13-letter words containing s, t, a, c
- undated stock — stock that has no definitive repayment commitment
- under hatches — below decks
- undissociated — not dissociated, especially into ions or into simpler molecules.
- undistracting — not distracting; not showy or ostentatious
- undomesticate — to make wild
- unethicalness — lacking moral principles; unwilling to adhere to proper rules of conduct.
- unfascinating — of great interest or attraction; enchanting; charming; captivating: a fascinating story; fascinating jewelry.
- unplasticized — not made plastic, as by the addition of a plasticizer
- unrespectable — not able to be respected
- unscratchable — to break, mar, or mark the surface of by rubbing, scraping, or tearing with something sharp or rough: to scratch one's hand on a nail.
- unsignificant — important; of consequence.
- unspectacular — of or like a spectacle; marked by or given to an impressive, large-scale display.
- unspeculative — not characterized by speculation
- unstaunchable — incapable of being stopped
- unstercorated — not stercorated or covered in dung
- unstretchable — 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.
- unsymmetrical — characterized by or exhibiting symmetry; well-proportioned, as a body or whole; regular in form or arrangement of corresponding parts.
- unsympathetic — characterized by, proceeding from, exhibiting, or feeling sympathy; sympathizing; compassionate: a sympathetic listener.
- up to scratch — to break, mar, or mark the surface of by rubbing, scraping, or tearing with something sharp or rough: to scratch one's hand on a nail.
- vaccinologist — the science of vaccine development.
- valet service — a cleaning service, in which your clothes are collected for cleaning, from your house or hotel, and returned to you
- vanishing act — a vanishing act is when someone is impossible to contact, or disappears from public view
- variable cost — a cost that varies with a change in the volume of output while remaining uniform on a per-unit basis, as cost of labor (distinguished from fixed cost).
- vascularities — pertaining to, composed of, or provided with vessels or ducts that convey fluids, as blood, lymph, or sap.
- vernacularist — someone who uses vernacular speech
- versification — the act of versifying.
- videocassette — a cassette enclosing a length of tape for video recording or reproduction.
- vinyl plastic — any of various plastics made from polymerized vinyl compounds or copolymers of vinyl and other resins, used in various molded or extruded products, coatings, adhesives, sizes, etc.
- visiting card — calling card (def 1).
- visual acuity — acuteness of the vision as determined by a comparison with the normal ability to define certain letters at a given distance, usually 20 feet (6 meters). Abbreviation: V.
- visual cortex — the portion of the cerebral cortex of the brain that receives and processes impulses from the optic nerves.
- visual effect — Usually, visual effects. a special effect that is added to a film or video in post-production, as computer-generated imagery. Abbreviation: VFX.
- vocationalism — the practice or policy of requiring vocational training of all college or high-school students.
- vocationalist — the practice or policy of requiring vocational training of all college or high-school students.
- volcanologist — the scientific study of volcanoes and volcanic phenomena.
- voluntaristic — Philosophy. any theory that regards will as the fundamental agency or principle, in metaphysics, epistemology, or psychology.
- walking stick — a stick held in the hand and used to help support oneself while walking.
- wasatch range — a mountain range in N Utah and SE Idaho. Highest peak, Mt. Timpanogos, 12,008 feet (3660 meters).
- waste product — material discarded as useless in the process of producing something.
- watch oneself — to be careful, cautious, or discreet
- water biscuit — a crackerlike biscuit prepared from flour and water.
- watercolorist — a pigment for which water and not oil is used as the vehicle.
- waterscorpion — 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.
- weathercaster — an announcer on a radio or television station who delivers the weathercast.
- west atlantic — a group of languages of W Africa constituting a branch of the Niger-Congo subfamily of languages, and including Fulani and Wolof.
- west caldwell — a town in NE New Jersey.
- west columbia — a town in central South Carolina.
- west germanic — a subbranch of Germanic that includes English, Frisian, Flemish, Dutch, Plattdeutsch, Yiddish, and German. Abbreviation: WGmc.
- western larch — a North American larch, Larix occidentalis, having oval cones and found mainly in S British Columbia
- western ocean — the North Atlantic Ocean.