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14-letter words containing i, l, u, s, o

  • situationalism — the theory that behavior is chiefly response to immediate situations.
  • skilled labour — labour or work that demands skill and which you usually have to be trained for, or the workers that provide this labour
  • 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).
  • slip your mind — If something slips your mind, you forget about it.
  • social dumping — the practice of allowing employers to lower wages and reduce employees' benefits in order to attract and retain employment and investment
  • social housing — Social housing is housing which is provided for rent or sale at a fairly low cost by housing associations and local councils.
  • 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.
  • solicitousness — anxious or concerned (usually followed by about, for, etc., or a clause): solicitous about a person's health.
  • solid compound — a word formed from two or more other words or elements, written or printed as single word without a hyphen
  • solid solution — a solid, homogeneous mixture of substances, as glass or certain alloys.
  • solitudinarian — a person who seeks solitude; recluse.
  • solubilization — the process whereby something becomes soluble or more soluble
  • somali current — a current of the Indian Ocean, flowing northward along the coast of Somalia in summer and southwestward the rest of the year.
  • somnambulation — to walk during sleep; sleepwalk.
  • 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.
  • sounding-block — a small block of wood for rapping with a gavel.
  • south carolina — a state in the SE United States, on the Atlantic coast. 31,055 sq. mi. (80,430 sq. km). Capital: Columbia. Abbreviation: SC (for use with zip code), S.C.
  • 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
  • st. louis park — a city in E Minnesota, near Minneapolis.
  • stercoricolous — (of an organism) living in dung
  • sterculiaceous — of, relating to, or belonging to the Sterculiaceae, a chiefly tropical family of plants that includes cacao and cola
  • stock solution — a concentrated chemical solution, diluted before using.
  • studio complex — a building containing a room or rooms used to record television or radio programmes, make films, music, etc
  • styling mousse — a light foamy substance applied to the hair before styling in order to retain the shape of the style
  • sub-peritoneal — the serous membrane lining the abdominal cavity and investing its viscera.
  • subconsciously — existing or operating in the mind beneath or beyond consciousness: the subconscious self. Compare preconscious, unconscious.
  • subcontinental — a large, relatively self-contained landmass forming a subdivision of a continent: the subcontinent of India.
  • subproletariat — the poorest group within the working class
  • substitutional — a person or thing acting or serving in place of another.
  • successionless — not having a successor or descendants
  • sulfantimonide — any compound containing an antimonide and a sulfide.
  • sulfinpyrazone — a substance, C 2 3 H 2 0 N 2 O 3 S, used in the treatment of chronic gout.
  • sulfinyl group — the bivalent group >SO.
  • sulfur dioxide — a colorless, nonflammable, water-soluble, suffocating gas, SO 2 , formed when sulfur burns: used chiefly in the manufacture of chemicals such as sulfuric acid, in preserving fruits and vegetables, and in bleaching, disinfecting, and fumigating.
  • sulfurous acid — a colorless liquid, H 2 SO 3 , having a suffocating odor, obtained by dissolving sulfur dioxide in water, known mainly by its salts, which are sulfites: used chiefly in organic synthesis and as a bleach.
  • sulphonic acid — type of strong organic acid
  • sulphonium ion — a positive ion produced by the addition of a proton to the sulphur atom of a thiol or thio-ether
  • sun also rises — a novel (1926) by Ernest Hemingway.
  • super-rational — beyond the scope or range of reason; intuitional.
  • superciliously — haughtily disdainful or contemptuous, as a person or a facial expression.
  • superelevation — bank1 (def 6).
  • superimposable — to impose, place, or set over, above, or on something else.
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