16-letter words containing s, a, n, t, l, o
- social isolation — a state or process in which persons, groups, or cultures lose or do not have communication or cooperation with one another, often resulting in open conflict.
- social scientist — sb: studies human society
- sodium pentothal — the sodium salt of thiopental sodium.
- solid propellant — a rocket propellant in solid form, usually containing a mixture or combination of fuel and oxidizer.
- sony playstation — Playstation
- south australian — a state in S Australia. 380,070 sq. mi. (984,380 sq. km). Capital: Adelaide.
- south carolinian — a state in the SE United States, on the Atlantic coast. 31,055 sq. mi. (80,430 sq. km). Capital: Columbia. Abbreviation: SC (for use with zip code), S.C.
- south charleston — a city in W West Virginia.
- south plainfield — a city in N New Jersey.
- southern uplands — a hilly region extending across S Scotland: includes the Lowther, Moorfoot, and Lammermuir hills
- spanish omelette — an omelette made by adding green peppers, onions, tomato, etc, to the eggs
- sparking voltage — the minimum voltage required to produce a spark across a given spark gap.
- spinone italiano — one of an Italian breed of large all-purpose hunting dogs having a short wiry coat, solid white or white with light brown or yellow patches in color.
- spiritualization — to make spiritual.
- stamp collecting — Stamp collecting is the hobby of building up a collection of stamps.
- stamp collection — the act of collecting postage stamps as a hobby
- standoff missile — a missile capable of striking a distant target after launch by an aircraft outside the range of missile defences
- 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 allocation — Stock allocation is the decisions made about how quantities held at a central point will be distributed amongst several outlets in a retail chain.
- stomach stapling — Stomach stapling is an operation in which part of the stomach is removed in order to help a person to eat less and lose weight.
- 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.
- storage terminal — A storage terminal is a building or area with large tanks for storing oil, gas, and other petrochemical products.
- strawberry blond — reddish blond.
- strongyloidiasis — an intestinal disease caused by infection with the nematode worm Strongyloides stercoralis
- subcartilaginous — partially or incompletely cartilaginous.
- sugar plantation — a large area of land where sugar is grown
- summational tone — a musical sound sometimes heard when two loud notes are sounded together, higher in pitch than either
- 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.
- supernationalism — an extreme or fanatical loyalty or devotion to a nation.
- supranationalism — outside or beyond the authority of one national government, as a project or policy that is planned and controlled by a group of nations.
- sweet almond oil — almond oil (def 1).
- tablets of stone — Stone is used in expressions such as set in stone and tablets of stone to suggest that an idea or rule is firm and fixed, and cannot be changed.
- take one's heels — the back part of the human foot, below and behind the ankle.
- take one's leave — to go away; depart
- take one's lumps — a piece or mass of solid matter without regular shape or of no particular shape: a lump of coal.
- take one's place — to take up one's usual or specified position
- technical school — college of further and vocational education
- tell one's beads — a small, usually round object of glass, wood, stone, or the like with a hole through it, often strung with others of its kind in necklaces, rosaries, etc.
- texas revolution — a revolutionary movement, 1832–36, in which U.S. settlers asserted their independence from Mexico and established the republic of Texas.
- the eastern bloc — (formerly) the Soviet bloc
- the lion's share — the largest portion
- the south island — the largest island of New Zealand, separated from the North Island by the Cook Strait. Pop: 1 048 200 (2013 est). Area: 153 947 sq km (59 439 sq miles)
- the unobservable — something that cannot be observed
- thermal constant — a quantity that is considered invariable throughout a series of calculations relating to the heat of bodies
- thermal neutrons — a neutron with low kinetic energy, especially one slowed by the moderator in a nuclear reactor.
- thousand islands — a group of about 1500 islands between the US and Canada, in the upper St Lawrence River: administratively divided between the two countries
- throw oneself at — to propel or cast in any way, especially to project or propel from the hand by a sudden forward motion or straightening of the arm and wrist: to throw a ball.
- to change places — If you change places with another person, you start being in their situation or role, and they start being in yours.