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15-letter words containing a, d, u, s, t, e

  • rudimentariness — the state or quality of being rudimentary
  • santa gertrudis — one of an American breed of beef cattle, developed from Shorthorn and Brahman stock for endurance to torrid temperatures.
  • saturated vapor — a vapor whose temperature and pressure are such that any compression of its volume at constant temperature causes it to condense to liquid at a rate sufficient to maintain a constant pressure.
  • scheduled caste — (in India) the official name given to the lower castes that are now protected by the government and offered special concessions.
  • sclerodermatous — Zoology. covered with a hardened tissue, as scales.
  • security thread — a colored thread running through the paper of a piece of paper money, used to deter counterfeiting.
  • self-adjustment — adjustment of oneself or itself, as to the environment.
  • self-authorized — given or endowed with authority: an authorized agent.
  • self-inductance — inductance inducing an electromotive force in the same circuit in which the motivating change of current occurs, equal to the number of flux linkages per unit of current.
  • self-infatuated — to inspire or possess with a foolish or unreasoning passion, as of love.
  • self-inoculated — to implant (a disease agent or antigen) in a person, animal, or plant to produce a disease for study or to stimulate disease resistance.
  • semi-industrial — of, pertaining to, of the nature of, or resulting from industry: industrial production; industrial waste.
  • semidocumentary — a film or television programme that is fictional but includes many factual events or details
  • seven-card stud — a variety of poker in which each player is dealt one card face down in each of the first two rounds, one card face up in each of the next four rounds, and one card face down in the last round, each of the last five rounds being followed by a betting interval. Compare stud poker (def 1).
  • shalosh seudoth — the last of the three prescribed Sabbath meals, taken after Minhah and before the evening service.
  • sled cultivator — go-devil (def 5).
  • sodium arsenite — a white or grayish-white, water-soluble, poisonous powder, NaAsO 2 , used chiefly in arsenical soaps for hides, as an insecticide, and as a weed-killer.
  • sodium benzoate — a white crystalline soluble compound used as an antibacterial and antifungal agent in preserving food (E211), as an antiseptic, and in making dyes and pharmaceuticals. Formula: (C6H5COO)Na
  • 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 ethylate — a white, hygroscopic powder, C 2 H 5 ONa, that is decomposed by water into sodium hydroxide and alcohol: used chiefly in organic synthesis.
  • 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
  • sodium stearate — Sodium stearate is a salt of stearic acid used as a surfactant (= a substance that reduces the surface tension of a liquid and allows it to foam) in order to aid the solubility of hydrophobic substances in oral medicines.
  • sodium sulphate — a solid white substance that occurs naturally as thenardite and is usually used as the white anhydrous compound (salt cake) or the white crystalline decahydrate (Glauber's salt) in making glass, detergents, and pulp. Formula: Na2SO4
  • sostenuto pedal — a pedal on a grand piano that raises the dampers, allowing the tone to be sustained for those strings struck at the time the pedal is depressed.
  • southeastwardly — toward the southeast
  • southend-on-sea — a seaport in SE Essex, in SE England, on Thames estuary.
  • southwestwardly — toward the southwest
  • special student — a student who is not seeking a degree but enrols in a course, esp to gain academic credits
  • staggered hours — a system of working in which the employees of an organization do not all arrive and leave at the same time, but have large periods of overlap
  • stand-up comedy — telling jokes to an audience
  • standard clause — a clause which is inserted as standard into certain types of contracts or agreements
  • stannic sulfide — a yellowish or brownish, water-insoluble powder, SnS 2 , usually used suspended in lacquer or varnish for gilding and bronzing metals, wood, paper, etc.; mosaic gold.
  • state education — education provided by the state; education which is not private
  • statutory order — a statute that applies further legislation to an existing act
  • steamed pudding — a traditional pudding containing fat, sugar, eggs, flour, and other ingredients, which is steamed
  • student teacher — a student who is studying to be a teacher and who, as part of the training, observes classroom instruction or does closely supervised teaching in an elementary or secondary school.
  • studio audience — spectators on a TV set
  • subject heading — a title or heading of a category, esp in a bibliography or index
  • suck it and see — to try something to find out what it is, what it is like, or how it works
  • suicide attempt — bid to kill oneself
  • superabundantly — very or too abundantly
  • superordination — Logic. the relation between a universal proposition and a particular proposition of the same quality containing the same terms in the same order.
  • surface density — quantity, as of electric charge, per unit surface area.
  • sustained yield — the continuing supply of a natural resource, as timber, through scheduled harvests to insure replacement by regrowth or reproduction.
  • the midas touch — ability to make money
  • titius-bode law — Bode's law.
  • tokelau islands — a group of islands in the S Pacific Ocean belonging to New Zealand. 4 sq. mi. (10 sq. km).
  • toughened glass — glass that has been made stronger using chemical or thermal treatments so that it will not break easily
  • treacle mustard — a N temperate cruciferous annual plant, Erysimum cheiranthoides, having small yellow flowers. It is a common weed in cultivated ground
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