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16-letter words containing c, o, t, e, l, i

  • self-containment — the state of being self-contained.
  • self-cultivation — the act or art of cultivating.
  • self-deprecation — belittling or undervaluing oneself; excessively modest.
  • self-description — a statement, picture in words, or account that describes; descriptive representation.
  • self-destruction — the destruction or ruination of oneself or one's life.
  • self-explication — the act of explicating.
  • self-lubrication — the process of becoming lubricated without external factors
  • self-restriction — something that restricts; a restrictive condition or regulation; limitation.
  • self-vindication — the act of vindicating.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • silk-cotton tree — any of several spiny trees belonging to the genus Ceiba, of the bombax family, having palmately compound leaves and seeds surrounded by silk cotton, especially C. pentandra, from which kapok is obtained.
  • simply-connected — (of a set or domain) having a connected complement.
  • 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.
  • soil conditioner — any of various organic or inorganic materials added to soil to improve its structure.
  • source materials — publications from which information is obtained
  • spectroheliogram — a photograph of the sun made with a spectroheliograph.
  • st. clair shores — a city in SE Michigan, near Detroit.
  • stamp collecting — Stamp collecting is the hobby of building up a collection of stamps.
  • stamp collection — the act of collecting postage stamps as a hobby
  • stannic chloride — a colorless fuming and caustic liquid, SnCl 4 , soluble in water and alcohol, that converts with water to a crystalline solid: used for electrically conductive and electroluminescent coatings and in ceramics.
  • steam locomotive — a locomotive moved by steam power generated in its own boiler: still in commercial use in nations that have not yet converted entirely to diesel and electric locomotives.
  • stick out a mile — to be extremely obvious
  • stilton (cheese) — a rich, crumbly cheese with veins of blue-green mold
  • stonecrop family — the plant family Crassulaceae, characterized by succulent herbaceous plants and shrubs with simple, fleshy leaves, clusters of small flowers, and dry, dehiscent fruit, and including hen-and-chickens, houseleek, kalanchoe, live-forever, orpine, sedum, and stonecrop.
  • summa theologica — a philosophical and theological work (1265–74) by St. Thomas Aquinas, consisting of an exposition of Christian doctrine.
  • summer complaint — an acute condition of diarrhea, occurring during the hot summer months chiefly in infants and children, caused by bacterial contamination of food and associated with poor hygiene.
  • sutton coldfield — a town in central England, in Birmingham unitary authority, West Midlands; a residential suburb of Birmingham. Pop: 105 452 (2001)
  • technical school — college of further and vocational education
  • telecommunicator — to transmit (data, sound, images, etc.) by telecommunications.
  • teleconferencing — a business meeting, educational session, etc., conducted among participants in different locations via telecommunications equipment. Compare videoconference.
  • telescopic sight — a telescope mounted on a rifle, etc, used for sighting
  • tertiary college — a college system incorporating the secondary school sixth form and vocational courses
  • the body politic — the people of a nation or the nation itself considered as a political entity; the state
  • the first couple — the US president and their spouse
  • the leonine city — a district of Rome on the right bank of the Tiber fortified by Pope Leo IV
  • the two sicilies — a former kingdom of S Italy, consisting of the kingdoms of Sicily and Naples (1061–1860)
  • the union school — a historic building located at 516-518 Bethlehem Pike in Fort Washington, Pennsylvania, in the United States. Built in 1773, the Union School was one of the earliest public schools in Pennsylvania, and the first that did not discriminate based on social position or religious preference
  • the welsh office — (formerly) a department of the British government with responsibility for Welsh policies. It was replaced by the Wales office in 1999.
  • thermionic valve — vacuum tube.
  • thermoacidophile — any organism, especially a type of archaebacterium, that thrives in strongly acidic environments at high temperatures.
  • thermoplasticity — soft and pliable when heated, as some plastics, without any change of the inherent properties.
  • thionyl chloride — a clear, pale yellow or red, fuming, corrosive liquid, SOCl 2 , used chiefly in organic synthesis.
  • ticket collector — transport worker who checks tickets
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