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15-letter words containing s, t, a, i, c, n

  • station officer — a person who is in charge of a fire station
  • storm insurance — insurance cover against damage caused by windstorms
  • straight-acting — (of a gay person) having the mannerisms of a heterosexual person: used esp by gay people of other gay people
  • straining piece — (in a queen-post roof) a horizontal beam uniting the tops of the two queen posts, and resisting the thrust of the roof.
  • strait of canso — a channel in Canada, between the Nova Scotia mainland and S Cape Breton Island
  • street accident — a traffic accident
  • stretch a point — a sharp or tapering end, as of a dagger.
  • structural iron — iron shaped for use in construction.
  • studio audience — spectators on a TV set
  • sub-corporation — an association of individuals, created by law or under authority of law, having a continuous existence independent of the existences of its members, and powers and liabilities distinct from those of its members. See also municipal corporation, public corporation.
  • subcivilization — a division of a civilization
  • subconjunctival — the mucous membrane that lines the exposed portion of the eyeball and inner surface of the eyelids.
  • subject heading — a title or heading of a category, esp in a bibliography or index
  • subject-raising — a rule that moves the subject of a complement clause into the clause in which it is embedded, as in the derivation of He is likely to be late from It is likely that he will be late
  • subtrochanteric — Anatomy. either of two knobs at the top of the femur, the greater on the outside and the lesser on the inside, serving for the attachment of muscles between the thigh and pelvis.
  • subvocalization — the act or process of producing subvocal speech
  • suck it and see — to try something to find out what it is, what it is like, or how it works
  • superexcitation — the act of exciting.
  • surface density — quantity, as of electric charge, per unit surface area.
  • surface tension — the elasticlike force existing in the surface of a body, especially a liquid, tending to minimize the area of the surface, caused by asymmetries in the intermolecular forces between surface molecules.
  • sycophantically — a self-seeking, servile flatterer; fawning parasite.
  • syllabification — to form or divide into syllables.
  • sympathetic ink — a fluid for producing writing that is invisible until brought out by heat, chemicals, etc.; invisible ink.
  • synergistically — pertaining to, characteristic of, or resembling synergy: a synergistic effect.
  • syngeneic graft — a tissue or organ transplanted from one member of a species to another, genetically identical member of the species, as a kidney transplanted from one identical twin to the other.
  • take one's pick — If you are told to take your pick, you can choose any one that you like from a group of things.
  • tammany society — a benevolent society founded in 1789, which later became Tammany Hall, the central organization of the Democratic Party in New York county
  • tennis bracelet — a bracelet consisting of a row of individually set, uniformly sized diamonds or other gemstones.
  • tentaculiferous — having tentacles
  • the renaissance — the period of European history marking the waning of the Middle Ages and the rise of the modern world: usually considered as beginning in Italy in the 14th century
  • theft insurance — insurance against loss or damage of property resulting from theft.
  • tintagel castle — a ruined castle on a promontory in SW England on the W coast of Cornwall, which is the legendary birthplace of King Arthur
  • tissue-matching — identification of specific genetically linked antigens in tissue in order to minimize antigenic differences between donor and recipient tissue in organ transplantation.
  • title insurance — insurance protecting the owner or mortgagee of real estate from lawsuits or claims arising from a defective title.
  • to call in sick — If you call in sick, you telephone the place where you work to tell them you will not be coming to work because you are ill.
  • torsion balance — an instrument for measuring small forces, as electric attraction or repulsion, by determining the amount of torsion or twisting they cause in a slender wire or filament.
  • toucan crossing — a place where people who are walking and cyclists can both cross a busy road together. They press a button at the side of the road, which operates traffic lights to stop the traffic
  • training course — practical programme of study
  • training scheme — a scheme for teaching people skills in a particular field or profession
  • training school — a school that provides training in some art, profession, or vocation.
  • transactionally — the act of transacting or the fact of being transacted.
  • transhistorical — occurring throughout all human history
  • travel sickness — nausea caused by motion
  • ultra-masculine — pertaining to or characteristic of a man or men: masculine attire.
  • unaesthetically — offensive to the aesthetic sense; lacking in beauty or sensory appeal; unpleasant, as an object, design, arrangement, etc.: an unaesthetic combination of colors.
  • unapostolically — in an unapostalic manner
  • unascertainable — to find out definitely; learn with certainty or assurance; determine: to ascertain the facts.
  • unchristianlike — not like a Christian; not in accordance with Christian teaching and values
  • uncompassionate — having or showing compassion: a compassionate person; a compassionate letter.
  • uncomplaisantly — in an uncomplaisant manner
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