15-letter words containing sc
- abscission zone — the zone at the base of a leaf petiole, fruit stalk, or branch in which the abscission layer develops.
- acoustic screen — a fabric-covered, double-sided screen used in open areas such as offices to absorb noise
- aggregate score — a score calculated by adding the results of several matches
- approved school — In Britain in the past, an approved school was a boarding school where young people could be sent to stay if they had been found guilty of a crime.
- archiepiscopacy — a form of church government in which power is vested in archbishops.
- archiepiscopate — the rank, office, or term of office of an archbishop
- ascending colon — the first portion of the colon, beginning at the cecum in the lower right abdominal cavity and continuing upward along the right posterior abdominal wall to approximately the lower ribs.
- ascending scale — a scale that is rising in pitch
- asclepiadaceous — of, relating to, or belonging to the Asclepiadaceae, a family of mostly tropical and subtropical flowering plants, including the milkweed and swallowwort, having pollen in the form of a waxy mass (pollinium): now usually regarded as a subfamily of the Apocynaceae
- ascribed status — the social position assigned to a person on the basis of kinship, ethnic group, sex, etc.
- atherosclerosis — a degenerative disease of the arteries characterized by patchy thickening of the inner lining of the arterial walls, caused by deposits of fatty material; a form of arteriosclerosis
- atherosclerotic — Of, pertaining to, or afflicted with atherosclerosis.
- autofluorescent — Of, pertaining to, or exhibiting autofluorescence.
- autoschediastic — offhand, with little forethought or preparation
- autostereoscopy — The display of stereoscopic images without the use of special viewing equipment.
- back-scratching — a reciprocal exchange of favors, aid, or compliments
- barbizon school — a group of French painters of landscapes of the 1840s, including Théodore Rousseau, Daubigny, Diaz, Corot, and Millet
- bathroom scales — scales typically kept in a bathroom for people to weigh themselves
- bench scientist — a scientist who does experiments in a laboratory
- bioluminescence — the production of light by living organisms as a result of the oxidation of a light-producing substance (luciferin) by the enzyme luciferase: occurs in many marine organisms, insects such as the firefly, etc
- biscuit tortoni — an individual portion of tortoni, frozen and served in a small cup, often topped with ground almonds.
- blood corpuscle — one of the cells in the blood
- boarding school — A boarding school is a school which some or all of the pupils live in during the school term. Compare day school.
- borscht circuit — summer resort hotels in the Catskills and White Mountains, where entertainment is provided for the guests
- bourbon biscuit — a rich chocolate-flavoured biscuit with a chocolate-cream filling
- brush discharge — a slightly luminous electrical discharge between points of high charge density when the charge density is insufficient to cause a spark or around sharp points on a highly charged conductor because of ionization of air molecules in their vicinity
- business school — A business school is a school or college which teaches business subjects such as economics and management.
- cabinet scraper — a scraper used in preparing a wood surface for sanding.
- carrier scanner — (security) (Or "wardialer") A program which uses a modem to dial a series of phone numbers (say, from 770-0000 to 770-9999), and keeps a log of what phone numbers answer with a modem carrier. The results of such a search were generally used by people looking to engage in random mischief in random machines. Since the 1980s, wardialers have generally fallen into disuse, partly because of easily available "caller ID" technology, partly because fax machines are now in wide use and would often be logged as a carrier by a wardialer, and partly because there are so many new and more interesting venues for computerised mischief these days.
- cascara sagrada — the dried bark of the cascara buckthorn, used as a stimulant and laxative
- catholic school — a school that includes instruction in Roman Catholic faith in its curriculum, with teachers who are often nuns or monks
- cerebrovascular — of or relating to the blood vessels and the blood supply of the brain
- chewings fescue — a hardy, fine-leaved variety of fescue, Festuca rubra commutata, grown in the U.S. and New Zealand as a lawn grass.
- chromatic scale — a twelve-note scale including all the semitones of the octave
- circumscription — the act of circumscribing or the state of being circumscribed
- circumscriptive — That circumscribes or outlines.
- citizen science — scientific research, data collection, etc., that involves the participation of nonscientists (often used attributively): Bird watchers report their bird observations to citizen-science projects.
- class-conscious — Someone who is class-conscious is very aware of the differences between the various classes of people in society, and often has a strong feeling of belonging to a particular class.
- coconsciousness — the state or position of being coconscious
- colposcopically — by means of a colposcope or colposcopy
- computer screen — the working area on the monitor of a computer
- condescendingly — In a condescending manner.
- conscientiously — governed by conscience; controlled by or done according to one's inner sense of what is right; principled: She's a conscientious judge, who does not let personal prejudices influence her decisions.
- consciousnesses — Plural form of consciousness.
- conscriptionist — a person who is in favour of conscription
- corkscrew curls — locks of hair curled to hang in a spiral shape
- corkscrew grass — a variety of spear grass, Austrostipa scabra, native to Australia, having very fine foliage, an erect seed head, and awns that twist up the seed head: family Poaceae
- coude telescope — a telescope in which light from the primary mirror is reflected along the polar axis to additional mirrors, and in which the focus (coudé focus) is independent of the telescope's motion, permitting the use of heavy instruments without disturbing the delicate balance of the telescope.
- creeping fescue — red fescue.
- crepuscular ray — a twilight ray of sunlight shining through breaks in high clouds and illuminating dust particles in the air.
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