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16-letter words containing c, e, t, a, l

  • schoolteacherish — showing characteristics thought to be typical of a schoolteacher, as strictness and primness.
  • schouten islands — a group of islands belonging to Papua New Guinea, in the Pacific Oceans, off the N coast of New Guinea.
  • sclerenchymatous — supporting or protective tissue composed of thickened, dry, and hardened cells.
  • scotch blackface — one of a Scottish breed of mountain sheep having a black face and growing long, coarse wool.
  • sculpture garden — a garden that showcases sculptures in landscaped surroundings
  • security analyst — a person who specializes in evaluating information regarding stocks and bonds.
  • security blanket — a blanket or other familiar item carried especially by a young child to provide reassurance and a feeling of psychological security.
  • seleucia trachea — an ancient city in SE Asia Minor, on the River Calycadnus (modern Goksu Nehri): captured by the Turks in the 13th century; site of present-day Silifke (Turkey)
  • self-advancement — an act of moving forward.
  • self-containment — the state of being self-contained.
  • self-cultivation — the act or art of cultivating.
  • self-deprecating — belittling or undervaluing oneself; excessively modest.
  • self-deprecation — belittling or undervaluing oneself; excessively modest.
  • self-deprecatory — belittling or undervaluing oneself; excessively modest.
  • self-enhancement — to raise to a higher degree; intensify; magnify: The candlelight enhanced her beauty.
  • self-exculpatory — intended to excuse oneself from blame or guilt
  • self-explication — the act of explicating.
  • self-lubricating — to apply some oily or greasy substance to (a machine, parts of a mechanism, etc.) in order to diminish friction; oil or grease (something).
  • self-lubrication — the process of becoming lubricated without external factors
  • self-maintenance — the act of maintaining: the maintenance of proper oral hygiene.
  • self-replicating — reproducing itself by its own power or inherent nature: self-replicating organisms.
  • self-vindicating — to clear, as from an accusation, imputation, suspicion, or the like: to vindicate someone's honor.
  • self-vindication — the act of vindicating.
  • semantic tableau — a method of demonstrating the consistency or otherwise of a set of statements by constructing a diagrammatic representation of all the circumstances that satisfy the set of statements
  • semiagricultural — partly engaged in or given over to agriculture
  • sensationalistic — subject matter, language, or style producing or designed to produce startling or thrilling impressions or to excite and please vulgar taste.
  • service elevator — an elevator for the use of servants and delivery people and for carrying large items.
  • sesquicentennial — pertaining to or marking the completion of a period of 150 years.
  • sexual selection — a special type of natural selection in which the sexes acquire distinct forms either because the members of one sex choose mates with particular features or because in the competition for mates among the members of one sex only those with certain traits succeed.
  • shag pile carpet — a large piece of thick material with a nap of long rough strands that you put on a floor
  • shirring elastic — elastic used for shirring
  • silky flycatcher — any of several passerine birds of the family Ptilogonatidae, of the southwestern U.S. to Panama, related to the waxwings.
  • slap in the face — smack on the cheek
  • slap on the back — to congratulate
  • smelting furnace — an industrial oven used to heat ore in order to extract metal
  • social evolution — the gradual development of society and social forms, institutions, etc., usually through a series of peaceful stages. Compare revolution (def 2).
  • social gathering — party, get-together
  • social scientist — sb: studies human society
  • social secretary — a personal secretary employed to make social appointments and handle personal correspondence.
  • social structure — structure (def 9).
  • sodium cyclamate — a white, crystalline, water-soluble powder, NaC 6 NH 1 2 SO 3 , that has been used as a sweetening agent: banned by the FDA in 1970.
  • source materials — publications from which information is obtained
  • south charleston — a city in W West Virginia.
  • special interest — special-interest group (def 1).
  • spectacled cobra — Indian cobra.
  • spectroheliogram — a photograph of the sun made with a spectroheliograph.
  • speech pathology — the scientific study and treatment of defects, disorders, and malfunctions of speech and voice, as stuttering, lisping, or lalling, and of language disturbances, as aphasia or delayed language acquisition.
  • spiral staircase — stairs that wind round
  • spiritual incest — marriage or a sexual relationship between persons related by spiritual affinity or with a person under a solemn vow of chastity
  • spotted mackerel — a small mackerel, Scomberomorus queenslandicus, of northern Australian waters
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