14-letter words containing l, d, s
- 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.
- 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.
- solar calendar — a calendar whose dates are based on the position of the earth and its proximity to the sun
- soldering iron — an instrument for melting and applying solder.
- soldier beetle — a yellowish-red cantharid beetle, Rhagonycha fulva, having a somewhat elongated body
- soldier orchid — a European orchid, Orchis militaris, having pale purple flowers with a four-lobed lower lip
- soldiers' home — an institution that provides care and shelter for retired soldiers.
- solid compound — a word formed from two or more other words or elements, written or printed as single word without a hyphen
- solid geometry — the geometry of solid figures; geometry of three dimensions.
- solid solution — a solid, homogeneous mixture of substances, as glass or certain alloys.
- 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.
- solids recycle — Solids recycle is the return of solids to a liquid-solid operation so that they can be processed or used again.
- solitudinarian — a person who seeks solitude; recluse.
- somoza debayle — Anastasio [ah-nahs-tah-syaw] /ˌɑ nɑsˈtɑ syɔ/ (Show IPA), 1925–80, Nicaraguan army officer, businessman, and political leader: president 1967–72, 1974–79 (brother of Luis Somoza Debayle).
- sounding-block — a small block of wood for rapping with a gavel.
- south portland — a city in SW Maine.
- spangled glass — an American art glass having flakes of mica in a layer of clear glass flashed with colored glass.
- speckled trout — brook trout (def 1).
- spellbindingly — in a spellbinding manner
- spike lavender — a lavender, Lavandula latifolia, having spikes of pale-purple flowers, and yielding an oil used in painting.
- spindle-legged — (used with a plural verb) long, thin legs.
- spiral binding — a binding, as for a notebook or booklet, in which the pages are fastened together by a spiral of wire or plastic that coils through a series of holes punched along one side of each page and the front and back covers.
- split decision — a decision of a bout on whose outcome the referee and judges did not unanimously agree.
- spoiled priest — a person who was a student for the priesthood but who has withdrawn or been dismissed
- spotted laurel — an evergreen cornaceous shrub, Aucuba japonica, of S and SE Asia, the female of which has yellow-spotted leaves
- spring molding — a molded board, as one forming part of a cornice, placed diagonally and secured at the ends to two surfaces intersecting at a right angle.
- spuyten duyvil — ship canal between N Manhattan Island & the mainland, connecting the Hudson & Harlem rivers
- squared circle — a wrestling ring
- squared splice — square splice.
- stand-off half — a player who acts as a link between his scrum half and three-quarter backs
- standard class — the cheaper class of seats on trains, below first class
- standard model — a mathematical description of the elementary particles of matter and the fundamental forces by which they interact and behave; a model combining electromagnetic and weak forces.
- stanley dancer — Stanley, 1927–2005, U.S. harness racer and trainer.
- steel industry — production of steel
- steely-hearted — hard-hearted
- stewart island — one of the islands of New Zealand, S of South Island. 670 sq. mi. (1735 sq. km).
- stirred vessel — A stirred vessel is a vessel in which a device moves to mix something.
- straddle truck — a self-propelled vehicle, having a chassis far above the ground, for carrying loads of lumber or the like beneath the chassis and between the wheels.
- straight-laced — strait-laced (sense 2)
- strait-lacedly — in a strait-laced manner
- straits dollar — a former silver coin and monetary unit of the Straits Settlements.
- straw-coloured — If you describe something, especially hair, as straw-coloured, you mean that it is pale yellow.
- street orderly — street cleaner.
- stress-related — resulting from mental or emotional strain or tension