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14-letter words containing o, i, l, m

  • 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)
  • slip your mind — If something slips your mind, you forget about it.
  • 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.
  • social climber — a person who attempts to gain admission into a group with a higher social standing.
  • social dumping — the practice of allowing employers to lower wages and reduce employees' benefits in order to attract and retain employment and investment
  • 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-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.
  • 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.
  • soil mechanics — the branch of civil engineering that deals with the mechanical behavior of soil and similar materials when they are compressed or sheared or when liquids flow through them.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • spanish omelet — an omelet served with a sauce of tomatoes, onions, and green peppers.
  • spatiotemporal — pertaining to space-time.
  • splatter movie — a film containing many scenes of violent and gruesome murders.
  • 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.
  • stereochemical — of, relating to, stereochemistry
  • stigmatophilia — a love for body piercing or tattooing that is accompanied by sexual arousal
  • studio complex — a building containing a room or rooms used to record television or radio programmes, make films, music, etc
  • styling mousse — a light foamy substance applied to the hair before styling in order to retain the shape of the style
  • sulfantimonide — any compound containing an antimonide and a sulfide.
  • sulphonium ion — a positive ion produced by the addition of a proton to the sulphur atom of a thiol or thio-ether
  • superimposable — to impose, place, or set over, above, or on something else.
  • symbolic logic — a modern development of formal logic employing a special notation or symbolism capable of manipulation in accordance with precise rules.
  • table mountain — a mountain in the Republic of South Africa, near Cape Town. 3550 feet (1080 meters).
  • tailor's dummy — a mannequin used to help tailor or fit clothes
  • tasmanian wolf — thylacine.
  • tatterdemalion — a person in tattered clothing; a shabby person.
  • tcl consortium — (body)   A non-profit agency dedicated to promoting Tcl.
  • telejournalism — the writing and broadcasting of journalism for television
  • telomerization — polymerization in the presence of a chain transfer agent to yield a series of products of low molecular weight
  • terminal bonus — a bonus paid on a life insurance policy when the holder reaches a certain age or dies
  • terminal point — the final destination or station of a bus or rail journey
  • terminological — the system of terms belonging or peculiar to a science, art, or specialized subject; nomenclature: the terminology of botany.
  • territorialism — a principle or system that gives predominance to the landed classes.
  • testimonialize — to honor (someone) by giving or doing something testimonial.
  • the mesolithic — the Mesolithic period; Middle Stone Age
  • the royal mail — the national postal service of the United Kingdom
  • thermoanalysis — thermal analysis.
  • thermoelectric — of, relating to, or involving the direct relationship between heat and electricity.
  • thermolability — the state of being unstable or subject to transformation or destruction when heated
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