16-letter words containing l, a, s, t
- service elevator — an elevator for the use of servants and delivery people and for carrying large items.
- sesquicentennial — pertaining to or marking the completion of a period of 150 years.
- settlement agent — A settlement agent is a person who arranges the transfer of securities or real property in a sale.
- sexual deviation — a type of mental disorder characterized by a preference for or obsession with unusual sexual practices, as pedophilia, sadomasochism, or exhibitionism.
- sexual relations — sexual intercourse; coitus.
- sexual selection — a special type of natural selection in which the sexes acquire distinct forms either because the members of one sex choose mates with particular features or because in the competition for mates among the members of one sex only those with certain traits succeed.
- shag pile carpet — a large piece of thick material with a nap of long rough strands that you put on a floor
- sharia-compliant — (of a product or service) produced or offered in accordance with the doctrines of the sharia
- shark repellents — any tactic used by a corporation to prevent a takeover by a corporate raider.
- shirring elastic — elastic used for shirring
- shoot one's load — (of a man) to ejaculate at orgasm
- shoot-to-disable — of or relating to shooting by soldiers or police that is intended to disable rather than kill
- shooting gallery — a place equipped with targets and used for practice in shooting.
- shugart, alan f. — Alan F. Shugart
- shuttle armature — a simple H-shaped armature used in small direct-current motors
- signal generator — radio
- silent treatment — an act or instance of maintaining silence or aloofness toward another person, especially as a means of indicating disapproval or rejection.
- silky flycatcher — any of several passerine birds of the family Ptilogonatidae, of the southwestern U.S. to Panama, related to the waxwings.
- silver medallist — a competitor who comes second in a contest or race and is awarded a medal of silver
- singing telegram — a greetings service in which a person is employed to present greetings by singing to the person celebrating
- size enlargement — Size enlargement is a process in which the particle size of a solid is increased.
- skaneateles lake — a lake in central New York, SW of Syracuse: one of the Finger Lakes. 14 sq. mi. (35 sq. km).
- slang dictionary — a specialized dictionary covering the words, phrases, and idioms that reflect the least formal speech of a language. These terms are often metaphorical and playful, and are likely to be evanescent as the spoken language changes from one generation to another. Much slang belongs to specific groups, as the jargon of a particular class, profession, or age group. Some is vulgar. Some slang terms have staying power as slang, but others make a transition into common informal speech, and then into the standard language. An online slang dictionary, such as the Dictionary.com Slang Dictionary, provides immediate information about the meaning and history of a queried term and its appropriateness or lack of appropriateness in a range of social and professional circumstances.
- slap in the face — smack on the cheek
- slap on the back — to congratulate
- slave-making ant — an ant of a species that raids the colonies of other ant species, carrying off larvae and pupae to be reared as slaves.
- sleep like a top — a toy, often inversely conical, with a point on which it is made to spin.
- sleeping draught — any drink containing a drug or agent that induces sleep
- sleeping partner — silent partner.
- slow metabolizer — A slow metabolizer is someone whose body is slow to break down, absorb, or use a particular substance.
- small/fine print — The small print or the fine print of something such as an advertisement or a contract consists of the technical details and legal conditions, which are often printed in much smaller letters than the rest of the text.
- smelting furnace — an industrial oven used to heat ore in order to extract metal
- smoke inhalation — poisoning of the lungs caused by inhaling large quantities of toxic fumes from a fire
- social evolution — the gradual development of society and social forms, institutions, etc., usually through a series of peaceful stages. Compare revolution (def 2).
- social gathering — party, get-together
- social isolation — a state or process in which persons, groups, or cultures lose or do not have communication or cooperation with one another, often resulting in open conflict.
- social pathology — a social factor, as poverty, old age, or crime, that tends to increase social disorganization and inhibit personal adjustment.
- social scientist — sb: studies human society
- social secretary — a personal secretary employed to make social appointments and handle personal correspondence.
- social structure — structure (def 9).
- sodium bisulfate — a colorless crystalline compound, NaHSO 4 , soluble in water: used in dyeing, in the manufacture of cement, paper, soap, and an acid-type cleaner.
- sodium cyclamate — a white, crystalline, water-soluble powder, NaC 6 NH 1 2 SO 3 , that has been used as a sweetening agent: banned by the FDA in 1970.
- sodium methylate — a white, free-flowing, flammable powder, CH 3 ONa, decomposed by water to sodium hydroxide and methyl alcohol: used chiefly in organic synthesis.
- sodium pentothal — the sodium salt of thiopental sodium.
- software library — a collection of programs that are used to develop software
- solid propellant — a rocket propellant in solid form, usually containing a mixture or combination of fuel and oxidizer.
- solid state disk — (SSD)
Any kind of solid-state storage device that appears to the system as a disk drive. SSDs are more expensive that the same capacity of magnetic disk but have much shorter access time. - sony playstation — Playstation
- source materials — publications from which information is obtained
- south australian — a state in S Australia. 380,070 sq. mi. (984,380 sq. km). Capital: Adelaide.