14-letter words containing o, p, s, a
- 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.
- shove-ha'penny — a shuffleboard game played with coins or brass disks that are pushed by the hand and thumb down a board toward a scoring pit.
- showplace home — a historic house
- shropshire lad — a volume of poetry (1896) by A. E. Housman.
- simplification — to make less complex or complicated; make plainer or easier: to simplify a problem.
- 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.
- siphonapterous — belonging or pertaining to the insect order Siphonaptera, comprising the fleas.
- skip-tooth saw — a saw with alternate teeth absent
- small potatoes — a person or thing of little significance, importance, or value: His salary was small potatoes for an executive of his ability.
- snap out of it — return quickly to normal
- soapbox orator — a person who makes a speech on, or as if on, a soapbox
- 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 dumping — the practice of allowing employers to lower wages and reduce employees' benefits in order to attract and retain employment and investment
- social process — the means by which culture and social organization change or are preserved.
- 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.
- solvay process — a process for manufacturing sodium carbonate whereby a concentrated solution of sodium chloride is saturated with ammonia, carbon dioxide is passed through it, and the product is calcined.
- sophisticating — a sophisticated person.
- sophistication — sophisticated character, ideas, tastes, or ways as the result of education, worldly experience, etc.: the sophistication of the wealthy.
- source program — an original computer program written by a programmer that is converted into the equivalent object program, written in machine language, by the compiler or assembler
- south pasadena — a city in SW California, near Los Angeles.
- south portland — a city in SW Maine.
- south st. paul — a city in SE Minnesota.
- space platform — space station.
- spadefoot toad — any of several nocturnal toads of the family Pelobatidae, common in the Northern Hemisphere, characterized by a horny, spadelike projection on each hind foot for burrowing under the soil.
- spanish burton — any of several tackles employing a runner in addition to the fall.
- 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.
- speak well for — to say or indicate something favorable about
- speaking clock — a telephone service that gives a precise verbal statement of the correct time
- speaking voice — a person's normal voice in which they speak
- special forces — crack military team
- special school — A special school is a school for children who have some kind of serious physical or mental problem.
- 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.
- spectator pump — a woman's spectator shoe, closed at the front and back, usually having a medium or medium-high heel.
- spectra yellow — a vivid yellow color.
- spectrological — relating to spectres or spectrology
- spermatic cord — the cord by which a testis is suspended in the scrotum, containing the vas deferens and the blood vessels and nerves of the testis.
- spermatogenous — producing spermatozoa.
- spermatogonium — one of the undifferentiated germ cells giving rise to spermatocytes.
- spermatorrhoea — abnormally frequent and involuntary nonorgasmic emission of semen.
- spermatothecae — a female reproductive organ in some insects
- sphaerocrystal — a spherical crystalline mass
- spider phaeton — (formerly) a light horse-drawn carriage with a high body and large slender wheels
- spinthariscope — an instrument that detects ionizing radiation by picking up sparks of light from alpha particles.
- spirit compass — a wet compass filled with a mixture of alcohol and water.