16-letter words containing s, c, o, t, d, m
- malcontentedness — not satisfied or content with currently prevailing conditions or circumstances.
- mass destruction — devastation on a large scale
- mexican standoff — a stalemate or impasse; a confrontation that neither side can win.
- monocotyledonous — belonging or pertaining to the monocotyledons.
- musical director — A musical director is the same as a music director.
- mustard-coloured — of a brownish-yellow colour
- nondeterministic — the doctrine that all facts and events exemplify natural laws.
- pico de sao tome — an island in the Gulf of Guinea, off the W coast of Gabon, just N of the equator: the larger component of the Democratic Republic of São Tomé and Príncipe. 318 sq. mi. (824 sq. km).
- quasi-democratic — pertaining to or of the nature of democracy or a democracy.
- quasi-diplomatic — of, relating to, or engaged in diplomacy: diplomatic officials.
- radiosymmetrical — radially symmetrical.
- rectus abdominis — a long flat muscle that extends along the whole length of both sides of the abdomen. It flexes the vertebral column, particularly the lumbar portion; it also tenses the anterior abdominal wall and assists in compressing the abdominal contents
- richmond heights — a city in E Missouri, near St. Louis.
- sado-masochistic — Something that is sado-masochistic is connected with the practice of sado-masochism.
- schlieren method — a method for detecting regions of differing densities in a clear fluid by photographing a beam of light passed obliquely through it.
- second amendment — an amendment to the U.S. Constitution, ratified in 1791 as part of the Bill of Rights, guaranteeing the right to keep and bear arms as necessary to maintain a state militia.
- second-story man — a burglar who enters through an upstairs window.
- secondary market — the market that exists for an issue after large blocks of shares have been publicly distributed.
- sedimentary rock — rock formed from compacted minerals
- semidomesticated — living in a state of partial domestication.
- simply-connected — (of a set or domain) having a connected complement.
- situation comedy — a comedy drama, especially a television series made up of discrete episodes about the same group of characters, as members of a family.
- sodium carbonate — Also called soda ash. an anhydrous, grayish-white, odorless, water-soluble powder, Na 2 CO 3 , usually obtained by the Solvay process and containing about 1 percent of impurities consisting of sulfates, chlorides, and bicarbonates of sodium: used in the manufacture of glass, ceramics, soaps, paper, petroleum products, sodium salts, as a cleanser, for bleaching, and in water treatment.
- sodium cyclamate — a white, crystalline, water-soluble powder, NaC 6 NH 1 2 SO 3 , that has been used as a sweetening agent: banned by the FDA in 1970.
- soft commodities — nonmetal commodities such as cocoa, sugar, and grains, bought and sold on a futures market
- sonata da camera — an instrumental musical form, common in the Baroque period, usually consisting of a series of dances.
- spotted mackerel — a small mackerel, Scomberomorus queenslandicus, of northern Australian waters
- tandem computers — (company) A US computer manufacturer. Quarterly sales $544M, profits $49M (Aug 1994).
- ten commandments — Bible: instructions given to Moses
- through-composed — having different music for each verse: a through-composed song. Compare strophic (def 2).
- undercompensated — to compensate or pay less than is fair, customary, or expected.
- underconsumption — the act of consuming, as by use, decay, or destruction.
- undiscriminatory — characterized by or showing prejudicial treatment, especially as an indication of bias related to age, color, national origin, religion, sex, etc.: discriminatory practices in housing; a discriminatory tax.
- well-compensated — to recompense for something: They gave him ten dollars to compensate him for his trouble.