13-letter words containing s, c, a, l
- shambolically — in a completely disorganized or chaotic manner
- share capital — A company's share capital is the money that shareholders invest in order to start or expand the business.
- shelf-stacker — a person whose job is to fill the shelves and displays in a supermarket or other shop with goods for sale
- shell company — A shell company is a company that another company takes over in order to use its name to gain an advantage.
- shingle beach — a beach made of a mass of small pieces of rough stone
- ship chandler — a person who deals in cordage, canvas, and other supplies for ships.
- sidewalk café — a café that has seats outside on the sidewalk
- significantly — important; of consequence.
- silicon alley — an area of New York City in which industries associated with information technology are concentrated
- silvichemical — any of a number of chemicals derived from a tree.
- simplificator — a person who simplifies matters
- single combat — combat between two persons.
- single-acting — (of a reciprocating engine, pump, etc.) having pistons accomplishing work only in one direction. Compare double-acting (def 1).
- single-action — (of a firearm) requiring the cocking of the hammer before firing each shot: a single-action revolver.
- singles chart — a ranked chart of popular music (individual songs, not albums or collections) for a specific period of time
- sinistrocular — favoring the left eye, rather than the right, by habit or for effective vision (opposed to dextrocular).
- skepticalness — inclined to skepticism; having an attitude of doubt: a skeptical young woman who will question whatever you say.
- sketchability — the suitability for being sketched
- slash fiction — a type or piece of fan fiction involving usually same-sex romantic relationships between fictional characters or famous people, whether or not the romances actually exist: Sherlock Holmes/Dr. Watson slash fiction. Also called slash.
- slave traffic — the traffic of slaves
- slide changer — a device for changing the slide displayed in a projector
- sliding scale — a variable scale, especially of industrial costs, as wages, that may be adapted to changes in demand.
- slip carriage — a railway car detached from a moving train as it passes through a station.
- slipper chair — a small bedroom chair with a low seat.
- slow handclap — slow rhythmic clapping, esp used by an audience to indicate dissatisfaction or impatience
- small calorie — Thermodynamics. calorie (def 1a).
- small capital — a capital letter of a particular font, the same height as the x-high letters.
- soccer player — A soccer player is a person who plays soccer, especially as a profession.
- social action — individual or group behavior that involves interaction with other individuals or groups, especially organized action toward social reform.
- social circle — a group of people who are socially connected
- social column — a column in a newspaper or magazine that details the activities of members of fashionable society
- social credit — the doctrine that under capitalism there is an inadequate distribution of purchasing power, for which the remedy lies in governmental control of retail prices and the distribution of national dividends to consumers.
- social gaming — the playing of online games on social media websites.
- social gospel — a movement in America, chiefly in the early part of the 20th century, stressing the social teachings of Jesus and their applicability to public life.
- social market — an economic system in which industry and commerce are run by private enterprise within limits set by the government to ensure equality of opportunity and social and environmental responsibility
- social misfit — a person who does not conform to others' views of what is normal or acceptable in society
- social phobia — a type of anxiety disorder characterized by shyness and heightened self-consciousness in particular social situations
- social skills — ability to interact
- social worker — sb who assists local community
- social-minded — interested in or concerned with social conditions or the welfare of society.
- socialization — a continuing process whereby an individual acquires a personal identity and learns the norms, values, behavior, and social skills appropriate to his or her social position.
- sociocultural — of, relating to, or signifying the combination or interaction of social and cultural elements.
- sodomitically — in a sodomitical manner
- solar chariot — (in ancient Egypt) a chariot placed in the tomb of a king to transport him to the sun.
- solar eclipse — Astronomy. the obscuration of the light of the moon by the intervention of the earth between it and the sun (lunar eclipse) or the obscuration of the light of the sun by the intervention of the moon between it and a point on the earth (solar eclipse) a similar phenomenon with respect to any other planet and either its satellite or the sun. the partial or complete interception of the light of one component of a binary star by the other.
- solar furnace — a furnace using sunlight concentrated by concave mirrors as the direct source of heat.
- solicitations — instances of asking someone for money, help, support, or an opinion
- somar dumpacl — (tool) A utilty which provides a concise report of Windows NT file system permissions, to help find holes in system security.
- sophistically — of the nature of sophistry; fallacious.
- space biology — exobiology.