14-letter words containing s, o, c, e, r
- trinitrocresol — a yellow, crystalline compound, C 7 H 5 N 3 O 7 , used in high explosives.
- trisoctahedron — a solid bounded by 24 identical faces in groups of three, each group corresponding to one face of an octahedron.
- trouser pocket — a pocket in a pair of trousers
- try one's luck — to attempt something that is uncertain
- turkish coffee — a strong, usually sweetened coffee, made by boiling the pulverized coffee beans.
- two-horse race — a competition, election, etc, in which there are only two teams or candidates with a chance of winning
- ultraprecision — extreme accuracy or precision
- un-resourceful — able to deal skillfully and promptly with new situations, difficulties, etc.
- unconservative — disposed to preserve existing conditions, institutions, etc., or to restore traditional ones, and to limit change.
- unconstructive — helping to improve; promoting further development or advancement (opposed to destructive): constructive criticism.
- under-consumed — to destroy or expend by use; use up.
- undiscoverable — unable to be discovered or found out
- undiscoverably — in an undiscoverable manner
- ungraciousness — the state of being ungracious
- unicorn chaser — originally a picture of a unicorn posted on a blog site shortly after an offensive or disturbing picture has been posted, as a kind of antidote to the previous post. Now used of a comforting or innocent image, video clip, or topic viewed or contemplated following a previous, disturbing image, video, etc.
- unsynchronized — to cause to indicate the same time, as one timepiece with another: Synchronize your watches.
- valerianaceous — belonging to the plant family Valerianaceae.
- van conversion — van2 (def 4).
- variable costs — Variable costs are costs that vary depending on how much of a product is made.
- varicose veins — swollen blood vessels
- velasco ibarra — José María [haw-se mah-ree-ah] /hɔˈsɛ mɑˈri ɑ/ (Show IPA), 1893–1979, Ecuadorean political leader: president 1934–35, 1944–47, 1952–56, 1960–61, 1968–72.
- vernix caseosa — the fatty matter, consisting chiefly of dead epidermal cells and sebaceous secretions, covering the skin of a fetus and newborn.
- vicious circle — Logic. (in demonstration) the use of each of two propositions to establish the other. (in definition) the use of each of two terms to define the other.
- villa cisneros — former name of Dakhla (def 2).
- voice response — output of information from a computer system in the form of speech rather than displayed text
- volksdeutscher — a member of the German people, especially one of a community having its home outside of Germany, usually in central or eastern Europe.
- voucher system — Accounting. a procedure for controlling disbursements by means of vouchers.
- warehouse club — A warehouse club is a large shop which sells goods at reduced prices to people who pay each year to become members of the organization that runs the shop.
- waste products — the useless products of bodily processes
- water moccasin — the cottonmouth.
- water scorpion — any of several predaceous aquatic bugs of the family Nepidae, having clasping front legs and a long respiratory tube at the rear of the abdomen: capable of biting if handled.
- watercolourist — An artist who paints watercolours.
- wearing course — the top layer of a road that carries the traffic; road surface
- well-conserved — to prevent injury, decay, waste, or loss of: Conserve your strength for the race.
- whorehouse cut — a cut in which a pack is divided into two parts, each of which is divided again before the pack is reassembled.
- windsor castle — a castle in the town of Windsor in Berkshire, residence of English monarchs since its founding by William the Conqueror
- windsor rocker — a Windsor chair on rockers
- winter clothes — the type of heavy, warm clothing that people tend to wear in very cold weather
- witches'-broom — an abnormal, brushlike growth of small thin branches on woody plants, caused especially by fungi, viruses, and mistletoes.
- witness corner — a point, marked by a monument, situated at a known distance from and bearing relative to a corner that is used as a reference point but on which it is impossible to place a monument. Compare corner (def 10a).
- wollstonecraft — Mary (Mary Wollstonecraft Godwin) 1759–97, English author and feminist (mother of Mary Shelley).
- women's centre — a centre providing medical or social services for women
- worcesterberry — a North American wild gooseberry, Ribes divaricatum
- worcestershire — a former county in W central England, now part of Hereford and Worcester.
- word processor — a computer program or computer system designed for word processing.
- work prospects — chances of gaining employment
- writer's block — a usually temporary condition in which a writer finds it impossible to proceed with the writing of a novel, play, or other work.
- yeoman service — excellent service
- zebra crossing — a street crossing marked with white stripes.
- zingiberaceous — belonging to the Zingiberaceae, the ginger family of plants.