14-letter words containing e, u, l, o
- self-oblivious — unmindful; unconscious; unaware (usually followed by of or to): She was oblivious of his admiration.
- self-righteous — confident of one's own righteousness, especially when smugly moralistic and intolerant of the opinions and behavior of others.
- self-valuation — an estimated value or worth.
- semi-nocturnal — active at night (opposed to diurnal): nocturnal animals.
- semilunar bone — lunate (def 2).
- seniority rule — the custom in Congress providing for the assignment of a committee chairpersonship to that member of the majority party who has served on the committee the longest.
- sensualization — to render sensual.
- serum globulin — the blood serum component consisting of proteins with a larger molecular weight than serum albumin
- 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.
- shoot the bull — exaggerations; lies; nonsense.
- shoulder blade — the scapula.
- shoulder board — one of a pair of narrow, stiff, cloth patches bearing an insignia of rank and worn on the shoulders by a commissioned officer.
- shoulder joint — the joint at the junction of the forelimb with the pectoral girdle
- 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.
- shoulder strap — a strap worn over the shoulder, as to support a garment.
- shower cubicle — a shower enclosure
- siege perilous — a vacant seat at the Round Table that could be filled only by the predestined finder of the Holy Grail and was fatal to pretenders.
- signature loan — a loan requiring no collateral.
- 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.
- silver-tongued — persuasive; eloquent: a silver-tongued orator.
- simpson's rule — a method for approximating the value of a definite integral by approximating, with parabolic arcs, the area under the curve defined by the integrand.
- simultaneously — existing, occurring, or operating at the same time; concurrent: simultaneous movements; simultaneous translation.
- single honours — a British university degree course that involves study in a single area
- skilled labour — labour or work that demands skill and which you usually have to be trained for, or the workers that provide this labour
- slate-coloured — like slate in colour
- slaughterhouse — a building or place where animals are butchered for food; abattoir.
- slaughterously — murderously
- sld resolution — (logic, programming) (Selected, Linear, Definite) Linear resolution with a selection function for definite sentences. A definite sentence has exactly one positive literal in each clause and this literal is selected to be resolved upon, i.e. replaced in the goal clause by the conjunction of negative literals which form the body of the clause.
- slide mountain — a mountain in SE New York: highest peak of the Catskill Mountains. 4204 feet (1280 meters).
- slurry reactor — A slurry reactor is a reactor in which contact is achieved by suspending a solid in a liquid.
- smokeless fuel — fuel which burns without producing smoke
- social studies — a course of instruction in an elementary or secondary school comprising such subjects as history, geography, civics, etc.
- socioreligious — of, relating to, or signifying the combination or interaction of religious and social factors.
- 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 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.
- soft sculpture — sculpture principally in vinyl, canvas, or other flexible material reproducing objects of characteristically rigid construction, as an electric fan, a typewriter, a set of drums, or a bathtub, in forms having a malleable texture and a liquescent, somewhat deflated appearance.
- solicitousness — anxious or concerned (usually followed by about, for, etc., or a clause): solicitous about a person's health.
- soluble tablet — A soluble tablet is a tablet that is designed to be dissolved in water before it is swallowed.
- somali current — a current of the Indian Ocean, flowing northward along the coast of Somalia in summer and southwestward the rest of the year.
- son et lumiere — sound-and-light show.
- soul-searching — the act or process of close and penetrating analysis of oneself, to determine one's true motives and sentiments.
- south el monte — a town in SW California.
- south-easterly — A south-easterly point, area, or direction is to the south-east or towards the south-east.
- south-westerly — A south-westerly point, area, or direction is to the south-west or towards the south-west.
- southern slavs — one of a group of peoples in eastern, southeastern, and central Europe, including the Russians and Ruthenians (Eastern Slavs) the Bulgars, Serbs, Croats, Slavonians, Slovenes, etc. (Southern Slavs) and the Poles, Czechs, Moravians, Slovaks, etc. (Western Slavs)
- speckled trout — brook trout (def 1).
- splinter group — a small organization that becomes separated from or acts apart from an original larger group or a number of other small groups, with which it would normally be united, as because of disagreement.
- split-pea soup — soup made from split peas