18-letter words containing a, c, d, e, m, i
- secondary emission — the emission of electrons (secondary electrons) from a material that is bombarded with electrons or ions.
- service department — a repair shop
- sex discrimination — the practice of treating male and female people unequally
- slobodan milosevic — Slobodan [sloh-buh-dain] /ˈsloʊ bəˌdɛən/ (Show IPA), 1941–2006, Yugoslav and Serbian politician: president of Serbia 1989–97, president of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia 1997–2000, accused of war crimes 2001.
- sodium bicarbonate — a white, crystalline, water-soluble solid, in powder or granules, NaHCO 3 , usually prepared by the reaction of soda ash with carbon dioxide or obtained from the intermediate product of the Solvay process by purification: used chiefly in the manufacture of sodium salts, baking powder, and beverages, as a laboratory reagent, as a fire extinguisher, and in medicine as an antacid.
- sodium thiocyanate — a white powder or colorless, deliquescent crystals, NaSCN, used chiefly in organic synthesis and in medicine in the treatment of hypertension.
- standing committee — a permanent committee, as of a legislature, society, etc., intended to consider all matters pertaining to a designated subject.
- submarine sandwich — a sandwich made with a long cylindrical bread roll
- summary proceeding — a mode of trial authorized by statute to be held before a judge without the usual full hearing.
- swedish gymnastics — a system of passive and active exercising of muscles and joints
- the american dream — the notion that the American social, economic, and political system makes success possible for every individual
- the dismal science — a name for economics coined by Thomas Carlyle
- under-compensation — to compensate or pay less than is fair, customary, or expected.
- unearned increment — the increase in the value of property, especially land, due to natural causes, as growth of population, rather than to any labor or expenditure by the owner.
- upper middle class — wealthy, highly-educated people
- video compact disc — (storage) (VCD) A storage format used for film distribution.
- vitamin deficiency — a lack of a vitamin or vitamins needed for good health
- watchdog committee — a committee responsible for monitoring standards of behaviour
- watson-crick model — a widely accepted model for the three-dimensional structure of DNA, featuring a double-helix configuration for the molecule's two hydrogen-bonded complementary polynucleotide strands.
- widemouth blindcat — any of several catfishes, as Satan eurystomus (widemouth blindcat) of Texas, that inhabit underground streams and have undeveloped eyes and unpigmented skin.