13-letter words containing t, o, r, s, i, n
- rotation-axes — a process of replacing the axes in a Cartesian coordinate system with a new set of axes making a specified angle with and having the same origin as the original axes.
- running costs — The running costs of a business are the amount of money that is regularly spent on things such as salaries, heating, lighting, and rent.
- running story — a story continued in subsequent issues of a newspaper or magazine; serial.
- russification — Russianize (defs 1, 2).
- s corporation — An S corporation is a type of corporation in which the owners are taxed for any taxable income on their individual returns.
- sacralization — to make sacred; imbue with sacred character, especially through ritualized devotion: a society that sacralized science.
- sacrosanctity — extremely sacred or inviolable: a sacrosanct chamber in the temple.
- saint gregory — Saint (Hildebrand) c1020–85, Italian ecclesiastic: pope 1073–85.
- saint leonard — a city in S Quebec, in E Canada: suburb of Montreal.
- san cristobal — a city in SW Venezuela.
- sanction mark — a mark on pieces of 19th-century French furniture signifying that the piece met the quality standards required by the Parisian guild of ebonists
- savings ratio — the ratio of personal savings to disposable income, esp using the difference between national figures for disposable income and consumer spending as a measure of savings
- scarfed joint — a lapped joint between two pieces of timber made by notching or grooving the ends and strapping, bolting, or gluing the two pieces together
- scarification — an act or instance of scarifying.
- scenarization — the process of making or creating a scenario, esp to aid distance learning education
- scleroprotein — protein that is fibrous and insoluble in water, serving a protective or supportive function in the body.
- scorification — an assaying process whereby gold or silver is separated from ore by fusion with lead.
- scout uniform — the uniform worn by the Scouts
- second string — Sports. the squad of players available either individually or as a team to replace or relieve those who start a game.
- second-strike — noting, pertaining to, or using nuclear forces capable of withstanding attack and retaliating after an adversary has launched a first strike.
- sectorization — the act or state of sectorizing
- security zone — an area controlled by security forces
- segregational — the act or practice of segregating; a setting apart or separation of people or things from others or from the main body or group: gender segregation in some fundamentalist religions.
- selenocentric — having the moon as its center.
- selenotropism — growth in response to moonlight.
- self-creation — the act of producing or causing to exist; the act of creating; engendering.
- self-ignorant — lacking in knowledge or training; unlearned: an ignorant man.
- self-oriented — the Orient, the countries of Asia, especially East Asia. (formerly) the countries to the E of the Mediterranean.
- 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.
- senior editor — chief publishing manager
- senior master — a male teacher in a senior position
- senior moment — a brief lapse in memory or a moment of confusion, especially in an older person.
- sensitometric — of or relating to sensitometry
- septentrional — northern; boreal
- septentriones — the seven stars of the Plough, the Great Bear
- sequestration — removal or separation; banishment or exile.
- serendipitous — come upon or found by accident; fortuitous: serendipitous scientific discoveries.
- serialization — to publish in serial form.
- sex chromatin — Barr body.
- sheet erosion — Geology. erosion by sheets of running water, rather than by streams.
- shooting iron — a firearm, especially a pistol or revolver.
- shooting star — meteor (def 1b).
- shopping cart — a four-wheeled cart provided by a supermarket or other retail store for a customer's use in collecting purchases.
- shopping trip — visit to the shops
- short selling — a person, as a speculator, who sells short.
- significatory — serving to signify
- silver tongue — the characteristic of being skilful at persuading people to believe what they say or to do what they want them to do
- single mother — a mother who brings up a child or children alone, without a partner.
- single-storey — (of a building) having only one floor or level
- sinistrocular — favoring the left eye, rather than the right, by habit or for effective vision (opposed to dextrocular).