12-letter words containing s, e, t, c, r, u
- res judicata — a thing adjudicated; a case that has been decided.
- rescue party — a group of people who attempt to rescue, find or save a person or people for danger, esp a person or people who have got lost while mountain climbing
- respectfully — full of, characterized by, or showing politeness or deference: a respectful reply.
- resurrection — the act of rising from the dead.
- resurrective — of or relating to resurrection
- resuscitator — a person or thing that resuscitates.
- rust-colored — of the color rust.
- sacred lotus — Indian lotus.
- saint-brieuc — a department in NW France. 2787 sq. mi. (7220 sq. km). Capital: Saint-Brieuc.
- scare quotes — quotation marks placed around a word or phrase to indicate that it should not be taken literally or automatically accepted as true
- scout leader — the leader of a troop of Scouts
- scrobiculate — furrowed or pitted.
- secret sauce — a secret element, strategy, procedure, etc., that accounts for or increases the chances of success: The app's secret sauce is its simple interface.
- secretagogue — a substance or situation that promotes secretion.
- security van — an armoured van used to transport money or other valuables
- shuttlecraft — space shuttle.
- side circuit — a circuit derived from two suitably arranged pairs of wires, each pair being a circuit (side circuit) and also acting as one half of an additional derived circuit, the entire system providing the capabilities of three circuits while requiring wires for only two.
- silviculture — the cultivation of forest trees; forestry.
- sitka spruce — a spruce, Picea sitchensis, of western North America, having long, silvery-white needles, grown as an ornamental.
- speculatrice — a female speculator
- stage-struck — obsessed with the desire to become an actor or actress.
- star cluster — a number of stars of common origin held together as a group by gravitational attraction. Compare globular cluster, open cluster, stellar association.
- state church — established church.
- stegocarpous — (of a moss) belonging to the division Stegocarpi, having an operculate capsule
- stereoacuity — the ability of a person to see objects as separate entities along a range of distances
- stereocilium — any of the long, flexible microvilli that superficially resemble cilia and occur as a brush border or series of tufts on the surface of various epithelial tissues.
- stick figure — a diagrammatic drawing representing a human or animal, usually made with one line each for the torso and appendages, and often a circle for the head.
- stone curlew — thick-knee.
- straticulate — made up of or arranged in thin layers.
- strike lucky — If you strike lucky or strike it lucky, you have some good luck.
- stringcourse — a horizontal band or course, as of stone, projecting beyond or flush with the face of a building, often molded and sometimes richly carved.
- student card — a card verifying somebody's identity as a university student and entitling them to services, discounts, etc
- stumpknocker — spotted sunfish.
- styracaceous — belonging to the Styracaceae, the storax family of plants.
- subcentrally — in a subcentral manner
- subinspector — a secondary or assistant inspector
- subintroduce — to introduce subtly
- subscriptive — a sum of money given or pledged as a contribution, payment, investment, etc.
- 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.