16-letter words containing o, l, d, e, s
- self-vindication — the act of vindicating.
- sendero luminoso — Spanish. a Maoist guerrilla movement active in Peru since 1980.
- sensory overload — being overwhelmed by sights, sounds, etc.
- sexual deviation — a type of mental disorder characterized by a preference for or obsession with unusual sexual practices, as pedophilia, sadomasochism, or exhibitionism.
- shoot one's load — (of a man) to ejaculate at orgasm
- shoot-to-disable — of or relating to shooting by soldiers or police that is intended to disable rather than kill
- shoulder harness — the part of a seat belt that goes over the shoulder and diagonally across the chest.
- shoulder holster — a holster that is worn on the shoulder
- shoulder surfing — a form of credit-card fraud in which the perpetrator stands behind and looks over the shoulder of the victim as he or she withdraws money from an automated teller machine, memorizes the card details, and later steals the card
- simply-connected — (of a set or domain) having a connected complement.
- slubberdegullion — a slovenly or worthless person
- smokeless powder — any of various substitutes for ordinary gunpowder that give off little or no smoke, especially one composed wholly or mostly of guncotton.
- so help me (god) — I swear
- social democracy — a political ideology advocating a gradual transition to socialism or a modified form of socialism by and under democratic political processes.
- sodium bisulfate — a colorless crystalline compound, NaHSO 4 , soluble in water: used in dyeing, in the manufacture of cement, paper, soap, and an acid-type cleaner.
- sodium bisulfite — Sodium bisulfite is a crystalline compound used as an antioxidant and stabilizing agent.
- sodium cyclamate — a white, crystalline, water-soluble powder, NaC 6 NH 1 2 SO 3 , that has been used as a sweetening agent: banned by the FDA in 1970.
- sodium methylate — a white, free-flowing, flammable powder, CH 3 ONa, decomposed by water to sodium hydroxide and methyl alcohol: used chiefly in organic synthesis.
- sodium pentothal — the sodium salt of thiopental sodium.
- soil conditioner — any of various organic or inorganic materials added to soil to improve its structure.
- sole stockholder — the only person who holds shares in a business
- solid dispersion — Solid dispersion is the process of dispersing a solid through a liquid in order to increase contact.
- solid propellant — a rocket propellant in solid form, usually containing a mixture or combination of fuel and oxidizer.
- solid state disk — (SSD)
Any kind of solid-state storage device that appears to the system as a disk drive. SSDs are more expensive that the same capacity of magnetic disk but have much shorter access time. - south plainfield — a city in N New Jersey.
- southern uplands — a hilly region extending across S Scotland: includes the Lowther, Moorfoot, and Lammermuir hills
- spectacled cobra — Indian cobra.
- spotted mackerel — a small mackerel, Scomberomorus queenslandicus, of northern Australian waters
- standoff missile — a missile capable of striking a distant target after launch by an aircraft outside the range of missile defences
- stannic chloride — a colorless fuming and caustic liquid, SnCl 4 , soluble in water and alcohol, that converts with water to a crystalline solid: used for electrically conductive and electroluminescent coatings and in ceramics.
- state-controlled — controlled by the government
- stone-cold sober — If someone is stone-cold sober, they are not drunk at all.
- stop-limit order — stop order.
- strawberry blond — reddish blond.
- sulfocarbanilide — thiocarbanilide.
- sulphur trioxide — a white corrosive substance existing in three crystalline forms of which the stable (alpha-) form is usually obtained as silky needles. It is produced by the oxidation of sulphur dioxide, and is used in the sulphonation of organic compounds. Formula: SO3
- sun in splendour — a representation of the sun with rays and a human face
- sutton coldfield — a town in central England, in Birmingham unitary authority, West Midlands; a residential suburb of Birmingham. Pop: 105 452 (2001)
- sweet almond oil — almond oil (def 1).
- synchronous idle — (character) (SYN) The mnemonic for ASCII character 22.
- take holy orders — to become ordained
- tell one's beads — a small, usually round object of glass, wood, stone, or the like with a hole through it, often strung with others of its kind in necklaces, rosaries, etc.
- the oil industry — the industry that produces and delivers petroleum and petroleum products
- the renosterveld — an area of high altitude in SW South Africa, having fertile ground
- the south island — the largest island of New Zealand, separated from the North Island by the Cook Strait. Pop: 1 048 200 (2013 est). Area: 153 947 sq km (59 439 sq miles)
- this-worldliness — concern or preoccupation with worldly things and values.
- three-toed sloth — a small sloth of the genus Bradypus, having three claws on each limb and very long forelimbs.
- thrilled to bits — If someone is thrilled, they are extremely pleased about something.
- torsion pendulum — a pendulum the weight of which is rotated alternately in opposite directions through a horizontal plane by the torsion of the suspending rod or spring: used for clocks intended to run a long time between windings.
- transfer molding — a method of molding thermosetting plastic in which the plastic enters a closed mold from an adjoining chamber in which it has been softened.