15-letter words containing r, o, d, i, n
- sandwich course — A sandwich course is an educational course in which you have periods of study between periods of being at work.
- sanitary cordon — cordon sanitaire.
- satin bowerbird — the largest Australian bowerbird, Ptilonorhynchus violaceus, the male of which has lustrous blue plumage
- schooner-rigged — rigged as a schooner, especially with gaff sails and staysails only.
- scolding bridle — branks.
- scolopendriform — resembling scolopendra
- scorpion spider — whipscorpion.
- second republic — the republic established in France in 1848 and replaced by the Second Empire in 1852.
- secundogeniture — the state of being the second born child
- self-admiration — a feeling of wonder, pleasure, or approval.
- self-production — produced by oneself or itself.
- semidocumentary — a film or television programme that is fictional but includes many factual events or details
- serendipitously — come upon or found by accident; fortuitous: serendipitous scientific discoveries.
- shadow minister — a member of the main opposition party in Parliament who would hold ministerial office if their party were in power
- shopping arcade — a place where a number of shops are connected together under one roof
- shroud of turin — a linen cloth kept in the Cathedral of Turin, Italy, since the late 1500s that bears a faint life-size human image venerated by some as the imprint of the dead body of Jesus.
- silicon carbide — a very hard, insoluble, crystalline compound, SiC, used as an abrasive and as an electrical resistor in objects exposed to high temperatures.
- silver quandong — an Australian tree, Elaeocarpus grandis: family Elaeocarpaceae
- sinistrodextral — moving or extending from the left to the right.
- sinoatrial node — a small mass of tissue in the right atrium functioning as pacemaker of the heart by giving rise to the electric impulses that initiate heart contractions.
- sit-down strike — a strike during which workers occupy their place of employment and refuse to work or allow others to work until the strike is settled.
- smoking-related — (of a disease, illness, etc) caused by smoking tobacco, etc
- sneezing powder — a powder used to make people sneeze as a practical joke
- social drinking — the practice of drinking alcohol occasionally and usually only in social situations
- social-drinking — a person who drinks alcoholic beverages usually in the company of others and is in control of his or her drinking.
- sodium arsenite — a white or grayish-white, water-soluble, poisonous powder, NaAsO 2 , used chiefly in arsenical soaps for hides, as an insecticide, and as a weed-killer.
- solar radiation — energy radiated from the sun in the form of electromagnetic waves, including visible and ultraviolet light and infrared radiation.
- somerset island — an island in the Arctic Ocean in Nunavut, Canada, NW of Baffin Island. 9594 sq. mi. (24,848 sq. km).
- soul-destroying — Activities or situations that are soul-destroying make you depressed, because they are boring or because there is no hope of improvement.
- sound recordist — recordist.
- sounding rocket — a rocket equipped with instruments for making meteorological observations in the upper atmosphere.
- spawning ground — a place where fish deposit their eggs for fertilization
- speed indicator — an instrument for counting the number of revolutions of a gasoline engine.
- spheroidization — the conversion of grains into spheroids
- sports medicine — a field of medicine concerned with the functioning of the human body during physical activity and with the prevention and treatment of athletic injuries.
- stage direction — an instruction written into the script of a play, indicating stage actions, movements of performers, or production requirements.
- stamping ground — a habitual or favorite haunt.
- standardization — to bring to or make of an established standard size, weight, quality, strength, or the like: to standardize manufactured parts.
- standing orders — Military. (formerly) a general order always in force in a command and establishing uniform procedures for it; standard operating procedure.
- starvation diet — insufficient food to stay alive
- steroidogenesis — the formation of steroids, as by the adrenal cortex, testes, and ovaries.
- stilpnosiderite — a resinous variety of limonite with a black-brown colour
- stomping ground — a habitual or favorite haunt.
- strontium oxide — a white insoluble solid substance used in making strontium salts and purifying sugar. Formula: SrO
- subsidiary coin — a coin, especially one made of silver, having a value less than that of the monetary unit.
- superconfidence — great or extreme confidence, overconfidence
- superordination — Logic. the relation between a universal proposition and a particular proposition of the same quality containing the same terms in the same order.
- terminator seed — a seed that produces sterile plants, used in some genetically modified crops so that a new supply of seeds has to be bought every year
- the daily round — the usual activities of one's day
- the high ground — a position of moral or ethical superiority in a dispute