14-letter words containing d, m, s, o
- smoked haddock — haddock that has been cured by treating with smoke
- smooth dogfish — any of several requiem sharks having no spines in front of the dorsal fin, especially Mustelus canis, ranging along the American coast of the Atlantic Ocean.
- smooth-tongued — fluent or convincing in speech; glib.
- smothered mate — checkmate delivered by a knight when the king's mobility is restricted by his own pieces.
- social dumping — the practice of allowing employers to lower wages and reduce employees' benefits in order to attract and retain employment and investment
- sodium bromide — a white, crystalline, hygroscopic, water-soluble solid, NaBr, used chiefly in photography as a developer, and in medicine as a sedative.
- 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.
- 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.
- sodium sulfate — a white, crystalline, water-soluble solid, Na 2 SO 4 , used chiefly in the manufacture of dyes, soaps, detergents, glass, and ceramic glazes.
- sodium sulfide — a yellow or brick-red, crystalline, deliquescent, water-soluble solid, Na 2 S, used chiefly in the manufacture of dyes, soaps, and rubber, as a depilatory for leather, and in the flotation of powdered lead and copper ores.
- sodium sulfite — a white, crystalline, water-soluble solid, Na 2 SO 3 , used chiefly as a food preservative, as a bleaching agent, and as a developer in photography.
- soldiers' home — an institution that provides care and shelter for retired soldiers.
- solid compound — a word formed from two or more other words or elements, written or printed as single word without a hyphen
- solid geometry — the geometry of solid figures; geometry of three dimensions.
- somoza debayle — Anastasio [ah-nahs-tah-syaw] /ˌɑ nɑsˈtɑ syɔ/ (Show IPA), 1925–80, Nicaraguan army officer, businessman, and political leader: president 1967–72, 1974–79 (brother of Luis Somoza Debayle).
- 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.
- 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.
- sports stadium — an arena where sports are played
- spring molding — a molded board, as one forming part of a cornice, placed diagonally and secured at the ends to two surfaces intersecting at a right angle.
- 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.
- 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.
- studio complex — a building containing a room or rooms used to record television or radio programmes, make films, music, etc
- 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.
- 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.
- sulfantimonide — any compound containing an antimonide and a sulfide.
- sunday morning — a poem (1923) by Wallace Stevens.
- sweet wormwood — a widely distributed plant, Artemisia annua, having scented leaves and loose, nodding clusters of yellow flowers.
- tailor's dummy — a mannequin used to help tailor or fit clothes
- tempest-tossed — buffeted about, as by adversities.
- terms of trade — the ratio of export prices to import prices. It measures a nation's trading position, which improves when export prices rise faster or fall slower than import prices
- texas hold 'em — a popular variety of poker in which each player can use any or all of five shared cards in combination with either or both of two private cards to form the best possible hand of five cards
- 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.
- to some degree — to a certain extent
- topsy-turvydom — a state of affairs or a region in which everything is topsy-turvy.
- totidem verbis — with just so many words; in these words.
- trade unionism — the system, methods, or practice of trade or labor unions.
- traditionalism — adherence to tradition as authority, especially in matters of religion.
- transom window — a window divided by a transom.
- 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