14-letter words containing c, l, a, r, e, o
- roller caption — caption lettering that moves progressively up or across the picture, as for showing the credits at the end of a programme
- roller-coaster — to go up and down like a roller coaster; rise and fall: a narrow road roller-coastering around the mountain; a light boat roller-coastering over the waves.
- roman calendar — the calendar in use in ancient Rome until 46 b.c., when it was replaced with the Julian calendar.
- sacred college — the collective body of the cardinals of the Roman Catholic Church
- sacrilegiously — pertaining to or involving sacrilege: sacrilegious practices.
- sacrococcygeal — relating to the sacrum and the coccyx
- sales director — a professional responsible for directing and managing the sales department of a company
- sales forecast — a prediction of future sales of a product, either judgmental or based on previous sales patterns
- sansculotterie — the characteristics of sansculottes
- scapulohumeral — of, relating to, or involving the scapula and humerus.
- schlaer-mellor — An object-oriented analysis (OOA), design and modelling method that addresses the integration of structural and behavioural properties. It also allows an animation of the design.
- scholar's mate — a simple mate by the queen on the f7 square, achievable by white's fourth move
- sclerotization — the state of being sclerotized.
- secondary cell — storage cell.
- secondary wall — the innermost part of a plant cell wall, deposited after the wall has ceased to increase in surface area.
- secularization — to make secular; separate from religious or spiritual connection or influences; make worldly or unspiritual; imbue with secularism.
- semi-nocturnal — active at night (opposed to diurnal): nocturnal animals.
- semicommercial — of, relating to, or characterized by limited marketing of an experimental product
- settle a score — to avenge a wrong
- shoulder patch — a cloth emblem worn on the upper part of a sleeve of a uniform typically as identification of the organization to which the wearer is assigned.
- slate-coloured — like slate in colour
- slurry reactor — A slurry reactor is a reactor in which contact is achieved by suspending a solid in a liquid.
- social chapter — The social chapter is an agreement between countries in the European Union concerning workers' rights and working conditions.
- social charter — a declaration of the rights, minimum wages, maximum hours, etc, of workers in the European Union, later adopted in the Social Chapter
- social climber — a person who attempts to gain admission into a group with a higher social standing.
- social drinker — a person who drinks alcoholic beverages usually in the company of others and is in control of his or her drinking.
- social network — a network of friends, colleagues, and other personal contacts: Strong social networks can encourage healthy behaviors.
- social process — the means by which culture and social organization change or are preserved.
- social realism — a style of painting, especially of the 1930s in the U.S., in which the scenes depicted typically convey a message of social or political protest edged with satire.
- social service — organized welfare efforts carried on under professional auspices by trained personnel.
- social welfare — social services provided by a government for its citizens.
- solar calendar — a calendar whose dates are based on the position of the earth and its proximity to the sun
- solvay process — a process for manufacturing sodium carbonate whereby a concentrated solution of sodium chloride is saturated with ammonia, carbon dioxide is passed through it, and the product is calcined.
- somali current — a current of the Indian Ocean, flowing northward along the coast of Somalia in summer and southwestward the rest of the year.
- soul-searching — the act or process of close and penetrating analysis of oneself, to determine one's true motives and sentiments.
- space platform — space station.
- special forces — crack military team
- spectra yellow — a vivid yellow color.
- spectrological — relating to spectres or spectrology
- sphaerocrystal — a spherical crystalline mass
- spironolactone — a steroid, C 2 4 H 3 2 O 4 S, used in combination with other drugs as a diuretic and antihypertensive.
- starch blocker — a substance ingested in the belief that it inhibits the body's ability to metabolize starch and thereby promotes weight loss: declared illegal in the U.S. by the FDA.
- startle colour — a bright region of an animal's coloration, normally hidden from view and often part of a design resembling birds' eyes, etc, exposed when the animal is disturbed by a predator
- steer clear of — to guide the course of (something in motion) by a rudder, helm, wheel, etc.: to steer a bicycle.
- sterculiaceous — of, relating to, or belonging to the Sterculiaceae, a chiefly tropical family of plants that includes cacao and cola
- stereochemical — of, relating to, stereochemistry
- straw-coloured — If you describe something, especially hair, as straw-coloured, you mean that it is pale yellow.
- streptobacilli — any of various bacilli that form in chains.
- stumble across — to strike the foot against something, as in walking or running, so as to stagger or fall; trip.
- supramolecular — having an organization more complex than that of a molecule.