14-letter words containing l, o, s, t
- shifty-looking — having the appearance of being dishonest
- shillingsworth — the amount that can be purchased for a shilling
- shoo-fly plant — apple of Peru.
- shoot the bull — exaggerations; lies; nonsense.
- shooting lodge — a country house providing accommodation for a shooting party during the shooting season
- shortleaf pine — a pine, Pinus echinata, of the southern U.S., having short, flexible leaves.
- shoulder joint — the joint at the junction of the forelimb with the pectoral girdle
- shoulder patch — a cloth emblem worn on the upper part of a sleeve of a uniform typically as identification of the organization to which the wearer is assigned.
- shoulder strap — a strap worn over the shoulder, as to support a garment.
- sicstus prolog — A Prolog from the SICS (Swedish Inst of Comp Sci). E-mail: <[email protected]>. Mailing list: [email protected]
- sidereal month — Also called calendar month. any of the twelve parts, as January or February, into which the calendar year is divided.
- signature loan — a loan requiring no collateral.
- 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.
- silver protein — any of several colloidal silver solutions containing silver and a protein, as albumin: formerly used in treating inflammation of mucous membranes
- silver-tongued — persuasive; eloquent: a silver-tongued orator.
- simple protein — a protein that yields only amino acids and no other major products when hydrolyzed (contrasted with conjugated protein).
- simplex method — a numerical method for solving problems in linear programming.
- simplification — to make less complex or complicated; make plainer or easier: to simplify a problem.
- simultaneously — existing, occurring, or operating at the same time; concurrent: simultaneous movements; simultaneous translation.
- singular point — a point at which a given function of a complex variable has no derivative but of which every neighborhood contains points at which the function has derivatives.
- sinistrorsally — in a sinistrorsal manner
- situationalism — the theory that behavior is chiefly response to immediate situations.
- skeleton draft — a basic or minimum draft or outline
- skeleton staff — the minimum staff needed by a company during a time where most staff do not normally work, such as a holiday, weekend, etc
- slalom descent — a winding descent
- slate-coloured — like slate in colour
- slaughterhouse — a building or place where animals are butchered for food; abattoir.
- slaughterously — murderously
- 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.
- sleep movement — the folding together of leaflets, petals, etc, that occurs at night in certain plants, such as the prayer plant (Maranta leuconura)
- sleep together — have sex with one another
- slide mountain — a mountain in SE New York: highest peak of the Catskill Mountains. 4204 feet (1280 meters).
- slide trombone — a musical wind instrument consisting of a cylindrical metal tube expanding into a bell and bent twice in a U shape, usually equipped with a slide (slide trombone)
- sliding vector — a vector having specified magnitude and lying on a given line.
- slurry reactor — A slurry reactor is a reactor in which contact is achieved by suspending a solid in a liquid.
- small potatoes — a person or thing of little significance, importance, or value: His salary was small potatoes for an executive of his ability.
- smooth-talking — A smooth-talking man talks very confidently in a way that is likely to persuade people, but may not be sincere or honest.
- snowball fight — game: throwing balls of snow
- 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 control — Sociology. the enforcement of conformity by society upon its members, either by law or by social pressure.
- social history — a view of historical events seen in terms of social trends
- social network — a network of friends, colleagues, and other personal contacts: Strong social networks can encourage healthy behaviors.
- 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-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.
- sociopolitical — of, relating to, or signifying the combination or interaction of social and political factors: the sociopolitical environment in Japan.
- 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.