14-letter words containing c, o, m, s, e
- sequestrectomy — the removal of dead spicules or portions, especially of bone.
- service a room — If you service a room, you clean it and change the towels and bed linen in it.
- service module — (often initial capital letters) U.S. Aerospace. the section of an Apollo spacecraft containing the principal propulsion system, electrical system, water, and other supplies.
- servomechanism — an electronic control system in which a hydraulic, pneumatic, or other type of controlling mechanism is actuated and controlled by a low-energy signal.
- sex chromosome — a chromosome, differing in shape or function from other chromosomes, that determines the sex of an individual.
- showplace home — a historic house
- simaroubaceous — belonging to the Simaroubaceae, the quassia family of plants.
- slalom descent — a winding descent
- smoke detector — an electronic fire alarm that is activated by the presence of smoke.
- smoked haddock — haddock that has been cured by treating with smoke
- smoker's cough — a chronic cough caused by smoking.
- smoking jacket — a loose-fitting jacket for men, often of a heavy fabric and trimmed with braid, worn indoors, especially as a lounging jacket.
- social climber — a person who attempts to gain admission into a group with a higher social standing.
- 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.
- socio-economic — relating to society and economics
- socioeconomics — the study of the interrelation between economics and social behavior.
- socioeconomist — the study of the interrelation between economics and social behavior.
- sockeye salmon — an important food fish, Oncorhynchus nerka, inhabiting the North Pacific.
- sodium citrate — a white, crystalline or granular, water-soluble, odorless solid, Na 3 C 6 H 5 O 7 ⋅2H 2 O, having a cool, saline taste: used in photography, in soft drinks, and in medicine chiefly to prevent the coagulation of blood.
- sodium cyanide — a white, crystalline, deliquescent, water-soluble, poisonous powder, NaCN, prepared by heating sodium amide with charcoal: used chiefly in casehardening alloys, in the leaching and flotation of ore, and in electroplating.
- sodium lactate — a water-soluble, hygroscopic salt, C 3 H 5 NaO 3 , used in solution in medicine to treat metabolic acidosis, usually by injection.
- soft ice-cream — a softer and lighter-textured ice cream that contains more air than standard ice-cream. It was developed in Britain in the 20th century.
- soil mechanics — the branch of civil engineering that deals with the mechanical behavior of soil and similar materials when they are compressed or sheared or when liquids flow through them.
- somali current — a current of the Indian Ocean, flowing northward along the coast of Somalia in summer and southwestward the rest of the year.
- source program — an original computer program written by a programmer that is converted into the equivalent object program, written in machine language, by the compiler or assembler
- south american — a continent in the S part of the Western Hemisphere. About 6,900,000 sq. mi. (17,871,000 sq. km).
- sowing machine — a machine that scatters seeds on land so that they may grow
- space platform — space station.
- spectator pump — a woman's spectator shoe, closed at the front and back, usually having a medium or medium-high heel.
- spermatic cord — the cord by which a testis is suspended in the scrotum, containing the vas deferens and the blood vessels and nerves of the testis.
- spermatothecae — a female reproductive organ in some insects
- sports complex — exercise facility, leisure centre
- spruce budworm — the larva of a common tortricid moth, Choristoneura fumiferana, that is a destructive pest primarily of spruce and balsam fir in the northern and northeastern U.S. and in Canada.
- stereochemical — of, relating to, stereochemistry
- stereoisomeric — pertaining to or exhibiting stereoisomerism.
- stocking frame — a type of knitting machine
- stoichiometric — of or relating to stoichiometry.
- stomachfulness — the quality of being stomachful
- studio complex — a building containing a room or rooms used to record television or radio programmes, make films, music, etc
- stumble across — to strike the foot against something, as in walking or running, so as to stagger or fall; trip.
- subatmospheric — (of a quantity) having a value lower than that of the atmosphere: subatmospheric temperatures.
- suicide bomber — A suicide bomber is a terrorist who carries out a bomb attack, knowing that he or she will be killed in the explosion.
- summer clothes — light clothes which are suitable for summer
- supercommittee — A supercommittee is a committee which has members from two or more organizations or political groups.
- supramolecular — having an organization more complex than that of a molecule.
- swanscombe man — a primitive human, Homo sapiens steinheimensis, of the middle Pleistocene Epoch, known from a fossil skull fragment found at Swanscombe, England.
- sycamore maple — a maple, Acer pseudoplatanus, of Europe and western Asia, having gray bark and opposite, lobed leaves: grown as a shade tree.
- symphonic poem — a form of tone poem, scored for a symphony orchestra, in which a literary or pictorial “plot” is treated with considerable program detail: originated by Franz Liszt in the mid-19th century and developed especially by Richard Strauss.
- tetrachotomous — divided into four parts
- the mesolithic — the Mesolithic period; Middle Stone Age