14-letter words containing d, m, e, s, o, n
- self-adornment — something that adds attractiveness; ornament; accessory: the adornments and furnishings of a room.
- self-condemned — to express an unfavorable or adverse judgment on; indicate strong disapproval of; censure.
- self-dominance — rule; control; authority; ascendancy.
- semi-dominance — incomplete dominance.
- semiconducting — of, relating to, or having the characteristics of a semiconductor.
- semipolar bond — type of chemical bond
- serious-minded — characterized by seriousness of intention, purpose, thought, etc.; earnest.
- shallow-minded — lacking intellectual or mental depth or subtlety; superficial
- shortened form — an abbreviated form of a multisyllable word; clipped form.
- sidereal month — Also called calendar month. any of the twelve parts, as January or February, into which the calendar year is divided.
- simpson desert — an uninhabited arid region in central Australia, mainly in the Northern Territory. Area: about 145 000 sq km (56 000 sq miles)
- single bedroom — a bedroom that is intended to accommodate a single bed and occupancy of one person
- sit-down money — social security benefits
- slalom descent — a winding descent
- slide mountain — a mountain in SE New York: highest peak of the Catskill Mountains. 4204 feet (1280 meters).
- slide trombone — a musical wind instrument consisting of a cylindrical metal tube expanding into a bell and bent twice in a U shape, usually equipped with a slide (slide trombone)
- smooth-tongued — fluent or convincing in speech; glib.
- 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 nitrate — a crystalline, water-soluble compound, NaNO 3 , that occurs naturally as soda niter: used in fertilizers, explosives, and glass, and as a color fixative in processed meats.
- sodium nitrite — Chemistry. a yellowish or white crystalline compound, NaNO 2 , soluble in water, slightly soluble in alcohol and ether: used in the manufacture of dyes and as a color fixative.
- sonderkommando — a group of prisoners assigned to collect belongings and dispose of the bodies of other prisoners who had died or been killed.
- spending money — money for small personal expenses.
- standard model — a mathematical description of the elementary particles of matter and the fundamental forces by which they interact and behave; a model combining electromagnetic and weak forces.
- standard money — money made of a metal that has utility and value apart from its use as a unit of monetary exchange.
- subdevelopment — a development within a larger or more important development
- sugared almond — Sugared almonds are nuts which have been covered with a hard sweet coating.
- sulfantimonide — any compound containing an antimonide and a sulfide.
- thermodynamics — the science concerned with the relations between heat and mechanical energy or work, and the conversion of one into the other: modern thermodynamics deals with the properties of systems for the description of which temperature is a necessary coordinate.
- thetford mines — a city in S Quebec, in E Canada: asbestos mining.
- to mend fences — If one country tries to mend fences with another, it tries to end a disagreement or quarrel with the other country. You can also say that two countries mend fences.
- trade unionism — the system, methods, or practice of trade or labor unions.
- tridimensional — having three dimensions.
- unaccomplished — not accomplished; incomplete or not carried out: Many tasks remain unaccomplished.
- unaccustomedly — in an unaccustomed manner
- undecomposable — indecomposable or unable to be decomposed
- undemonstrable — not able to be made evident
- under-consumed — to destroy or expend by use; use up.
- undomesticated — to convert (animals, plants, etc.) to domestic uses; tame.
- unhandsomeness — unattractiveness
- unidimensional — one-dimensional.
- young marrieds — young married people