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16-letter words containing r, e, c, l, o

  • self-reproducing — to make a copy, representation, duplicate, or close imitation of: to reproduce a picture.
  • self-resourceful — able to deal skillfully and promptly with new situations, difficulties, etc.
  • self-restriction — something that restricts; a restrictive condition or regulation; limitation.
  • service elevator — an elevator for the use of servants and delivery people and for carrying large items.
  • showy crab apple — a large Japanese bush or tree, Malus floribunda, of the rose family, having red fruit and rose-colored flowers that fade to white.
  • silk-cotton tree — any of several spiny trees belonging to the genus Ceiba, of the bombax family, having palmately compound leaves and seeds surrounded by silk cotton, especially C. pentandra, from which kapok is obtained.
  • simonyi, charles — Charles Simonyi
  • single precision — using one word rather than two or more to represent a number.
  • slave labor camp — labor camp (def 1).
  • social democracy — a political ideology advocating a gradual transition to socialism or a modified form of socialism by and under democratic political processes.
  • social gathering — party, get-together
  • social insurance — any of various forms of insurance in which a government is an insurer, especially such insurance that provides assistance to disabled or unemployed workers and to aged persons.
  • social secretary — a personal secretary employed to make social appointments and handle personal correspondence.
  • social structure — structure (def 9).
  • soil conditioner — any of various organic or inorganic materials added to soil to improve its structure.
  • solar prominence — prominence (def 3).
  • sole beneficiary — the only beneficiary
  • sole stockholder — the only person who holds shares in a business
  • sour-milk cheese — cottage cheese made from sour milk.
  • source materials — publications from which information is obtained
  • south charleston — a city in W West Virginia.
  • spectacled cobra — Indian cobra.
  • spectrobolometer — an instrument consisting of a spectroscope and a bolometer, for determining the distribution of radiant energy in a spectrum.
  • spectroheliogram — a photograph of the sun made with a spectroheliograph.
  • splanchnopleural — the double layer formed by the association of the lower layer of the lateral plate of mesoderm with the underlying entoderm, which develops into the embryonic viscera.
  • spotted mackerel — a small mackerel, Scomberomorus queenslandicus, of northern Australian waters
  • sql access group — (body)   The origanisaton which defined Call-Level Interface, on which ODBC is based. It is now part of X/Open.
  • st. clair shores — a city in SE Michigan, near Detroit.
  • 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
  • steal a march on — to walk with regular and measured tread, as soldiers on parade; advance in step in an organized body.
  • stock controller — someone employed to monitor and manage goods and stock so that new stock can be ordered as required and the right numbers and quantities made available all the time
  • stockbroker belt — The stockbroker belt is an area outside a city, especially London, where rich people who travel to work in the city live.
  • stone-cold sober — If someone is stone-cold sober, they are not drunk at all.
  • stonecrop family — the plant family Crassulaceae, characterized by succulent herbaceous plants and shrubs with simple, fleshy leaves, clusters of small flowers, and dry, dehiscent fruit, and including hen-and-chickens, houseleek, kalanchoe, live-forever, orpine, sedum, and stonecrop.
  • sulfocarbanilide — thiocarbanilide.
  • sulu archipelago — an island group in the SW Philippines, separating the Sulawesi Sea from the Sulu Sea. 1086 sq. mi. (2813 sq. km). Capital: Jolo.
  • summer complaint — an acute condition of diarrhea, occurring during the hot summer months chiefly in infants and children, caused by bacterial contamination of food and associated with poor hygiene.
  • superciliousness — haughtily disdainful or contemptuous, as a person or a facial expression.
  • synchronous idle — (character)   (SYN) The mnemonic for ASCII character 22.
  • teachers college — a four-year college offering courses for the training of primary and secondary school teachers and granting the bachelor's degree and often advanced degrees.
  • telecommunicator — to transmit (data, sound, images, etc.) by telecommunications.
  • teleconferencing — a business meeting, educational session, etc., conducted among participants in different locations via telecommunications equipment. Compare videoconference.
  • telespectroscope — a combination of a telescope and a spectroscope, used for spectroscopic analysis of radiation from stars and other celestial bodies
  • tephrochronology — a geochronologic technique based on the dating of layers of volcanic ash.
  • tertiary college — a college system incorporating the secondary school sixth form and vocational courses
  • the black forest — a hilly wooded region of SW Germany, in Baden-Württemberg: a popular resort area
  • the creole state — a nickname for Louisiana
  • the eastern bloc — (formerly) the Soviet bloc
  • the first couple — the US president and their spouse
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