15-letter words containing a, e, n, o, l
- school teaching — School teaching is the work done by teachers in a school.
- seasonal worker — a worker who is employed for a particular period of the year, such as harvest, or Christmas
- sebaceous gland — any of the cutaneous glands that secrete oily matter for lubricating hair and skin.
- second language — a language learned by a person after his or her native language, especially as a resident of an area where it is in general use.
- secondary color — a color, as orange, green, or violet, produced by mixing two primary colors.
- secondary metal — metal derived wholly or in part from scrap.
- secondary xylem — xylem derived from the cambium during secondary growth.
- self-abhorrence — a feeling of extreme repugnance or aversion; utter loathing; abomination.
- self-abnegation — self-denial or self-sacrifice.
- self-absorption — preoccupation with oneself or one's own affairs.
- self-accusation — a charge of wrongdoing; imputation of guilt or blame.
- self-admiration — a feeling of wonder, pleasure, or approval.
- self-complacent — pleased with oneself; self-satisfied; smug.
- self-dedication — the act of dedicating.
- self-diagnostic — the diagnosis of one's own malady or illness.
- self-evaluation — an act or instance of evaluating or appraising.
- self-generation — production or reproduction of something without the aid of an external agent; spontaneous generation.
- self-immolating — of, relating to, or tending toward self-immolation.
- self-immolation — voluntary sacrifice or denial of oneself, as for an ideal or another person.
- 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.
- self-ionization — to separate or change into ions.
- self-laceration — the result of lacerating; a rough, jagged tear.
- self-medication — the use of medicine without medical supervision to treat one's own ailment.
- self-motivation — initiative to undertake or continue a task or activity without another's prodding or supervision.
- self-mutilation — to injure, disfigure, or make imperfect by removing or irreparably damaging parts: Vandals mutilated the painting.
- self-persuasion — the act of persuading or seeking to persuade.
- self-regulation — control by oneself or itself, as in an economy, business organization, etc., especially such control as exercised independently of governmental supervision, laws, or the like.
- self-revelation — disclosure of one's private feelings, thoughts, etc., especially when unintentional.
- selfabandonment — absence or lack of personal restraint.
- semi-functional — of or relating to a function or functions: functional difficulties in the administration.
- semicolonialism — the state of being semicolonial
- senior wrangler — (at Cambridge University) a candidate who has obtained first-class honours in Part II of the mathematics tripos and got the highest marks
- septentrionally — northwards; in the direction of the north
- serial monogamy — a form of monogamy characterized by several successive, short-term marriages over the course of a lifetime.
- shoulder season — a travel season between peak and off-peak seasons, especially spring and fall, when fares tend to be relatively low.
- shoulder weapon — a firearm that is fired while being held in the hands with the butt of the weapon braced against the shoulder.
- shove-halfpenny — a shuffleboard game played with coins or brass disks that are pushed by the hand and thumb down a board toward a scoring pit.
- silent majority — the U.S. citizens who supported President Nixon's policies but who were not politically vocal, outspoken, or active: considered by him to constitute a majority.
- silicon carbide — a very hard, insoluble, crystalline compound, SiC, used as an abrasive and as an electrical resistor in objects exposed to high temperatures.
- silver quandong — an Australian tree, Elaeocarpus grandis: family Elaeocarpaceae
- simple equation — linear equation
- simple fraction — a ratio of two integers.
- singapore sling — a cocktail of gin, cherry brandy, sugar, and water.
- sinistrodextral — moving or extending from the left to the right.
- sink a borehole — To sink a borehole means to drill a deep hole in the ground.
- sinoatrial node — a small mass of tissue in the right atrium functioning as pacemaker of the heart by giving rise to the electric impulses that initiate heart contractions.
- slavonian grebe — a N Eurasian or N American grebe with reddish underside and a black and gold crest; Podiceps auritus
- sleight of hand — skill in feats requiring quick and clever movements of the hands, especially for entertainment or deception, as jugglery, card or coin magic, etc.; legerdemain.
- smoking-related — (of a disease, illness, etc) caused by smoking tobacco, etc
- snaggle toothed — a tooth growing out beyond or apart from others.