16-letter words containing s, c
- series resonance — the resonance that results when circuit elements are connected with their inductance and capacitance in series, so that the impedance of the combination falls to a minimum at the resonant frequency
- service contract — law: between employer and employee
- service elevator — an elevator for the use of servants and delivery people and for carrying large items.
- service engineer — someone who maintains and repairs equipment
- service entrance — an entrance for the use of servants, delivery people, or the like.
- service families — families which have a member serving in the armed forces
- service industry — business providing a service
- service provider — company: provides internet
- sesquicentennial — pertaining to or marking the completion of a period of 150 years.
- session musician — a studio musician, esp one who works freelance
- settlement price — The settlement price is the average price of a financial instrument at the end of a trading day.
- severance motion — an application made to a judge or court for the division into separate parts of a joint estate, contract, etc
- sevruga (caviar) — caviar prepared from the small, grayish or black roe of a sturgeon chiefly from the Caspian Sea
- sexual selection — a special type of natural selection in which the sexes acquire distinct forms either because the members of one sex choose mates with particular features or because in the competition for mates among the members of one sex only those with certain traits succeed.
- shag pile carpet — a large piece of thick material with a nap of long rough strands that you put on a floor
- shakedown cruise — extortion, as by blackmail or threats of violence.
- share repurchase — A share repurchase is a situation in which a company buys back its own shares.
- shared resources — the sharing of peripherals among several terminals
- sharia-compliant — (of a product or service) produced or offered in accordance with the doctrines of the sharia
- sheepskin jacket — a short jacket made of the skin of a sheep with the wool still attached to it
- shepherd's check — a pattern of even checks, used in a variety of fabrics.
- shepherd's crook — hooked or curved stick
- shipping channel — a navigational pathway that a ship uses to travel from one place to another
- shipping company — business that sends goods overseas
- shirring elastic — elastic used for shirring
- shoestring catch — a catch of a ball on the fly, made close to the ground while running.
- shopping channel — television station used to sell goods
- shopping complex — a shopping centre
- shortfin corvina — See under corvina.
- show cause order — a court order issued to a party in a lawsuit, directing that party to appear to give reasons why a certain action should not be put into effect by the court.
- showcase project — a project designed to attract attention and show off the abilities of the people involved in it
- showy crab apple — a large Japanese bush or tree, Malus floribunda, of the rose family, having red fruit and rose-colored flowers that fade to white.
- sicilian vespers — a general massacre of the French in Sicily by the local population, begun at the sound of the vesper bell on Easter Monday, 1282.
- sick as a parrot — very disappointed
- sickness benefit — Sickness benefit is money that you receive regularly from the government when you are unable to work because of illness.
- silk-cotton tree — any of several spiny trees belonging to the genus Ceiba, of the bombax family, having palmately compound leaves and seeds surrounded by silk cotton, especially C. pentandra, from which kapok is obtained.
- silky flycatcher — any of several passerine birds of the family Ptilogonatidae, of the southwestern U.S. to Panama, related to the waxwings.
- silver-lace vine — a hardy, twining, woody plant, Polygonum auberti, of the buckwheat family, native to western China and Tibet, having greenish-white, fragrant flowers in drooping clusters.
- simon boccanegra — an opera (1857) by Giuseppe Verdi.
- simonyi, charles — Charles Simonyi
- simply-connected — (of a set or domain) having a connected complement.
- single occupancy — a type of travel accommodation, as at a hotel, for one person in a room.
- single precision — using one word rather than two or more to represent a number.
- sir isaac newton — Sir Isaac, 1642–1727, English philosopher and mathematician: formulator of the law of gravitation.
- sit on the fence — to be unable or unwilling to commit oneself
- 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.
- situation ethics — a view of ethics that deprecates general moral principles while emphasizing the source of moral judgments in the distinctive characters of specific situations.
- slang dictionary — a specialized dictionary covering the words, phrases, and idioms that reflect the least formal speech of a language. These terms are often metaphorical and playful, and are likely to be evanescent as the spoken language changes from one generation to another. Much slang belongs to specific groups, as the jargon of a particular class, profession, or age group. Some is vulgar. Some slang terms have staying power as slang, but others make a transition into common informal speech, and then into the standard language. An online slang dictionary, such as the Dictionary.com Slang Dictionary, provides immediate information about the meaning and history of a queried term and its appropriateness or lack of appropriateness in a range of social and professional circumstances.
- slap in the face — smack on the cheek
- slap on the back — to congratulate