14-letter words containing e, c, o, n, s
- self-recording — recording automatically, as an instrument.
- self-selection — selection made by or for oneself: goods arranged on shelves for customer self-selection.
- semi-dominance — incomplete dominance.
- semi-nocturnal — active at night (opposed to diurnal): nocturnal animals.
- semiconducting — of, relating to, or having the characteristics of a semiconductor.
- senior citizen — an elderly or aged person, especially one who is retired.
- senior service — the Royal Navy
- sensory cortex — the region of the cerebral cortex concerned with receiving and interpreting sensory information from various parts of the body.
- sequaciousness — the condition or quality of being sequacious
- serbo-croatian — a Slavic language spoken in Serbia and Croatia, usually written with Cyrillic letters in Serbia but with Roman letters in Croatia.
- sericitization — the process of transforming into sericite
- seroconversion — the process of producing antibodies in response to a specific antigen
- serodiscordant — pertaining to a relationship with one HIV-positive partner and one HIV-negative partner.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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
- short covering — purchases that close out short sales on stocks or commodities.
- shower curtain — waterproof sheet around a shower
- silent auction — an auction at which previously submitted written bids of prospective buyers are opened and compared, with each item being sold to the highest bidder.
- silicon valley — the area in northern California, southwest of San Francisco in the Santa Clara valley region, where many of the high-technology design and manufacturing companies in the semiconductor industry are concentrated.
- size reduction — Size reduction is a process in which the particle size of a solid is made smaller.
- slalom descent — a winding descent
- sleeping porch — a porch enclosed with glass or screening or a room with open sides or a row of windows used for sleeping in the open air.
- sliding vector — a vector having specified magnitude and lying on a given line.
- 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 drinker — a person who drinks alcoholic beverages usually in the company of others and is in control of his or her drinking.
- social evening — a social gathering for the purpose of promoting companionship, communal activities, etc
- social network — a network of friends, colleagues, and other personal contacts: Strong social networks can encourage healthy behaviors.
- social science — the study of society and social behavior.
- 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.
- sock suspender — garter (def 1).
- sockeye salmon — an important food fish, Oncorhynchus nerka, inhabiting the North Pacific.
- 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.
- 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.
- solar calendar — a calendar whose dates are based on the position of the earth and its proximity to the sun
- solicitousness — anxious or concerned (usually followed by about, for, etc., or a clause): solicitous about a person's health.
- somali current — a current of the Indian Ocean, flowing northward along the coast of Somalia in summer and southwestward the rest of the year.
- 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.
- sorting office — postal
- soul-searching — the act or process of close and penetrating analysis of oneself, to determine one's true motives and sentiments.
- sound archives — official records or files (as in a library) of sound recordings, broadcasts, or performances, esp those from radio programmes
- south american — a continent in the S part of the Western Hemisphere. About 6,900,000 sq. mi. (17,871,000 sq. km).
- southern cross — Also called Cross. Astronomy. a southern constellation between Centaurus and Musca. Compare Northern Cross.
- southern crown — the constellation Corona Australis.
- southern ocean — that part of the Indian Ocean south of Australia
- sowing machine — a machine that scatters seeds on land so that they may grow
- speaking clock — a telephone service that gives a precise verbal statement of the correct time