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14-letter words containing s, a, l, e, r, o

  • sales forecast — a prediction of future sales of a product, either judgmental or based on previous sales patterns
  • salt dome trap — A salt dome trap is an area where oil has been trapped underground by salt pushing upward.
  • samuel gompers — Samuel, 1850–1924, U.S. labor leader, born in England: president of the American Federation of Labor 1886–94, 1896–1924.
  • san pedro sula — a city in NW Honduras.
  • sand lovegrass — any grass of the genus Eragrostis, as E. curvula (weeping lovegrass) and E. trichodes (sand lovegrass) cultivated as forage and ground cover.
  • sanford b dole — Robert J(oseph) born 1923, U.S. politician: senator 1969–96.
  • sanitary towel — sanitary napkin.
  • sansculotterie — the characteristics of sansculottes
  • saone-et-loire — a department in E France. 3331 sq. mi. (8625 sq. km). Capital: Mâcon.
  • scapulohumeral — of, relating to, or involving the scapula and humerus.
  • schlaer-mellor — An object-oriented analysis (OOA), design and modelling method that addresses the integration of structural and behavioural properties. It also allows an animation of the design.
  • scholar's mate — a simple mate by the queen on the f7 square, achievable by white's fourth move
  • sclerotization — the state of being sclerotized.
  • secondary cell — storage cell.
  • secondary wall — the innermost part of a plant cell wall, deposited after the wall has ceased to increase in surface area.
  • secularization — to make secular; separate from religious or spiritual connection or influences; make worldly or unspiritual; imbue with secularism.
  • self-adornment — something that adds attractiveness; ornament; accessory: the adornments and furnishings of a room.
  • self-assertion — insistence on or an expression of one's own importance, wishes, needs, opinions, or the like.
  • self-formation — the act or process of forming or the state of being formed: the formation of ice.
  • self-important — having or showing an exaggerated opinion of one's own importance; pompously conceited or haughty.
  • self-laudatory — containing or expressing praise: overwhelmed by the speaker's laudatory remarks.
  • self-operating — automatic.
  • self-operative — automatic.
  • self-parodying — given to or involving self-parody
  • semi-nocturnal — active at night (opposed to diurnal): nocturnal animals.
  • semicommercial — of, relating to, or characterized by limited marketing of an experimental product
  • semilunar bone — lunate (def 2).
  • semipolar bond — type of chemical bond
  • serratirostral — having a serrated beak or bill; sawbilled
  • settle a score — to avenge a wrong
  • seville orange — a globose, reddish-yellow, bitter or sweet, edible citrus fruit.
  • seward's folly — the purchase of Alaska in 1867, through the negotiations of Secretary of State W. H. Seward.
  • sheepdog trial — a competition in which sheepdogs are tested in their tasks
  • shortleaf pine — a pine, Pinus echinata, of the southern U.S., having short, flexible leaves.
  • shoulder blade — the scapula.
  • shoulder board — one of a pair of narrow, stiff, cloth patches bearing an insignia of rank and worn on the shoulders by a commissioned officer.
  • 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.
  • shropshire lad — a volume of poetry (1896) by A. E. Housman.
  • sidereal month — Also called calendar month. any of the twelve parts, as January or February, into which the calendar year is divided.
  • sierra leonean — an independent republic in W Africa: member of the Commonwealth of Nations; formerly a British colony and protectorate. 27,925 sq. mi. (72,326 sq. km). Capital: Freetown.
  • signature loan — a loan requiring no collateral.
  • skeleton draft — a basic or minimum draft or outline
  • skilled labour — labour or work that demands skill and which you usually have to be trained for, or the workers that provide this labour
  • slate-coloured — like slate in colour
  • slaughterhouse — a building or place where animals are butchered for food; abattoir.
  • slaughterously — murderously
  • slurry reactor — A slurry reactor is a reactor in which contact is achieved by suspending a solid in a liquid.
  • social chapter — The social chapter is an agreement between countries in the European Union concerning workers' rights and working conditions.
  • social charter — a declaration of the rights, minimum wages, maximum hours, etc, of workers in the European Union, later adopted in the Social Chapter
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