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14-letter words containing s, t, r, i, c

  • turning chisel — a chisel used for shaping work on a lathe.
  • tymshare, inc. — (company)   The US company that created the TYMNET network.
  • ultra-distance — covering a distance in excess of 30 miles, often as part of a longer race or competition
  • ultraexclusive — extremely exclusive
  • ultramasculine — extremely masculine
  • ultraprecision — extreme accuracy or precision
  • ultrarealistic — extremely realistic
  • un-distracting — to draw away or divert, as the mind or attention: The music distracted him from his work.
  • unchristianize — to make unchristian; to render no longer Christian; to remove Christian status or nature from
  • unconservative — disposed to preserve existing conditions, institutions, etc., or to restore traditional ones, and to limit change.
  • unconstructive — helping to improve; promoting further development or advancement (opposed to destructive): constructive criticism.
  • uncrystallized — lacking a final form
  • undistractedly — in an undistracted manner
  • unhysterically — in a way that does not show or suggest any hysteria; calmly; rationally
  • universal city — a city in S central Texas.
  • unrestrictedly — in an unrestricted manner
  • unsatisfactory — not satisfactory; not satisfying or meeting one's demands; inadequate.
  • unscripturally — in an unscriptural manner
  • unsectarianism — the state or quality of being unsectarian
  • upton sinclair — Harry Ford, 1876–1956, U.S. oil businessman: a major figure in the Teapot Dome scandal.
  • urban district — a minor administrative division in England, Wales, and Northern Ireland, with local self-government by a district council, but lacking the charter of a borough.
  • urbanistically — of or relating to urbanism.
  • user interface — the interface features through which users interact with the hardware and software of computers and other electronic devices. Abbreviation: UI.
  • variable costs — Variable costs are costs that vary depending on how much of a product is made.
  • verticillaster — an inflorescence in which the flowers are arranged in a seeming whorl, consisting in fact of a pair of opposite axillary, usually sessile, cymes, as in many mints.
  • vice president — an officer next in rank to a president who serves as president in the president's absence.
  • vice-president — an officer next in rank to a president who serves as president in the president's absence.
  • victim support — Victim support is the giving of help and advice to people who are victims of crime.
  • victoria cross — a British decoration awarded to soldiers and sailors for acts of conspicuous bravery in the presence of the enemy. Abbreviation: V.C.
  • victoria falls — a major waterfall on the border between Zimbabwe and Zambia, on the Zambezi River. Height: about 108 m (355 ft). Width: about 1400 m (4500 ft)
  • virginia stock — a plant, Malcolmia maritima, of the mustard family, native to the Mediterranean region, having oblong leaves on a weak, often reclining stem and reddish or white flowers.
  • visceral cleft — branchial cleft.
  • vitrescibility — the ability to be vitrified
  • wainscot chair — an armchair of the 17th century, made of oak and having a solid paneled back.
  • walpurgisnacht — (especially in medieval German folklore) the evening preceding the feast day of St. Walpurgis, when witches congregated, especially on the Brocken.
  • 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.
  • weaver's hitch — sheet bend.
  • weightwatchers — a person who is dieting to control his or her weight.
  • well-practised — having or having been habitually or frequently practised in order to improve skill or quality
  • wildcat strike — unofficial work stoppage
  • 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'-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.
  • wristlet watch — a watch that is attached to a band or bracelet
  • 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.
  • writer's cramp — spasmodic, painful contractions of the muscles of the thumb, forefinger, and forearm during writing.
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