid substance used in making strontium salts and purifying sugar. Formula: SrO
- structural gene — cistron.
- student teacher — a student who is studying to be a teacher and who, as part of the training, observes classroom instruction or does closely supervised teaching in an elementary or secondary school.
- studhorse poker — stud poker.
- subcommissioner — a member of a subcommission
- subcontraoctave — the octave below the contraoctave, which is three octaves below the middle C octave on a standard keyboard
- subject pronoun — pronoun in nominative case
- subject-raising — a rule that moves the subject of a complement clause into the clause in which it is embedded, as in the derivation of He is likely to be late from It is likely that he will be late
- subperiosteally — the normal investment of bone, consisting of a dense, fibrous outer layer, to which muscles attach, and a more delicate, inner layer capable of forming bone.
- subprofessional — being below professional standards: subprofessional health care.
- subreptitiously — in a subreptitious manner
- subsidiary cell — Immunology. any of various cells of the immune system that work with T or B cells to initiate a specific immune response.
- substratosphere — the upper troposphere.