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14-letter words containing a, c, i, d, o, s

  • self-dominance — rule; control; authority; ascendancy.
  • semi-dominance — incomplete dominance.
  • serodiscordant — pertaining to a relationship with one HIV-positive partner and one HIV-negative partner.
  • shadow cabinet — (in the British Parliament) a group of prominent members of the opposition who are expected to hold positions in the cabinet when their party assumes power.
  • shield volcano — a broad volcano built up from the repeated nonexplosive eruption of basalt to form a low dome or shield, usually having a large caldera at the summit
  • social dancing — dancing performed by couples or by groups, usually as a form of recreation.
  • social disease — a venereal disease.
  • social drinker — a person who drinks alcoholic beverages usually in the company of others and is in control of his or her drinking.
  • social dumping — the practice of allowing employers to lower wages and reduce employees' benefits in order to attract and retain employment and investment
  • social studies — a course of instruction in an elementary or secondary school comprising such subjects as history, geography, civics, etc.
  • sodium citrate — a white, crystalline or granular, water-soluble, odorless solid, Na 3 C 6 H 5 O 7 ⋅2H 2 O, having a cool, saline taste: used in photography, in soft drinks, and in medicine chiefly to prevent the coagulation of blood.
  • sodium cyanide — a white, crystalline, deliquescent, water-soluble, poisonous powder, NaCN, prepared by heating sodium amide with charcoal: used chiefly in casehardening alloys, in the leaching and flotation of ore, and in electroplating.
  • sodium lactate — a water-soluble, hygroscopic salt, C 3 H 5 NaO 3 , used in solution in medicine to treat metabolic acidosis, usually by injection.
  • solidification — to make solid; make into a hard or compact mass; change from a liquid or gaseous to a solid form.
  • sound archives — official records or files (as in a library) of sound recordings, broadcasts, or performances, esp those from radio programmes
  • spermatic cord — the cord by which a testis is suspended in the scrotum, containing the vas deferens and the blood vessels and nerves of the testis.
  • staff discount — a discount off goods sold by a particular shop, given to members of staff of that shop
  • stage director — a person who directs a theatrical production.
  • stock in trade — the requisites for carrying on a business, especially goods kept on hand for sale in a store.
  • stock-in-trade — items used in performing a job
  • storage device — a device used to store digital data or information, as a hard disk or CD.
  • sulfurous acid — a colorless liquid, H 2 SO 3 , having a suffocating odor, obtained by dissolving sulfur dioxide in water, known mainly by its salts, which are sulfites: used chiefly in organic synthesis and as a bleach.
  • sulphonic acid — type of strong organic acid
  • tellurous acid — a white, crystalline powder, H2TeO3
  • thermodynamics — the science concerned with the relations between heat and mechanical energy or work, and the conversion of one into the other: modern thermodynamics deals with the properties of systems for the description of which temperature is a necessary coordinate.
  • trade discount — a discount, as from the list price of goods, granted by a manufacturer or wholesaler to a retailer.
  • trades council — (in Britain) an association of the different trade unions in one town or area
  • transductional — of or relating to transduction
  • trisoctahedron — a solid bounded by 24 identical faces in groups of three, each group corresponding to one face of an octahedron.
  • unaccomplished — not accomplished; incomplete or not carried out: Many tasks remain unaccomplished.
  • unconsolidated — brought together into a single whole.
  • undiscoverable — unable to be discovered or found out
  • undiscoverably — in an undiscoverable manner
  • undomesticated — to convert (animals, plants, etc.) to domestic uses; tame.
  • valcour island — an island in NE New York, in Lake Champlain: battle 1776.
  • video cassette — a cassette enclosing a length of tape for video recording or reproduction.
  • windsor castle — a castle in the town of Windsor in Berkshire, residence of English monarchs since its founding by William the Conqueror
  • xenodiagnostic — of or relating to xenodiagnosis
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