12-letter words containing s, t, r, i, c
- pyrotechnics — the art of making fireworks.
- pyrotechnist — a person skilled in pyrotechnics, especially in the manufacture or use of fireworks.
- quadrisected — Simple past tense and past participle of quadrisect.
- quasicrystal — a form of solid matter whose atoms are arranged like those of a crystal but assume patterns that do not exactly repeat themselves.
- quitch grass — any of various grasses, especially Agropyron repens, known chiefly as troublesome weeds and characterized by creeping rootstocks that spread rapidly.
- rachiotomies — Plural form of rachiotomy.
- racing skate — a tubular ice skate having a long blade extending beyond the heel and toe.
- radiesthetic — of or relating to radiesthesia
- ramapithecus — a genus of extinct Miocene ape known from fossils found in India and Pakistan and formerly thought to be a possible human ancestor.
- rambunctious — difficult to control or handle; wildly boisterous: a rambunctious child.
- re-solicited — to seek for (something) by entreaty, earnest or respectful request, formal application, etc.: He solicited aid from the minister.
- reactiveness — tending to react.
- reactivities — the quality or condition of being reactive.
- recalibrates — to determine, check, or rectify the graduation of (any instrument giving quantitative measurements).
- receptionism — the doctrine that in the communion service the communicant receives the body and blood of Christ but that the bread and wine are not transubstantiated.
- receptionist — a person employed to receive and assist callers, clients, etc., as in an office.
- rechristened — to receive into the Christian church by baptism; baptize.
- recidivistic — repeated or habitual relapse, as into crime.
- reciprocates — to give, feel, etc., in return.
- reconstitute — to constitute again; reconstruct; recompose.
- rectirostral — (of a bird) having a straight bill.
- reductionism — the theory that every complex phenomenon, especially in biology or psychology, can be explained by analyzing the simplest, most basic physical mechanisms that are in operation during the phenomenon.
- reductionist — the theory that every complex phenomenon, especially in biology or psychology, can be explained by analyzing the simplest, most basic physical mechanisms that are in operation during the phenomenon.
- reichsthaler — a silver thaler of Germany, originally issued in 1566; rix-dollar.
- reinspection — the act or process of reinspecting
- rejectionist — an Arab leader or country that opposes accommodation or compromise in negotiations with Israel.
- relativistic — of or relating to relativity or relativism.
- res judicata — a thing adjudicated; a case that has been decided.
- respectively — in precisely the order given; sequentially.
- respite care — Respite care is short-term care that is provided for very old or very sick people so that the person who usually cares for them can have a break.
- resurrection — the act of rising from the dead.
- resurrective — of or relating to resurrection
- resuscitator — a person or thing that resuscitates.
- resyndicated — a group of individuals or organizations combined or making a joint effort to undertake some specific duty or carry out specific transactions or negotiations: The local furniture store is individually owned, but is part of a buying syndicate.
- retranscribe — to make a written copy, especially a typewritten copy, of (dictated material, notes taken during a lecture, or other spoken material).
- retrocession — to cede back: to retrocede a territory.
- rhythm stick — a small wooden stick used, especially by a child, as a simple percussive instrument in learning the rudiments of musical rhythm.
- risk capital — venture capital.
- rostropovich — Mstislav (Leopoldovich) [mis-tuh-slahv lee-uh-pohl-duh-vich;; Russian mstyi-slahf lyi-uh-pawl-duh-vyich] /ˈmɪs təˌslɑv ˌli əˈpoʊl də vɪtʃ;; Russian mstyɪˈslɑf lyɪ əˈpɔl də vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), 1927–2007, Soviet cellist and conductor (husband of Galina Vishnevskaya).
- rustic joint — a joint between stones recessed from the faces between sunken drafts or bevels.
- sabermetrics — (used with a singular verb) the computerized measurement of baseball statistics.
- saccharinity — of the nature of or resembling that of sugar: a powdery substance with a saccharine taste.
- sacroiliitis — the inflammation of the sacroiliac joint
- sacrosciatic — of the sacrum and the ischium
- saint-brieuc — a department in NW France. 2787 sq. mi. (7220 sq. km). Capital: Saint-Brieuc.
- salescritter — /sayls'kri"tr/ Pejorative hackerism for a computer salesperson. Hackers tell the following joke: Q. What's the difference between a used-car dealer and a computer salesman? A. The used-car dealer knows he's lying. [Some versions add: ...and probably knows how to drive.] This reflects the widespread hacker belief that salescritters are self-selected for stupidity (after all, if they had brains and the inclination to use them, they'd be in programming). The terms "salesthing" and "salesdroid" are also common. Compare marketroid, suit.
- sand cricket — Jerusalem cricket.
- sarcomatosis — the condition in which a sarcoma has become disseminated throughout the body.
- satisfactory — giving or affording satisfaction; fulfilling all demands or requirements: a satisfactory solution.
- satyromaniac — a lascivious man; lecher.