14-letter words containing a, d, o
- roller bandage — a long bandage rolled into a cylinder
- roman calendar — the calendar in use in ancient Rome until 46 b.c., when it was replaced with the Julian calendar.
- room and board — lodging and meals.
- roundaboutedly — in a roundabout manner
- roundaboutness — the characteristic of being roundabout
- royal canadian — in the service of the Canadian federal government and the British monarch: Royal Canadian Air Force; Royal Canadian Mounted Police.
- royal standard — a flag bearing the arms of the British sovereign, flown only when she (or he) is present
- sacred college — the collective body of the cardinals of the Roman Catholic Church
- sacred history — history that is retold with the aim of instilling religious faith and which may or may not be founded on fact
- sacred monster — a celebrity whose eccentricities or indiscretions are easily forgiven by admirers.
- sado-masochism — Sado-masochism is the enjoyment of hurting people and being hurt.
- safe and sound — unharmed and well
- safety-deposit — safe-deposit.
- saffron powder — the dried stigmas of the saffron crushed into powder, used to flavour or colour food
- sailing orders — the final orders given to a ship's commander before sailing, concerning matters such as time of departure, destination, etc
- saint gotthard — a mountain range in S Switzerland; a part of the Alps; highest peak, 10,490 feet (3195 meters).
- salade niçoise — a cold dish consisting of hard-boiled eggs, anchovy fillets, olives, tomatoes, tuna fish, etc
- sales director — a professional responsible for directing and managing the sales department of a company
- salt dome trap — A salt dome trap is an area where oil has been trapped underground by salt pushing upward.
- san bernardino — a city in S California.
- san pedro sula — a city in NW Honduras.
- sand lovegrass — any grass of the genus Eragrostis, as E. curvula (weeping lovegrass) and E. trichodes (sand lovegrass) cultivated as forage and ground cover.
- sandalwood oil — extract of fragrant Asian wood
- sandwich board — two connected posters or signboards that hang in front of and behind a person and usually bear some advertisement, notice, exhortation, or the like.
- sanford b dole — Robert J(oseph) born 1923, U.S. politician: senator 1969–96.
- sansculottides — the festivities held during the five complementary days in the French Republican Calendar
- scalar product — inner product (def 1).
- scandium oxide — a white infusible powder, Sc 2 O 3 , soluble in acids.
- schafer method — a method of artificial respiration in which the patient is placed face downward, pressure then being rhythmically applied with the hands to the lower part of the thorax.
- scorched earth — military policy: destroying enemy crops
- seaside resort — coastal holiday town
- second baseman — the player whose position is second base.
- second chamber — the parliament of the Netherlands, consisting of an upper chamber (First Chamber) and a lower chamber (Second Chamber)
- second reading — the stage in the consideration of a legislative bill that provides an opportunity for debate and amendment.
- secondary beam — a beam of particles of one kind selected from the group of particles produced when a beam of particles from an accelerator (primary beam) strikes a target.
- secondary cell — storage cell.
- secondary gain — any advantage, as increased attention, disability benefits, or release from unpleasant responsibilities, obtained as a result of having an illness (distinguished from primary gain).
- secondary road — a road less important than a main road or highway.
- secondary wall — the innermost part of a plant cell wall, deposited after the wall has ceased to increase in surface area.
- secondary wave — a transverse earthquake wave that travels through the interior of the earth and is usually the second conspicuous wave to reach a seismograph.
- selenious acid — a colorless, crystalline, water-soluble, poisonous powder, H 2 SeO 3 , used chiefly as a reagent.
- self-abandoned — lacking self-control; giving in to one's impulses.
- self-adornment — something that adds attractiveness; ornament; accessory: the adornments and furnishings of a room.
- self-adulation — excessive devotion to someone; servile flattery.
- self-appointed — chosen by oneself to act in a certain capacity or to fulfill a certain function, especially pompously or self-righteously: a self-appointed guardian of the public's morals.
- self-contained — containing in oneself or itself all that is necessary; independent.
- self-diagnosis — the diagnosis of one's own malady or illness.
- self-dominance — rule; control; authority; ascendancy.
- self-laudation — an act or instance of lauding; encomium; tribute.
- self-laudatory — containing or expressing praise: overwhelmed by the speaker's laudatory remarks.