15-letter words containing s, a, r, o, y, n
- rogation sunday — the fifth Sunday after Easter; it sees the start of the supplications that are continued during the following Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday
- royal enclosure — at the Royal Ascot horse-race meeting, an area of Ascot racecourse which is reserved for the Royal Family, members, and their guests
- royal engineers — a branch of the British army that undertakes the building of fortifications, mines, bridges, and other engineering works
- sanitary cordon — cordon sanitaire.
- sarcenchymatous — relating to the connective tissue of some sponges
- secondary cause — a cause which is not the primary or ultimate cause
- secondary color — a color, as orange, green, or violet, produced by mixing two primary colors.
- secondary group — a group of people with whom one's contacts are detached and impersonal.
- secondary metal — metal derived wholly or in part from scrap.
- secondary xylem — xylem derived from the cambium during secondary growth.
- semantic memory — the recollection of facts and concepts
- semidocumentary — a film or television programme that is fictional but includes many factual events or details
- semipornography — partial pornography; material that is almost pornographic
- septentrionally — northwards; in the direction of the north
- serial monogamy — a form of monogamy characterized by several successive, short-term marriages over the course of a lifetime.
- sharing economy — a system in which people rent, borrow, or share commodities, services, and resources owned by individuals, usually with the aid of online technology, in an effort to save money, cut costs, and reduce waste.
- silent majority — the U.S. citizens who supported President Nixon's policies but who were not politically vocal, outspoken, or active: considered by him to constitute a majority.
- sinorespiratory — of, relating to, or affecting the paranasal sinuses and the respiratory tract.
- slumpflationary — of or relating to slumpflation
- stationary wave — standing wave.
- strawberry roan — a horse with a reddish coat that is liberally flecked with white hairs.
- subsidiary coin — a coin, especially one made of silver, having a value less than that of the monetary unit.
- substitutionary — a person or thing acting or serving in place of another.
- sulphinpyrazone — a uricosuric drug with molecular formula C23H20N2O3S, used in the treatment of chronic gout
- summary offence — an offence that is triable in a magistrates' court
- tensor analysis — the branch of mathematics dealing with the calculus of tensors, especially the study of properties that are unaffected by a change of coordinate system.
- the smart money — If you say that the smart money is on a particular person or thing, you mean that people who know a lot about it think that this person will be successful, or this thing will happen.
- transactionally — the act of transacting or the fact of being transacted.
- translationally — in a manner which uses translation
- transnationally — going beyond national boundaries or interests: a transnational economy.
- trypanosomiasis — any infection caused by a trypanosome.
- ultrasonography — a diagnostic imaging technique utilizing reflected high-frequency sound waves to delineate, measure, or examine internal body structures or organs.
- unadventurously — in an unadventurous manner
- unconstrainedly — in an unconfined manner
- unix conspiracy — [ITS] According to a conspiracy theory long popular among ITS and TOPS-20 fans, Unix's growth is the result of a plot, hatched during the 1970s at Bell Labs, whose intent was to hobble AT&T's competitors by making them dependent upon a system whose future evolution was to be under AT&T's control. This would be accomplished by disseminating an operating system that is apparently inexpensive and easily portable, but also relatively unreliable and insecure (so as to require continuing upgrades from AT&T). This theory was lent a substantial impetus in 1984 by the paper referenced in the back door entry. In this view, Unix was designed to be one of the first computer viruses (see virus) - but a virus spread to computers indirectly by people and market forces, rather than directly through disks and networks. Adherents of this "Unix virus" theory like to cite the fact that the well-known quotation "Unix is snake oil" was uttered by DEC president Kenneth Olsen shortly before DEC began actively promoting its own family of Unix workstations. (Olsen now claims to have been misquoted.)
- urban sociology — the sociological study of cities and their role in the development of society.
- vector analysis — the branch of calculus that deals with vectors and processes involving vectors.
- winter holidays — a period of rest from work or studies taken in winter
- x-ray astronomy — the branch of astronomy that studies celestial objects by means of the x-rays emitted by them.
- x-ray diagnosis — diagnosis by means of an X-ray
- yorke peninsula — a peninsula in S Australia between Spencer Gulf and the Gulf of St. Vincent. 160 miles (257 km) long and 20–35 miles (32–56 km) wide.