16-letter words containing a, e, r, o, d, y
- secondary phloem — phloem derived from the cambium during secondary growth.
- secondary school — a high school or a school of corresponding grade, ranking between a primary school and a college or university.
- secondary source — next after the first in order, place, time, etc.
- secondary stress — Engineering. a stress induced by the elastic deformation of a structure under a temporary load.
- secondary tissue — tissue derived from cambium.
- sedimentary rock — rock formed from compacted minerals
- self-deprecatory — belittling or undervaluing oneself; excessively modest.
- sensory overload — being overwhelmed by sights, sounds, etc.
- share and enjoy! — 1. Commonly found at the end of software release announcements and README files, this phrase indicates allegiance to the hacker ethic of free information sharing (see hacker ethic). 2. The motto of the Sirius Cybernetics Corporation (the ultimate gaggle of incompetent suits) in Douglas Adams's "Hitch Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy". The irony of using this as a cultural recognition signal appeals to freeware hackers.
- social democracy — a political ideology advocating a gradual transition to socialism or a modified form of socialism by and under democratic political processes.
- stagedoor johnny — a man who often goes to a theater or waits at a stage door to court an actress.
- strawberry blond — reddish blond.
- sysdeco mimer ab — (company) Part of the international software group Sysdeco Group AS. They developed the MIMER RDBMS. Address: Uppsala, Sweden.
- take holy orders — to become ordained
- tetrahydrozoline — a compound, C 13 H 16 N 2 , used in the treatment of nasal congestion and certain conditions of eye irritation.
- the roaring days — the period of the Australian goldrushes
- to carry the day — If someone carries the day, they are the winner in a contest such as a battle, debate, or sporting competition.
- treaty of verdun — an agreement reached in 843 ad by three grandsons of Charlemagne, dividing his empire into an E kingdom (later Germany), a W kingdom (later France), and a middle kingdom (containing what became the Low Countries, Lorraine, Burgundy, and N Italy)
- videodisc player — an electronic device for playing videodiscs through a television set.
- way of the world — a comedy of manners (1700) by William Congreve.
- weather advisory — advisory (def 5).
- white-haired boy — a favourite; darling
- whole nine yards — a common unit of linear measure in English-speaking countries, equal to 3 feet or 36 inches, and equivalent to 0.9144 meter.