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14-letter words containing l, o, s, t

  • 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 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.
  • soft sculpture — sculpture principally in vinyl, canvas, or other flexible material reproducing objects of characteristically rigid construction, as an electric fan, a typewriter, a set of drums, or a bathtub, in forms having a malleable texture and a liquescent, somewhat deflated appearance.
  • solar activity — the sum of all variable and short-lived disturbances on the sun, as sunspots, prominences, and solar flares.
  • solar constant — the average rate at which radiant energy is received from the sun by the earth, equal to 1.94 small calories per minute per square centimeter of area perpendicular to the sun's rays, measured at a point outside the earth's atmosphere when the earth is at its mean distance from the sun.
  • soldier beetle — a yellowish-red cantharid beetle, Rhagonycha fulva, having a somewhat elongated body
  • solicitousness — anxious or concerned (usually followed by about, for, etc., or a clause): solicitous about a person's health.
  • 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.
  • solitary vireo — a vireo, Vireo solitarius, of North and Central America, having the top and sides of the head bluish-gray.
  • solitudinarian — a person who seeks solitude; recluse.
  • solubilization — the process whereby something becomes soluble or more soluble
  • soluble tablet — A soluble tablet is a tablet that is designed to be dissolved in water before it is swallowed.
  • somali current — a current of the Indian Ocean, flowing northward along the coast of Somalia in summer and southwestward the rest of the year.
  • something else — sth different
  • something like — of the same form, appearance, kind, character, amount, etc.: I cannot remember a like instance.
  • somnambulation — to walk during sleep; sleepwalk.
  • son et lumiere — sound-and-light show.
  • south carolina — a state in the SE United States, on the Atlantic coast. 31,055 sq. mi. (80,430 sq. km). Capital: Columbia. Abbreviation: SC (for use with zip code), S.C.
  • south el monte — a town in SW California.
  • south portland — a city in SW Maine.
  • south st. paul — a city in SE Minnesota.
  • south-easterly — A south-easterly point, area, or direction is to the south-east or towards the south-east.
  • south-westerly — A south-westerly point, area, or direction is to the south-west or towards the south-west.
  • southern slavs — one of a group of peoples in eastern, southeastern, and central Europe, including the Russians and Ruthenians (Eastern Slavs) the Bulgars, Serbs, Croats, Slavonians, Slovenes, etc. (Southern Slavs) and the Poles, Czechs, Moravians, Slovaks, etc. (Western Slavs)
  • sovietological — of or relating to Sovietology
  • space platform — space station.
  • spanish omelet — an omelet served with a sauce of tomatoes, onions, and green peppers.
  • spatialization — the process of causing something to occupy space or assume some of the properties of space
  • spatiotemporal — pertaining to space-time.
  • specialisation — the act of specializing, or pursuing a particular line of study or work: Medical students with high student loans often feel driven into specialization.
  • specialization — the act of specializing, or pursuing a particular line of study or work: Medical students with high student loans often feel driven into specialization.
  • speckled trout — brook trout (def 1).
  • spectra yellow — a vivid yellow color.
  • spectrological — relating to spectres or spectrology
  • sphaerocrystal — a spherical crystalline mass
  • spironolactone — a steroid, C 2 4 H 3 2 O 4 S, used in combination with other drugs as a diuretic and antihypertensive.
  • splatter movie — a film containing many scenes of violent and gruesome murders.
  • splinter group — a small organization that becomes separated from or acts apart from an original larger group or a number of other small groups, with which it would normally be united, as because of disagreement.
  • split decision — a decision of a bout on whose outcome the referee and judges did not unanimously agree.
  • split-pea soup — soup made from split peas
  • spoiled priest — a person who was a student for the priesthood but who has withdrawn or been dismissed
  • sports complex — exercise facility, leisure centre
  • spotted laurel — an evergreen cornaceous shrub, Aucuba japonica, of S and SE Asia, the female of which has yellow-spotted leaves
  • squeeze bottle — a flexible plastic bottle the contents of which can be forced out by squeezing.
  • st. louis park — a city in E Minnesota, near Minneapolis.
  • st. marylebone — former metropolitan borough of London: since 1965, part of Westminster
  • staff corporal — a noncommissioned rank in the British Army above that of staff sergeant and below that of warrant officer
  • stagflationary — of, caused by, or relating to, stagflation
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