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14-letter words containing s, o, c, i, e, t

  • surface-to-air — (of a missile, message, etc.) capable of traveling from the surface of the earth to a target in the atmosphere.
  • susceptible of — that gives a chance for; admitting; allowing
  • susceptible to — liable to
  • tax concession — tax reduction
  • teleprocessing — computerized processing and transmission of data over the telephone or other long-distance communications systems.
  • telescopically — of, relating to, or of the nature of a telescope.
  • tellurous acid — a white, crystalline powder, H2TeO3
  • the cordeliers — a political club founded in 1790 and meeting at an old Cordelier convent in Paris
  • the mesolithic — the Mesolithic period; Middle Stone Age
  • the omniscient — God
  • 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.
  • time-consuming — (of an action) requiring or wasting much time.
  • to sb's credit — If something is to someone's credit, they deserve praise for it.
  • topic sentence — a sentence that expresses the essential idea of a paragraph or larger section, usually appearing at the beginning.
  • tourist office — information centre for sightseers
  • trade discount — a discount, as from the list price of goods, granted by a manufacturer or wholesaler to a retailer.
  • trades council — (in Britain) an association of the different trade unions in one town or area
  • trick question — sth asked to mislead or incriminate sb
  • 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.
  • turkish coffee — a strong, usually sweetened coffee, made by boiling the pulverized coffee beans.
  • ultraprecision — extreme accuracy or precision
  • unconservative — disposed to preserve existing conditions, institutions, etc., or to restore traditional ones, and to limit change.
  • unconsolidated — brought together into a single whole.
  • unconstructive — helping to improve; promoting further development or advancement (opposed to destructive): constructive criticism.
  • undomesticated — to convert (animals, plants, etc.) to domestic uses; tame.
  • unegoistically — pertaining to or of the nature of egoism.
  • unpoeticalness — the quality, state, or characteristic of being unpoetic
  • unsophisticate — not sophisticated
  • variable costs — Variable costs are costs that vary depending on how much of a product is made.
  • video cassette — a cassette enclosing a length of tape for video recording or reproduction.
  • vivisectionist — a person who vivisects.
  • walk-in closet — a closet that is large enough to walk around in.
  • 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.
  • windsor castle — a castle in the town of Windsor in Berkshire, residence of English monarchs since its founding by William the Conqueror
  • winter clothes — the type of heavy, warm clothing that people tend to wear in very cold weather
  • witches'-besom — witches'-broom.
  • 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).
  • worcestershire — a former county in W central England, now part of Hereford and Worcester.
  • 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.
  • xenodiagnostic — of or relating to xenodiagnosis
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