15-letter words containing a, c, e, s, o, d
- self-medication — the use of medicine without medical supervision to treat one's own ailment.
- self-proclaimed — to announce or declare in an official or formal manner: to proclaim war.
- semidocumentary — a film or television programme that is fictional but includes many factual events or details
- shopping arcade — a place where a number of shops are connected together under one roof
- shoulder charge — an instance of a player charging into another so that there is contact between their shoulders (permissible in some circumstances)
- silicon carbide — a very hard, insoluble, crystalline compound, SiC, used as an abrasive and as an electrical resistor in objects exposed to high temperatures.
- slashdot effect — a temporary surge in the numbers visiting a website and consequent service slowdown or even server crash that sometimes arises as a result of a new link being set up from a more popular website
- sled cultivator — go-devil (def 5).
- social democrat — a person who advocates a gradual transition to socialism or a modified form of socialism by and under democratic political processes.
- social distance — the extent to which individuals or groups are removed from or excluded from participating in one another's lives.
- social spending — the money that is spent on welfare payments
- society islands — a group of islands in the S Pacific: administratively part of French Polynesia; consists of the Windward Islands and the Leeward Islands; became a French protectorate in 1843 and a colony in 1880. Pop: 214 445 (2002). Area: 1595 sq km (616 sq miles)
- socratic method — the use of questions, as employed by Socrates, to develop a latent idea, as in the mind of a pupil, or to elicit admissions, as from an opponent, tending to establish a proposition.
- sodium chlorate — a colorless, water-soluble solid, NaClO 3 , cool and salty to the taste, used chiefly in the manufacture of explosives and matches, as a textile mordant, and as an oxidizing and bleaching agent.
- sodium citrates — the sodium salts of citric acid (monosodium citrate, disodium citrate, trisodium citrate)
- sodium silicate — a substance having the general formula, Na2O.xSiO2, where x varies between 3 and 5, existing as an amorphous powder or present in a usually viscous aqueous solution
- sophisticatedly — (of a person, ideas, tastes, manners, etc.) altered by education, experience, etc., so as to be worldly-wise; not naive: a sophisticated young socialite; the sophisticated eye of an experienced journalist.
- special edition — newspaper, magazine: extra issue
- speed indicator — an instrument for counting the number of revolutions of a gasoline engine.
- spell a paddock — to give a field a rest period by letting it lie fallow
- spotted cowbane — a North American water hemlock, Cicuta maculata, of the parsley family, having a purple-mottled stem, white flowers, and deadly poisonous, tuberlike roots.
- stage direction — an instruction written into the script of a play, indicating stage actions, movements of performers, or production requirements.
- stand-up comedy — telling jokes to an audience
- state education — education provided by the state; education which is not private
- studio audience — spectators on a TV set
- swiss army code — (programming, humour) Code for an application that is suffering from feature creep. Swiss Army Code does many things, but does none of them well.
- synecdochically — a figure of speech in which a part is used for the whole or the whole for a part, the special for the general or the general for the special, as in ten sail for ten ships or a Croesus for a rich man.
- the cordilleras — the complex of mountain ranges on the W side of the Americas, extending from Alaska to Cape Horn and including the Andes and the Rocky Mountains
- the midas touch — ability to make money
- to change hands — When something changes hands, its ownership changes, usually because it is sold to someone else.
- toreador fresco — a mural (c1500 b.c.) from Minoan Crete.
- un-considerable — rather large or great in size, distance, extent, etc.: It cost a considerable amount. We took a considerable length of time to decide.
- unconstrainedly — in an unconfined manner
- undercompensate — to compensate or pay less than is fair, customary, or expected.
- unsophisticated — not sophisticated; simple; artless.
- well-accustomed — customary; usual; habitual: in their accustomed manner.