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15-letter words containing o, d, e, l

  • sidereal period — the period of revolution of a body about another with respect to one or more distant stars
  • sigmoid flexure — Zoology. an S -shaped curve in a body part.
  • silicified wood — wood that has been changed into quartz by a replacement of the cellular structure of the wood by siliceous waters.
  • silicon carbide — a very hard, insoluble, crystalline compound, SiC, used as an abrasive and as an electrical resistor in objects exposed to high temperatures.
  • silicon dioxide — the dioxide form of silicon, SiO 2 , occurring especially as quartz sand, flint, and agate: used usually in the form of its prepared white powder chiefly in the manufacture of glass, water glass, ceramics, and abrasives.
  • silver chloride — a white, granular, water-insoluble powder, AgCl, that darkens on exposure to light, produced by the reaction of silver nitrate with a chloride: used chiefly in the manufacture of photographic emulsions and in the making of antiseptic silver preparations.
  • silver fluoride — a yellow or brownish, crystalline, water-soluble, hygroscopic solid, AgF, used chiefly as an antiseptic and disinfectant.
  • silver quandong — an Australian tree, Elaeocarpus grandis: family Elaeocarpaceae
  • simple division — a type of division to find out how many times the smaller number is contained in the larger one
  • sinistrodextral — moving or extending from the left to the right.
  • sinoatrial node — a small mass of tissue in the right atrium functioning as pacemaker of the heart by giving rise to the electric impulses that initiate heart contractions.
  • slashdot effect — a temporary surge in the numbers visiting a website and consequent service slowdown or even server crash that sometimes arises as a result of a new link being set up from a more popular website
  • sled cultivator — go-devil (def 5).
  • sleight of hand — skill in feats requiring quick and clever movements of the hands, especially for entertainment or deception, as jugglery, card or coin magic, etc.; legerdemain.
  • slide projector — device for showing slides
  • smoking-related — (of a disease, illness, etc) caused by smoking tobacco, etc
  • snaggle toothed — a tooth growing out beyond or apart from others.
  • snaggle-toothed — a tooth growing out beyond or apart from others.
  • social democrat — a person who advocates a gradual transition to socialism or a modified form of socialism by and under democratic political processes.
  • social distance — the extent to which individuals or groups are removed from or excluded from participating in one another's lives.
  • social spending — the money that is spent on welfare payments
  • society islands — a group of islands in the S Pacific: administratively part of French Polynesia; consists of the Windward Islands and the Leeward Islands; became a French protectorate in 1843 and a colony in 1880. Pop: 214 445 (2002). Area: 1595 sq km (616 sq miles)
  • sodium chlorate — a colorless, water-soluble solid, NaClO 3 , cool and salty to the taste, used chiefly in the manufacture of explosives and matches, as a textile mordant, and as an oxidizing and bleaching agent.
  • sodium chloride — salt1 (def 1).
  • sodium ethylate — a white, hygroscopic powder, C 2 H 5 ONa, that is decomposed by water into sodium hydroxide and alcohol: used chiefly in organic synthesis.
  • sodium fluoride — a colorless, crystalline, water-soluble, poisonous solid, NaF, used chiefly in the fluoridation of water, as an insecticide, and as a rodenticide.
  • sodium silicate — a substance having the general formula, Na2O.xSiO2, where x varies between 3 and 5, existing as an amorphous powder or present in a usually viscous aqueous solution
  • sodium sulphate — a solid white substance that occurs naturally as thenardite and is usually used as the white anhydrous compound (salt cake) or the white crystalline decahydrate (Glauber's salt) in making glass, detergents, and pulp. Formula: Na2SO4
  • soft-boiled egg — boiled egg with runny yolk
  • soldier's heart — cardiac neurosis.
  • soldier's medal — a medal awarded to any member of the Army of the United States, or of any military organization serving with it, who distinguishes himself or herself by heroism not involving conflict with an enemy.
  • solenoid switch — A solenoid switch is an electrical switch that is often used where a high current circuit, such as a starter motor circuit, is brought into operation by a low current switch.
  • solid injection — injection of fuel into an internal-combustion engine without an air blast.
  • somerset island — an island in the Arctic Ocean in Nunavut, Canada, NW of Baffin Island. 9594 sq. mi. (24,848 sq. km).
  • sons and lovers — a novel (1913) by D. H. Lawrence.
  • sophisticatedly — (of a person, ideas, tastes, manners, etc.) altered by education, experience, etc., so as to be worldly-wise; not naive: a sophisticated young socialite; the sophisticated eye of an experienced journalist.
  • sostenuto pedal — a pedal on a grand piano that raises the dampers, allowing the tone to be sustained for those strings struck at the time the pedal is depressed.
  • soul-destroying — Activities or situations that are soul-destroying make you depressed, because they are boring or because there is no hope of improvement.
  • sound as a bell — in perfect condition
  • southeastwardly — toward the southeast
  • southwestwardly — toward the southwest
  • special edition — newspaper, magazine: extra issue
  • spell a paddock — to give a field a rest period by letting it lie fallow
  • squadron leader — air-force officer
  • star-nosed mole — a North American mole, Condylura cristata, having a starlike ring of fleshy processes around the end of the snout.
  • stilpnosiderite — a resinous variety of limonite with a black-brown colour
  • stop-loss order — an order from a customer to a broker to sell a security if the market price drops below a designated level.
  • student council — a representative body composed chiefly of students chosen by their classmates to organize social and extracurricular activities and to participate in the government of a school or college.
  • styloid process — a long, spinelike process of a bone, especially the projection from the base of the temporal bone.
  • sulfur trioxide — an irritant, corrosive, low-melting solid, SO 3 , obtained by the oxidation of sulfur dioxide, used as an intermediate in the manufacture of sulfuric acid.
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