14-letter words containing s, h, e, c, r
- speed merchant — a person who habitually drives too fast in a motor vehicle
- spermatothecae — a female reproductive organ in some insects
- sphaerocrystal — a spherical crystalline mass
- spinthariscope — an instrument that detects ionizing radiation by picking up sparks of light from alpha particles.
- spirochaetosis — a disease caused by infection with a spirochete.
- spotted orchid — any of various common Eurasian orchids, esp the heath and common spotted orchids (Dactylorhiza maculata and D. fuchsii). The flowers are variable but usually have dark blotches
- spring chicken — a young chicken, especially a broiler or fryer.
- st. catharines — a city in SE Ontario, in SE Canada.
- starch blocker — a substance ingested in the belief that it inhibits the body's ability to metabolize starch and thereby promotes weight loss: declared illegal in the U.S. by the FDA.
- starch-reduced — (of food, esp bread) having the starch content reduced, as in proprietary slimming products
- steganographic — of, or pertaining to, steganography
- stereochemical — of, relating to, stereochemistry
- stick together — be united
- stoichiometric — of or relating to stoichiometry.
- straight-faced — a serious or impassive facial expression that conceals one's true feelings about something, especially a desire to laugh.
- straight-laced — strait-laced (sense 2)
- straightjacket — to put in or as in a straitjacket: Her ambition was straitjacketed by her family.
- streptothricin — an antibacterial substance produced by a soil fungus, Actinomyces lavendulae.
- stretch runner — an athlete or horse that is especially strong or fast in the final stage of a race.
- stretchability — to draw out or extend (oneself, a body, limbs, wings, etc.) to the full length or extent (often followed by out): to stretch oneself out on the ground.
- stretcher case — someone who has to be taken away on a stretcher because they are too ill to walk
- streuselkuchen — coffeecake topped with streusel.
- strike it rich — to deal a blow or stroke to (a person or thing), as with the fist, a weapon, or a hammer; hit.
- subatmospheric — (of a quantity) having a value lower than that of the atmosphere: subatmospheric temperatures.
- subscribership — to pledge, as by signing an agreement, to give or pay (a sum of money) as a contribution, gift, or investment: He subscribed $6,000 for the new church.
- subtherapeutic — indicating a dosage, as of a drug or vitamin, less than the amount required for a therapeutic effect.
- sulfuric ether — ether (def 1).
- summer clothes — light clothes which are suitable for summer
- summer kitchen — an extra kitchen, usually detached from a house, for use in warm weather.
- supercargoship — a giant cargo ship
- supply teacher — A supply teacher is a teacher whose job is to take the place of other teachers at different schools when they are unable to be there.
- surinam cherry — a tropical American tree, Eugenia uniflora, of the myrtle family, having ovate leaves and fragrant, white flowers.
- swimmer's itch — an inflammation of the skin, resembling insect bites, caused by burrowing larval forms of schistosomes.
- synchronoscope — synchroscope.
- teacher's aide — A teacher's aide is a person who helps a teacher in a school classroom but who is not a qualified teacher.
- terraced house — A terraced house or a terrace house is one of a row of similar houses joined together by their side walls.
- tetrachotomous — divided into four parts
- the cordeliers — a political club founded in 1790 and meeting at an old Cordelier convent in Paris
- the cretaceous — the Cretaceous period or rock system
- the resistance — an illegal organization fighting for national liberty in a country under enemy occupation, esp in France during World War II
- the rheumatics — rheumatic pains
- the space race — competition between the United States and the Soviet Union to be the superior power in outer space, in terms of exploration, manned space flights, and lunar landings; it is generally considered as beginning in 1957 and ending in the mid-1970s
- the true cross — the cross on which Christ was crucified, supposed relics of which were venerated by Christians in the middle ages
- thermoacoustic — pertaining to a method of cooling using air driven with acoustic power.
- thermochromism — a phenomenon in which certain dyes made from liquid crystals change colour reversibly when their temperature is changed
- thermodynamics — the science concerned with the relations between heat and mechanical energy or work, and the conversion of one into the other: modern thermodynamics deals with the properties of systems for the description of which temperature is a necessary coordinate.
- thick register — chest register.
- trachyspermous — having seeds with a rough coat.
- treasure chest — A treasure chest is a box containing treasure.
- treasury bench — (in Britain) the front bench to the right of the Speaker in the House of Commons, traditionally reserved for members of the Government