14-letter words containing s, e, t, c, r, u
- master butcher — a butcher who is fully qualified to practise his trade and to train others in it
- material cause — a person or thing that acts, happens, or exists in such a way that some specific thing happens as a result; the producer of an effect: You have been the cause of much anxiety. What was the cause of the accident?
- mcclure strait — an arm of the Beaufort Sea between Banks Island in the south and Melville Island and Eglinton Island to the north, in the Northwest Territories, Canada. About 170 miles (270 km) long and 60 miles (90 km) wide.
- mercury switch — an especially quiet switch that opens and closes an electric circuit by shifting a vial containing a pool of mercury so as to cover or uncover the contacts.
- meretriciously — In a meretricious manner.
- microcomputers — Plural form of microcomputer.
- micronutrients — Plural form of micronutrient.
- microstructure — the structure of a metal or alloy as observed, after etching and polishing, under a high degree of magnification.
- misconstructed — Simple past tense and past participle of misconstruct.
- mockumentaries — Plural form of mockumentary.
- mount prospect — a city in NE Illinois, near Chicago.
- multi-cultures — 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.
- multiprocessor — parallel processing
- music director — The music director of an orchestra or other group of musicians is the person who decides what they will play and where, and usually conducts them as well.
- nanostructured — Having a nanostructure; a structure designed on the nano scale.
- nanostructures — Plural form of nanostructure.
- natural causes — If someone dies of or from natural causes, they die because they are ill or old rather than because of an accident or violence.
- nectareousness — the state or quality of being nectareous
- neurochemistry — the branch of science that is concerned with the chemistry of the nervous system.
- neurocomputers — Plural form of neurocomputer.
- neuroscientist — the field of study encompassing the various scientific disciplines dealing with the structure, development, function, chemistry, pharmacology, and pathology of the nervous system.
- neurosecretion — a chemical secreted by a nerve cell.
- neurosecretory — participating in or causal of neurosecretion; pertaining to neurosecretion
- nitrocellulose — cellulose nitrate.
- non-structured — having and manifesting a clearly defined structure or organization.
- nondestructive — Not involving damage or destruction, especially of an object or material that is being tested.
- nonfluorescent — possessing the property of fluorescence; exhibiting fluorescence.
- nonintercourse — suspension of interchange in relations, especially commercial or political relations.
- nonobstructive — to block or close up with an obstacle; make difficult to pass: Debris obstructed the road.
- nonprosecution — (legal) Of or pertaining to a decision not to prosecute.
- nonspectacular — not spectacular
- nontranslucent — Not translucent.
- nucleoproteins — Plural form of nucleoprotein.
- nutraceuticals — Plural form of nutraceutical.
- ocularcentrism — The privileging of vision over the other senses.
- oestrous cycle — a hormonally controlled cycle of activity of the reproductive organs in many female mammals. The follicular stage (growth of the Graafian follicles, thickening of the lining of the uterus, secretion of oestrogen, and ovulation, is succeeded by the luteal phase (formation of the corpus luteum and secretion of progesterone), followed by regression and a return to the first stage
- on the surface — to all appearances
- overcautiously — in such a way as to be too cautious, wary, or careful
- oversolicitous — too solicitous: oversolicitous concerning one's health.
- overstructured — excessively structured or organized.
- oxidoreductase — any of a class of enzymes that act as a catalyst, some of them conjointly, causing the oxidation and reduction of compounds.
- pachydermatous — of, relating to, or characteristic of pachyderms.
- parenchymatous — Botany. the fundamental tissue of plants, composed of thin-walled cells able to divide.
- particularness — the quality of being exceptional or individual
- pasteur effect — the inhibiting of fermentation by oxygen.
- people's court — small-claims court.
- percutaneously — through the skin
- perfect square — a rational number that is equal to the square of another rational number.
- period costume — the attire typical of a particular period in time
- peritrichously — in a peritrichous manner; in a fashion characteristic of a peritrichous organism