15-letter words containing c, a, r, o, l, i
- social contract — the voluntary agreement among individuals by which, according to any of various theories, as of Hobbes, Locke, or Rousseau, organized society is brought into being and invested with the right to secure mutual protection and welfare or to regulate the relations among its members.
- social democrat — a person who advocates a gradual transition to socialism or a modified form of socialism by and under democratic political processes.
- social drinking — the practice of drinking alcohol occasionally and usually only in social situations
- social heritage — the entire inherited pattern of cultural activity present in a society.
- social register — a directory or list of people prominent in the fashionable society of a given area
- social security — (usually initial capital letters) a program of old-age, unemployment, health, disability, and survivors insurance maintained by the U.S. federal government through compulsory payments by specific employer and employee groups.
- social services — organized welfare efforts carried on under professional auspices by trained personnel.
- social-drinking — a person who drinks alcoholic beverages usually in the company of others and is in control of his or her drinking.
- socialist party — a U.S. political party advocating socialism, formed about 1900 chiefly by former members of the Social Democratic Party and the Socialist Labor Party.
- socioculturally — from a sociocultural point of view
- sociohistorical — involving social and historical elements
- 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.
- source material — original, authoritative, or basic materials utilized in research, as diaries or manuscripts.
- spectrochemical — of, relating to, or utilizing the techniques of spectrochemistry.
- spermatoblastic — relating to a spermatoblast
- stalactite work — (in Islamic architecture) intricate decorative corbeling in the form of brackets, squinches, and portions of pointed vaults.
- starting blocks — the rigid blocks adjustable at an angle and mounted on a track against which a runner's shoes are placed to aid in starting
- stereologically — by way of stereology or in a stereological manner
- stereotypically — in a stereotypical manner
- streptobacillus — any of various bacilli that form in chains.
- structural iron — iron shaped for use in construction.
- sulphurous acid — an unstable acid produced when sulphur dioxide dissolves in water: used as a preservative for food and a bleaching agent. Formula: H2SO3
- survival course — a course that teaches people how to survive in the wild and in other dangerous environments
- tentaculiferous — having tentacles
- tertiary colour — a colour formed by mixing two secondary colours
- tetrafunctional — pertaining to molecules or groups that can bond at four sites.
- thalassographic — relating to thalassography
- the cordilleras — the complex of mountain ranges on the W side of the Americas, extending from Alaska to Cape Horn and including the Andes and the Rocky Mountains
- thiocarbanilide — a gray powder, C 13 H 12 N 2 S, used as an intermediate in dyes and as an accelerator in vulcanization.
- thyrocalcitonin — calcitonin
- torsion balance — an instrument for measuring small forces, as electric attraction or repulsion, by determining the amount of torsion or twisting they cause in a slender wire or filament.
- tractor-trailer — a combination trucking unit consisting of a tractor hooked up to a full trailer or a semitrailer.
- traffic control — management of road use
- training school — a school that provides training in some art, profession, or vocation.
- transactionally — the act of transacting or the fact of being transacted.
- transhistorical — occurring throughout all human history
- traumatological — relating to traumatology
- traveling block — (in a hoisting tackle) the block hooked to and moving with the load.
- trichloroacetic — as in trichloroacetic acid
- trichloroethane — a volatile nonflammable colourless liquid with low toxicity used for cleaning electrical apparatus and as a solvent; 1,2,3-trichloroethane. Formula: CH3CCl3
- trichomonacidal — relating to a trichomonacide
- tricolor camera — a camera for taking color photographs in which three separation negatives are exposed simultaneously by splitting the light from the subject with prisms and mirrors, and exposing through appropriate filters.
- tropicalization — to make tropical, as in character or appearance.
- tuberculization — the process of becoming, or of causing people or animals to become, infected with tuberculosis
- typographically — of or relating to typography.
- ultra-patriotic — of, like, suitable for, or characteristic of a patriot.
- ultracommercial — concerned with nothing but profit
- ultraconvenient — extremely convenient
- ultrademocratic — (in the US) characteristic of a staunch member or supporter of the Democratic Party and its agenda
- ultramicrofiche — ultrafiche.