14-letter words containing c, o, d, n, s
- ridiculousness — causing or worthy of ridicule or derision; absurd; preposterous; laughable: a ridiculous plan.
- sacred monster — a celebrity whose eccentricities or indiscretions are easily forgiven by admirers.
- salade niçoise — a cold dish consisting of hard-boiled eggs, anchovy fillets, olives, tomatoes, tuna fish, etc
- sandwich board — two connected posters or signboards that hang in front of and behind a person and usually bear some advertisement, notice, exhortation, or the like.
- sansculottides — the festivities held during the five complementary days in the French Republican Calendar
- scandium oxide — a white infusible powder, Sc 2 O 3 , soluble in acids.
- scented orchid — a slender orchid, Gymnadenia conopsea, with fragrant pink flowers carried in a dense spike and having a three-lobed lip; found in calcareous turf
- school edition — a special edition of a book for distribution to schools or colleges, subject to a special rate of discount, sometimes without a dust jacket (distinguished from trade edition).
- school of mind — (in Chinese philosophy) a Neo-Confucian school asserting the original unity of all things, to be grasped through the perfect attainment of jen.
- schoolchildren — a child attending school.
- scoresby sound — a heavily indented arm of the Norwegian Sea in E Greenland.
- screen goddess — a film actress who is adored or idealized, esp by men
- second baseman — the player whose position is second base.
- second chamber — the parliament of the Netherlands, consisting of an upper chamber (First Chamber) and a lower chamber (Second Chamber)
- second opinion — view of another expert
- second reading — the stage in the consideration of a legislative bill that provides an opportunity for debate and amendment.
- second service — the communion service: so called because it follows Morning Prayer.
- second sitting — A second sitting is the second period when a meal is served if there is not enough space for everyone to eat at the same time.
- second thought — Often, second thoughts. reservation about a previous action, position, decision, judgment, or the like: He had second thoughts about his decision.
- second to none — the best
- secondary beam — a beam of particles of one kind selected from the group of particles produced when a beam of particles from an accelerator (primary beam) strikes a target.
- secondary cell — storage cell.
- secondary gain — any advantage, as increased attention, disability benefits, or release from unpleasant responsibilities, obtained as a result of having an illness (distinguished from primary gain).
- secondary road — a road less important than a main road or highway.
- secondary wall — the innermost part of a plant cell wall, deposited after the wall has ceased to increase in surface area.
- secondary wave — a transverse earthquake wave that travels through the interior of the earth and is usually the second conspicuous wave to reach a seismograph.
- sedimentologic — of or relating to sedimentology
- selenious acid — a colorless, crystalline, water-soluble, poisonous powder, H 2 SeO 3 , used chiefly as a reagent.
- self-conceited — an excessively favorable opinion of oneself, one's abilities, etc.; vanity.
- self-condemned — to express an unfavorable or adverse judgment on; indicate strong disapproval of; censure.
- self-confessed — openly admitting to being a type of person with a particular quality, habit, character, etc.: He's a self-confessed gambler.
- self-confident — realistic confidence in one's own judgment, ability, power, etc.
- self-contained — containing in oneself or itself all that is necessary; independent.
- self-contented — contented with what one is or has
- self-deception — the act or fact of deceiving oneself.
- self-direction — the act or an instance of directing.
- self-dominance — rule; control; authority; ascendancy.
- self-induction — the process by which an electromotive force is induced in a circuit by a varying current in that circuit.
- self-recording — recording automatically, as an instrument.
- semi-dominance — incomplete dominance.
- semiconducting — of, relating to, or having the characteristics of a semiconductor.
- serodiscordant — pertaining to a relationship with one HIV-positive partner and one HIV-negative partner.
- seventy-second — next after the seventy-first; being the ordinal number for 72.
- shadow cabinet — (in the British Parliament) a group of prominent members of the opposition who are expected to hold positions in the cabinet when their party assumes power.
- shield volcano — a broad volcano built up from the repeated nonexplosive eruption of basalt to form a low dome or shield, usually having a large caldera at the summit
- size reduction — Size reduction is a process in which the particle size of a solid is made smaller.
- slalom descent — a winding descent
- sliding vector — a vector having specified magnitude and lying on a given line.
- social dancing — dancing performed by couples or by groups, usually as a form of recreation.
- social drinker — a person who drinks alcoholic beverages usually in the company of others and is in control of his or her drinking.