14-letter words containing l, a, i, d, o
- self-motivated — initiative to undertake or continue a task or activity without another's prodding or supervision.
- self-parodying — given to or involving self-parody
- semipolar bond — type of chemical bond
- shallow-minded — lacking intellectual or mental depth or subtlety; superficial
- sheepdog trial — a competition in which sheepdogs are tested in their tasks
- 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
- shropshire lad — a volume of poetry (1896) by A. E. Housman.
- sidereal month — Also called calendar month. any of the twelve parts, as January or February, into which the calendar year is divided.
- skiing holiday — a holiday taken (esp to somewhere that it snows) for the purpose of going skiing
- skilled labour — labour or work that demands skill and which you usually have to be trained for, or the workers that provide this labour
- slide mountain — a mountain in SE New York: highest peak of the Catskill Mountains. 4204 feet (1280 meters).
- social dancing — dancing performed by couples or by groups, usually as a form of recreation.
- social disease — a venereal disease.
- social drinker — a person who drinks alcoholic beverages usually in the company of others and is in control of his or her drinking.
- social dumping — the practice of allowing employers to lower wages and reduce employees' benefits in order to attract and retain employment and investment
- social studies — a course of instruction in an elementary or secondary school comprising such subjects as history, geography, civics, etc.
- 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.
- solidification — to make solid; make into a hard or compact mass; change from a liquid or gaseous to a solid form.
- solids loading — The solids loading is the amount of suspended solids in a substance.
- solitudinarian — a person who seeks solitude; recluse.
- straits dollar — a former silver coin and monetary unit of the Straits Settlements.
- sulfantimonide — any compound containing an antimonide and a sulfide.
- 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
- swallow-tailed — having a deeply forked tail like that of a swallow, as various birds.
- tabes dorsalis — syphilis of the spinal cord and its appendages, characterized by shooting pains and other sensory disturbances, and, in the later stages, by paralysis.
- tailor's dummy — a mannequin used to help tailor or fit clothes
- tatterdemalion — a person in tattered clothing; a shabby person.
- tellurous acid — a white, crystalline powder, H2TeO3
- the lower paid — people who do not earn a lot of money
- thread rolling — the production of a screw thread by a rolling swaging process using hardened profiled rollers. Rolled threads are stronger than threads machined by a cutting tool
- to stand trial — If someone stands trial, they are tried in court for a crime they are accused of.
- toilet trained — If a child is toilet trained, he or she has learned to use the toilet.
- tokara islands — a group of Japanese islands in the W Pacific Ocean, in the N Ryukyu Islands.
- tooth and nail — with all one's resources or energy; fiercely: We fought tooth and nail but lost.
- trades council — (in Britain) an association of the different trade unions in one town or area
- traditionalism — adherence to tradition as authority, especially in matters of religion.
- traditionalist — adherence to tradition as authority, especially in matters of religion.
- traditionality — of or relating to tradition.
- traditionalize — to make traditional: to traditionalize family reunions.
- traffic holdup — a temporary stoppage in the flow of traffic where a number of vehicles are obstructed and unable to move
- transductional — of or relating to transduction
- trapezoid rule — a rule for estimating the area of an irregular figure, by dividing it into parallel strips of equal width, each strip being a trapezium. It can also be adapted to obtaining an approximate value of a definite integral
- trepidatiously — tremulous fear, alarm, or agitation; perturbation.
- trial division — trial department
- tridimensional — having three dimensions.
- umbilical cord — Anatomy. a cord or funicle connecting the embryo or fetus with the placenta of the mother and transporting nourishment from the mother and wastes from the fetus.
- unaccomplished — not accomplished; incomplete or not carried out: Many tasks remain unaccomplished.
- unconsolidated — brought together into a single whole.