13-letter words containing s, u, c, e, t
- satanic abuse — sexual abuse (esp of children), killing, or violent acts considered to be carried out as part of satanic worship rituals
- sawbuck table — a table that has X -shaped legs.
- scathefulness — the state or quality of being harmful or injurious
- schutzstaffel — an elite military unit of the Nazi party that served as Hitler's bodyguard and as a special police force. Abbreviation: SS.
- sculpturesque — suggesting sculpture: the sculpturesque beauty of her face.
- sea buckthorn — a thorny Eurasian shrub, Hippophaë rhamnoides, growing on sea coasts and having silvery leaves and orange fruits: family Elaeagnaceae
- second nature — an acquired habit or tendency in one's character that is so deeply ingrained as to appear automatic: Neatness is second nature to him.
- security firm — a firm which provides guards for buildings, and other security services and personnel
- security leak — a leak of information that could endanger public safety
- security risk — a person considered by authorities as likely to commit acts that might threaten the security of a country.
- security zone — an area controlled by security forces
- seductiveness — tending to seduce; enticing; beguiling; captivating: a seductive smile.
- self-checkout — A self-checkout is a checkout where customers scan, pack and pay for their goods in a store without being served by a sales associate.
- self-conquest — the act or state of conquering or the state of being conquered; vanquishment.
- self-destruct — to destroy itself or oneself: The missile is built so that a malfunction will cause it to self-destruct.
- self-educated — educated by one's own efforts, especially without formal instruction.
- self-security — freedom from danger, risk, etc.; safety.
- semiautomatic — partly automatic.
- semiconductor — a substance, as silicon or germanium, with electrical conductivity intermediate between that of an insulator and a conductor: a basic component of various kinds of electronic circuit element (semiconductor device) used in communications, control, and detection technology and in computers.
- sensate focus — a series of touching exercises designed to increase intimacy in a sexual relationship
- service court — the part of the court into which a player must serve in various games, as tennis, badminton, handball, or squash.
- sesquiplicate — relating to or involving the ratio between the square roots of the cubes of given terms; i.e. the sesquiplicate ratio of given terms is the ratio between the square roots of the cubes of those terms
- sex education — Sex education is education in schools on the subject of sexual activity and sexual relationships.
- share account — a savings account in a credit union.
- sheriff court — (in Scotland) a court having jurisdiction to try summarily or on indictment all but the most serious crimes and to deal with most civil actions
- shockumentary — a television programme showing members of the public in shocking or violent situations
- short subject — a short film, as a documentary or travelogue, shown as part of a program with a feature-length film.
- slow puncture — a small hole in a tyre, from which the air escapes very slowly, so that at first it is not obvious that there is any problem with the tyre
- smooth muscle — involuntary muscle tissue in the walls of viscera and blood vessels, consisting of nonstriated, spindle-shaped cells.
- soft currency — econ: fluctuating value
- sound effects — any sounds artificially produced, reproduced from a recording, etc, to create a theatrical effect, such as the bringing together of two halves of a hollow coconut shell to simulate a horse's gallop; used in plays, films, etc
- south america — a continent in the S part of the Western Hemisphere. About 6,900,000 sq. mi. (17,871,000 sq. km).
- southern cane — a stick or short staff used to assist one in walking; walking stick.
- space shuttle — any of several U.S. space vehicles consisting of a reusable manned orbiter that touches down on a landing strip after an orbital mission, two reusable solid rocket boosters that drop off after initial ascent, and an expendable external tank containing liquid propellants.
- space tourism — travel into space for recreational purposes
- spectacularly — of or like a spectacle; marked by or given to an impressive, large-scale display.
- speculatively — pertaining to, of the nature of, or characterized by speculation, contemplation, conjecture, or abstract reasoning: a speculative approach.
- spot reducing — the usually futile effort to exercise one part of the body, as the thighs, in hopes of reducing the amount of fat stored in that area.
- spruce beetle — a beetle, Dendroctonus rufipennis, that feeds on and nests in spruce, pine, and other evergreen trees, sometimes causing extensive damage.
- squash racket — a light long-handled racket used in the game of squash
- stand accused — If someone stands accused of something, they have been accused of it.
- step function — a function that is constant on each of a finite set of subintervals of its domain, the union of the subintervals being the domain.
- stercoraceous — consisting of, resembling, or pertaining to dung or feces.
- stercorarious — stercoraceous
- sterculia gum — karaya gum.
- stirpiculture — the production of special stocks or strains by careful breeding.
- stomach upset — a slight illness affecting your stomach and/or bowels characterized by nausea, vomiting and/or diarrhoea
- street urchin — a child who spends or appears to spend a lot of time roaming the streets
- streptocarpus — any of various plants belonging to the genus Streptocarpus, of the gesneria family, native to Africa and Asia, having showy white, pink, or purplish flowers and often cultivated as a houseplant.
- streptococcus — any of several spherical or oval bacteria of the genus Streptococcus, occurring in pairs or chains, certain species of which are pathogenic for humans, causing scarlet fever, tonsillitis, etc.