14-letter words containing l, i, s, c
- shield cricket — the interstate cricket competition held for the Sheffield Shield
- 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
- shipping clerk — a clerk who attends to the packing, unpacking, receiving, sending out, and recording of shipments.
- showbiz column — a column about the entertainment industry
- shower cubicle — a shower enclosure
- sickle feather — one of the paired, elongated, sickle-shaped, middle feathers of the tail of the rooster.
- sicstus prolog — A Prolog from the SICS (Swedish Inst of Comp Sci). E-mail: <[email protected]>. Mailing list: [email protected]
- sigma particle — an unstable hyperon having positive, negative, or zero electric charge and strangeness −1. Symbol: Σ.
- 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.
- silent service — the submarine service (usually preceded by the).
- silicon valley — the area in northern California, southwest of San Francisco in the Santa Clara valley region, where many of the high-technology design and manufacturing companies in the semiconductor industry are concentrated.
- silver service — formal method of serving dinner
- silviculturist — the cultivation of forest trees; forestry.
- simple machine — machine (def 3b).
- simplification — to make less complex or complicated; make plainer or easier: to simplify a problem.
- simplistically — characterized by extreme simplism; oversimplified: a simplistic notion of good and bad.
- sinclair pc200 — (computer) 1998-07-28
- single-sticker — a sailboat, esp. a sloop, having only one mast
- sistine chapel — the chapel of the pope in the Vatican at Rome, built for Pope Sixtus IV and decorated with frescoes by Michelangelo and others.
- skull practice — a meeting for the purpose of discussion, exchange of ideas, solving problems, etc.
- slanging match — A slanging match is an angry quarrel in which people insult each other.
- slantendicular — slanting (rather than perpendicular or horizontal)
- slave cylinder — a small cylinder containing a piston that operates the brake shoes or pads in hydraulic brakes or the working part in any other hydraulically operated system
- sleeping chair — a chair of the 17th century, having a high back, usually adjustable, with deep wings of the same height.
- sleeping porch — a porch enclosed with glass or screening or a room with open sides or a row of windows used for sleeping in the open air.
- sliding vector — a vector having specified magnitude and lying on a given line.
- slit fricative — a fricative, as (f) or (th), in which the tongue is relatively flat, with air channeled over it through a shallow slit.
- social capital — the interpersonal relationships, institutions, and other social assets of a society or group that can be used to gain advantage: the impact of social capital on productivity and economic well-being; the ways in which women accumulate social capital.
- social chapter — The social chapter is an agreement between countries in the European Union concerning workers' rights and working conditions.
- social charter — a declaration of the rights, minimum wages, maximum hours, etc, of workers in the European Union, later adopted in the Social Chapter
- social climber — a person who attempts to gain admission into a group with a higher social standing.
- social control — Sociology. the enforcement of conformity by society upon its members, either by law or by social pressure.
- 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 evening — a social gathering for the purpose of promoting companionship, communal activities, etc
- social history — a view of historical events seen in terms of social trends
- 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 network — a network of friends, colleagues, and other personal contacts: Strong social networks can encourage healthy behaviors.
- social process — the means by which culture and social organization change or are preserved.
- social realism — a style of painting, especially of the 1930s in the U.S., in which the scenes depicted typically convey a message of social or political protest edged with satire.
- social science — the study of society and social behavior.
- social service — organized welfare efforts carried on under professional auspices by trained personnel.
- social sharing — the activity of sharing photos, videos, links, etc., on a social-media website, within an interactive application, or through other online channels.
- social statics — the study of social systems as they exist at a given time.
- social studies — a course of instruction in an elementary or secondary school comprising such subjects as history, geography, civics, etc.
- social tagging — the practice of generating electronic tags or keywords by users rather than specialists as a way to classify and describe online content: Social tagging can enhance students' access to online collections of art.
- social welfare — social services provided by a government for its citizens.
- social-compact — the voluntary agreement among individuals by which, according to any of various theories, as of Hobbes, Locke, or Rousseau, organized society is brought into being and invested with the right to secure mutual protection and welfare or to regulate the relations among its members.