13-letter words containing s, e, a, l, i, o
- 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 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 worker — sb who assists local community
- social-minded — interested in or concerned with social conditions or the welfare of society.
- 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 heating — to heat (a building) by means of solar energy.
- solderability — the characteristic of being solderable
- solemnization — to perform the ceremony of (marriage).
- solidungulate — having a single, undivided hoof on each foot, as a horse.
- solitary wave — a localized disturbance that propagates like a wave but resembles a particle in that it does not disperse, even if it collides with other such waves.
- sounding lead — a line weighted with a lead or plummet (sounding lead) and bearing marks to show the length paid out, used for sounding, as at sea.
- space biology — exobiology.
- special offer — bargain
- special order — A special order is an extra order or an order for an item specially requested by a customer.
- special-order — to obtain by specific individual order: to special-order a dining-room chandelier.
- splenial bone — a small bone in the lower jaw of some animals, such as reptiles and birds
- spoiler party — a third political party formed to draw votes away from one of the two major parties, thus spoiling its chance of winning an election.
- sportsmanlike — a man who engages in sports, especially in some open-air sport, as hunting, fishing, racing, etc.
- spring-loaded — (of a machine part) kept normally in a certain position by a spring: a spring-loaded safety valve.
- staff of life — bread, considered as the mainstay of the human diet.
- starring role — a main role; the main role
- state capitol — the building which houses the government of a state
- stereological — of, relating to, stereology
- stereotypical — a process, now often replaced by more advanced methods, for making metal printing plates by taking a mold of composed type or the like in papier-mâché or other material and then taking from this mold a cast in type metal.
- sterilization — the act of sterilizing.
- strobilaceous — resembling a strobilus; conelike.
- strophiolated — having strophioles, caruncles
- subcollegiate — of, relating to, or characteristic of subcollege students or a subcollege
- subdelegation — a group or body of delegates: Our club sent a delegation to the rally.
- subequatorial — of, relating to, or being a region near the equatorial region.
- subperiosteal — the normal investment of bone, consisting of a dense, fibrous outer layer, to which muscles attach, and a more delicate, inner layer capable of forming bone.
- subprime loan — A subprime loan is a loan with a higher interest rate, to borrowers who are a high credit risk.
- suction valve — a nonreturn valve in a pump suction to prevent the pump draining or depriming when not in service
- sulfathiazole — a sulfanilamide derivative, C 9 H 9 N 3 O 2 S 2 , formerly used in the treatment of pneumonia and staphylococcal infections, but now largely replaced because of its toxicity.
- sulfisoxazole — a white to yellowish, crystalline, slightly bitter sulfonamide, C 1 1 H 1 3 N 3 O 3 S, used chiefly in the treatment of infections of the urinary tract.
- suovetaurilia — (in ancient Rome) a sacrifice of a hog, a ram, and a bull.
- superdiplomat — a highly skilled or powerful diplomat, a high-ranking diplomat
- superloyalist — a fanatically loyal supporter (esp of a political party)
- supernational — tending to involve, or extending authority over, more than one nation; international; supranational.
- superrational — beyond the scope or range of reason; intuitional.
- superregional — involving many regions
- synecdochical — a figure of speech in which a part is used for the whole or the whole for a part, the special for the general or the general for the special, as in ten sail for ten ships or a Croesus for a rich man.
- syringomyelia — a disease of the spinal cord in which the nerve tissue is replaced by a cavity filled with fluid.
- take its toll — If you say that something takes its toll or takes a heavy toll, you mean that it has a bad effect or causes a lot of suffering.
- taylor series — an approximation of a given function f at a particular point x, in terms of values of the function and its derivatives at a neighboring point x 0 , by a power series in which the terms are given by f (n) (x 0) (x−x 0) n/n !, where f (n) (x 0) is the derivative of order n evaluated at point x 0 .
- tectosilicate — any silicate in which each tetrahedral group shares all its oxygen atoms with neighboring groups, the ratio of silicon to oxygen being 1 to 2.
- tektosilicate — any silicate in which each tetrahedral group shares all its oxygen atoms with neighboring groups, the ratio of silicon to oxygen being 1 to 2.
- telediagnosis — the detection of a disease by evaluating data transmitted to a receiving station from instruments monitoring a distant patient, as someone in a spacecraft.
- temerariously — in an audacious manner