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