14-letter words containing r, e, c, l, o, s
- social network — a network of friends, colleagues, and other personal contacts: Strong social networks can encourage healthy behaviors.
- social process — the means by which culture and social organization change or are preserved.
- 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 service — organized welfare efforts carried on under professional auspices by trained personnel.
- social welfare — social services provided by a government for its citizens.
- socioreligious — of, relating to, or signifying the combination or interaction of religious and social factors.
- 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 calendar — a calendar whose dates are based on the position of the earth and its proximity to the sun
- soldier orchid — a European orchid, Orchis militaris, having pale purple flowers with a four-lobed lower lip
- solids recycle — Solids recycle is the return of solids to a liquid-solid operation so that they can be processed or used again.
- 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.
- somali current — a current of the Indian Ocean, flowing northward along the coast of Somalia in summer and southwestward the rest of the year.
- soul-searching — the act or process of close and penetrating analysis of oneself, to determine one's true motives and sentiments.
- space platform — space station.
- special forces — crack military team
- 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.
- sports complex — exercise facility, leisure centre
- starch blocker — a substance ingested in the belief that it inhibits the body's ability to metabolize starch and thereby promotes weight loss: declared illegal in the U.S. by the FDA.
- startle colour — a bright region of an animal's coloration, normally hidden from view and often part of a design resembling birds' eyes, etc, exposed when the animal is disturbed by a predator
- steer clear of — to guide the course of (something in motion) by a rudder, helm, wheel, etc.: to steer a bicycle.
- stercoricolous — (of an organism) living in dung
- sterculiaceous — of, relating to, or belonging to the Sterculiaceae, a chiefly tropical family of plants that includes cacao and cola
- stereochemical — of, relating to, stereochemistry
- straw-coloured — If you describe something, especially hair, as straw-coloured, you mean that it is pale yellow.
- streptobacilli — any of various bacilli that form in chains.
- stumble across — to strike the foot against something, as in walking or running, so as to stagger or fall; trip.
- summer clothes — light clothes which are suitable for summer
- superciliously — haughtily disdainful or contemptuous, as a person or a facial expression.
- supramolecular — having an organization more complex than that of a molecule.
- sycamore maple — a maple, Acer pseudoplatanus, of Europe and western Asia, having gray bark and opposite, lobed leaves: grown as a shade tree.
- teleprocessing — computerized processing and transmission of data over the telephone or other long-distance communications systems.
- tellurous acid — a white, crystalline powder, H2TeO3
- tetradactylous — having four fingers or toes.
- the cordeliers — a political club founded in 1790 and meeting at an old Cordelier convent in Paris
- to close ranks — If you say that the members of a group close ranks, you mean that they are supporting each other only because their group is being criticized.
- trades council — (in Britain) an association of the different trade unions in one town or area
- transcorporeal — of the nature of the physical body; bodily.
- trinitrocresol — a yellow, crystalline compound, C 7 H 5 N 3 O 7 , used in high explosives.
- try one's luck — to attempt something that is uncertain
- ultraprecision — extreme accuracy or precision
- un-resourceful — able to deal skillfully and promptly with new situations, difficulties, etc.
- undiscoverable — unable to be discovered or found out
- undiscoverably — in an undiscoverable manner
- valerianaceous — belonging to the plant family Valerianaceae.
- variable costs — Variable costs are costs that vary depending on how much of a product is made.
- velasco ibarra — José María [haw-se mah-ree-ah] /hɔˈsɛ mɑˈri ɑ/ (Show IPA), 1893–1979, Ecuadorean political leader: president 1934–35, 1944–47, 1952–56, 1960–61, 1968–72.