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16-letter words containing t, r, a, c, u

  • resonant circuit — A resonant circuit combines an inductor and capacitor to make a circuit that responds to a frequency.
  • riccati equation — a differential equation, dy/dx + fy 2 + gy + h = 0, where f, g, and h are functions of x.
  • rich tea biscuit — any of various semisweet biscuits
  • right about face — Military. a command, given to a soldier or soldiers at attention, to turn the body about toward the right so as to face in the opposite direction. the act of so turning in a prescribed military manner.
  • roundabout chair — corner chair.
  • run the blockade — to go past or through a blockade
  • saxo grammaticus — c1150–1206? Danish historian and poet.
  • scar tissue code — (humour, programming)   Old code that is commented out but still included in the current release.
  • sclerenchymatous — supporting or protective tissue composed of thickened, dry, and hardened cells.
  • sculpture garden — a garden that showcases sculptures in landscaped surroundings
  • secondary tissue — tissue derived from cambium.
  • security analyst — a person who specializes in evaluating information regarding stocks and bonds.
  • security blanket — a blanket or other familiar item carried especially by a young child to provide reassurance and a feeling of psychological security.
  • security manager — The security manager of a store is the person responsible for organizing all security in the store and to whom security guards report.
  • security measure — a precaution taken against terrorism, espionage or other danger
  • seleucia trachea — an ancient city in SE Asia Minor, on the River Calycadnus (modern Goksu Nehri): captured by the Turks in the 13th century; site of present-day Silifke (Turkey)
  • self-exculpatory — intended to excuse oneself from blame or guilt
  • self-lubricating — to apply some oily or greasy substance to (a machine, parts of a mechanism, etc.) in order to diminish friction; oil or grease (something).
  • self-lubrication — the process of becoming lubricated without external factors
  • semiagricultural — partly engaged in or given over to agriculture
  • smelting furnace — an industrial oven used to heat ore in order to extract metal
  • social structure — structure (def 9).
  • sodium carbonate — Also called soda ash. an anhydrous, grayish-white, odorless, water-soluble powder, Na 2 CO 3 , usually obtained by the Solvay process and containing about 1 percent of impurities consisting of sulfates, chlorides, and bicarbonates of sodium: used in the manufacture of glass, ceramics, soaps, paper, petroleum products, sodium salts, as a cleanser, for bleaching, and in water treatment.
  • source materials — publications from which information is obtained
  • south carolinian — a state in the SE United States, on the Atlantic coast. 31,055 sq. mi. (80,430 sq. km). Capital: Columbia. Abbreviation: SC (for use with zip code), S.C.
  • south charleston — a city in W West Virginia.
  • spiritual incest — marriage or a sexual relationship between persons related by spiritual affinity or with a person under a solemn vow of chastity
  • stage production — a play or show which is performed on stage
  • start-up capital — capital used to set up a new business
  • start-up company — new business
  • statutory change — a change in the law
  • stomach-churning — causing nausea.
  • structural steel — the variety of steel shapes rolled for use in construction.
  • subcartilaginous — partially or incompletely cartilaginous.
  • substance abuser — a person who takes an excessive amount of drugs in a manner that is detrimental to health
  • subtropical high — one of several highs, as the Azores and Pacific highs, that prevail over the oceans at latitudes of about 30 degrees N and S. Also called subtropical anticyclone. Compare high (def 37).
  • summer complaint — an acute condition of diarrhea, occurring during the hot summer months chiefly in infants and children, caused by bacterial contamination of food and associated with poor hygiene.
  • superfecundation — the fertilization of two or more ova discharged at the same ovulation by successive acts of sexual intercourse.
  • superficialities — being at, on, or near the surface: a superficial wound.
  • superunification — a theory intended to describe the electromagnetic force, the strong force, the weak force, and gravity as a single, unified force.
  • supporting actor — performer: not lead
  • surface integral — the limit, as the norm of the partition of a given surface into sections of area approaches zero, of the sum of the product of the areas times the value of a given function of three variables at some point on each section.
  • surface-printing — planography.
  • tandem computers — (company)   A US computer manufacturer. Quarterly sales $544M, profits $49M (Aug 1994).
  • taurocholic acid — an acid, C 26 H 45 NO 7 S, occurring as a sodium salt in the bile of carnivorous animals, which on hydrolysis yields taurine and cholic acid.
  • telecommunicator — to transmit (data, sound, images, etc.) by telecommunications.
  • the early church — the Christian church in the centuries immediately following Christ's death
  • the scots guards — a regiment of Guards Division of the British Army which dates back to 1642
  • to come a gutzer — to make an error or blunder
  • tobacco industry — business of selling smoking products
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