14-letter words containing d, e, c, s
- 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.
- serrated wrack — the seaweed Fucus serratus
- 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.
- 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.
- shamefacedness — modest or bashful.
- shield cricket — the interstate cricket competition held for the Sheffield Shield
- 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
- 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.
- sick and tired — afflicted with ill health or disease; ailing.
- size reduction — Size reduction is a process in which the particle size of a solid is made smaller.
- slalom descent — a winding descent
- slantendicular — slanting (rather than perpendicular or horizontal)
- slate-coloured — like slate in colour
- slave cylinder — a small cylinder containing a piston that operates the brake shoes or pads in hydraulic brakes or the working part in any other hydraulically operated system
- sliding vector — a vector having specified magnitude and lying on a given line.
- 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
- social disease — a venereal disease.
- social drinker — a person who drinks alcoholic beverages usually in the company of others and is in control of his or her drinking.
- social studies — a course of instruction in an elementary or secondary school comprising such subjects as history, geography, civics, etc.
- sock suspender — garter (def 1).
- 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.
- solar calendar — a calendar whose dates are based on the position of the earth and its proximity to the sun
- soldier orchid — a European orchid, Orchis militaris, having pale purple flowers with a four-lobed lower lip
- solids recycle — Solids recycle is the return of solids to a liquid-solid operation so that they can be processed or used again.
- song and dance — a story or statement, especially an untrue or misleading one designed to evade the matter at hand: Every time he's late, he gives me a song and dance about oversleeping.
- sound archives — official records or files (as in a library) of sound recordings, broadcasts, or performances, esp those from radio programmes
- space invaders — a video or computer game, the object of which is to destroy attacking alien spacecraft
- space medicine — the branch of aviation medicine dealing with the effects on humans of flying outside the earth's atmosphere.
- speckled trout — brook trout (def 1).
- speech-reading — the act or process of determining the intended meaning of a speaker by utilizing all visual clues accompanying speech attempts, as lip movements, facial expressions, and bodily gestures, used especially by people with impaired hearing.
- speed merchant — a person who habitually drives too fast in a motor vehicle
- 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.
- split decision — a decision of a bout on whose outcome the referee and judges did not unanimously agree.
- spotted orchid — any of various common Eurasian orchids, esp the heath and common spotted orchids (Dactylorhiza maculata and D. fuchsii). The flowers are variable but usually have dark blotches
- 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.
- square-dancing — the activity of taking part in a square dance
- squared circle — a wrestling ring
- squared splice — square splice.
- stack the deck — a more or less orderly pile or heap: a precariously balanced stack of books; a neat stack of papers.
- stadium jacket — an insulated, parkalike jacket that reaches to the mid thigh or the knees and often has a drawstring around the bottom edge, worn outdoors in cold weather.
- stage director — a person who directs a theatrical production.
- stand a chance — (of a person) to be in an upright position on the feet.
- stand the pace — to keep up with the speed or rate of others
- standard score — the test score of a participant expressed as the deviation of the score from the mean score of the sample in units of standard deviation.