15-letter words containing c, o, e, l, i
- sholom aleichem — Sholom [shaw-luh m] /ˈʃɔ ləm/ (Show IPA), or Sholem [shoh-lem,, -luh m] /ˈʃoʊ lɛm,, -ləm/ (Show IPA), or Shalom [shah-lohm] /ʃɑˈloʊm/ (Show IPA), (pen name of Solomon Rabinowitz) 1859–1916, Russian author of Yiddish novels, plays, and short stories; in the U.S. from 1906.
- silicified wood — wood that has been changed into quartz by a replacement of the cellular structure of the wood by siliceous waters.
- silicon carbide — a very hard, insoluble, crystalline compound, SiC, used as an abrasive and as an electrical resistor in objects exposed to high temperatures.
- silicon dioxide — the dioxide form of silicon, SiO 2 , occurring especially as quartz sand, flint, and agate: used usually in the form of its prepared white powder chiefly in the manufacture of glass, water glass, ceramics, and abrasives.
- silicone rubber — any of the synthetic rubbers made from silicone elastomers.
- silver chloride — a white, granular, water-insoluble powder, AgCl, that darkens on exposure to light, produced by the reaction of silver nitrate with a chloride: used chiefly in the manufacture of photographic emulsions and in the making of antiseptic silver preparations.
- simple fraction — a ratio of two integers.
- sled cultivator — go-devil (def 5).
- sleeve coupling — a cylinder joining the ends of two lengths of shafting or pipe.
- slide projector — device for showing slides
- social benefits — the social welfare provision made available to those in need
- social democrat — a person who advocates a gradual transition to socialism or a modified form of socialism by and under democratic political processes.
- social distance — the extent to which individuals or groups are removed from or excluded from participating in one another's lives.
- social heritage — the entire inherited pattern of cultural activity present in a society.
- social movement — a group of diffusely organized people or organizations striving toward a common goal relating to human society or social change, or the organized activities of such a group: The push for civil rights was a social movement that peaked in the 1950s and 1960s.
- 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 spending — the money that is spent on welfare payments
- society islands — a group of islands in the S Pacific: administratively part of French Polynesia; consists of the Windward Islands and the Leeward Islands; became a French protectorate in 1843 and a colony in 1880. Pop: 214 445 (2002). Area: 1595 sq km (616 sq miles)
- 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.
- sodium chloride — salt1 (def 1).
- sodium silicate — a substance having the general formula, Na2O.xSiO2, where x varies between 3 and 5, existing as an amorphous powder or present in a usually viscous aqueous solution
- solenoid switch — A solenoid switch is an electrical switch that is often used where a high current circuit, such as a starter motor circuit, is brought into operation by a low current switch.
- solid injection — injection of fuel into an internal-combustion engine without an air blast.
- sophisticatedly — (of a person, ideas, tastes, manners, etc.) altered by education, experience, etc., so as to be worldly-wise; not naive: a sophisticated young socialite; the sophisticated eye of an experienced journalist.
- source material — original, authoritative, or basic materials utilized in research, as diaries or manuscripts.
- special edition — newspaper, magazine: extra issue
- special session — a session, as of a legislature or council, called to meet in addition to those held regularly.
- specific volume — volume per unit mass; the reciprocal of density.
- spectrochemical — of, relating to, or utilizing the techniques of spectrochemistry.
- spermatoblastic — relating to a spermatoblast
- spiny cocklebur — a cocklebur, Xanthium spinosum, introduced into North America from Europe.
- stalactite work — (in Islamic architecture) intricate decorative corbeling in the form of brackets, squinches, and portions of pointed vaults.
- state socialism — the theory, doctrine, and movement advocating a planned economy controlled by the state, with state ownership of all industries and natural resources.
- steering column — the shaft that connects the steering wheel to the steering gear assembly of an automotive vehicle.
- stereologically — by way of stereology or in a stereological manner
- stereotypically — in a stereotypical manner
- stillson wrench — a large wrench having adjustable jaws that tighten as the pressure on the handle is increased
- stocking filler — A stocking filler is a small present that is suitable for putting in a Christmas stocking.
- streptobacillus — any of various bacilli that form in chains.
- student council — a representative body composed chiefly of students chosen by their classmates to organize social and extracurricular activities and to participate in the government of a school or college.
- styloid process — a long, spinelike process of a bone, especially the projection from the base of the temporal bone.
- subintellection — an implication that is more or less understood
- succinylcholine — a drug, C14H30N2O4, used primarily as a muscle relaxant, produced by the esterization of succinic acid with choline
- sulfite process — a process for making wood pulp by digesting wood chips in an acid liquor consisting of sulfurous acid and a salt, usually calcium bisulfite.
- summer solstice — the solstice on or about June 21st that marks the beginning of summer in the Northern Hemisphere.
- supreme council — the legislature of the former Soviet Union and its successor states, consisting of an upper house (Soviet of the Union or Council of the Union) whose delegates are elected on the basis of population, and a lower house (Soviet of Nationalities or Council of Nationalities) whose delegates are elected to represent the various nationalities.
- survival course — a course that teaches people how to survive in the wild and in other dangerous environments
- synecdochically — a figure of speech in which a part is used for the whole or the whole for a part, the special for the general or the general for the special, as in ten sail for ten ships or a Croesus for a rich man.