15-letter words containing s, e, d, c, o

silicified wood — wood that has been changed into quartz by a replacement of the cellular structure of the wood by siliceous waters.
silicon carbide — a very hard, insoluble, crystalline compound, SiC, used as an abrasive and as an electrical resistor in objects exposed to high temperatures.
silicon dioxide — the dioxide form of silicon, SiO 2 , occurring especially as quartz sand, flint, and agate: used usually in the form of its prepared white powder chiefly in the manufacture of glass, water glass, ceramics, and abrasives.
silver chloride — a white, granular, water-insoluble powder, AgCl, that darkens on exposure to light, produced by the reaction of silver nitrate with a chloride: used chiefly in the manufacture of photographic emulsions and in the making of antiseptic silver preparations.
slashdot effect — a temporary surge in the numbers visiting a website and consequent service slowdown or even server crash that sometimes arises as a result of a new link being set up from a more popular website
sled cultivator — go-devil (def 5).
slide projector — device for showing slides
social democrat — a person who advocates a gradual transition to socialism or a modified form of socialism by and under democratic political processes.
social distance — the extent to which individuals or groups are removed from or excluded from participating in one another's lives.
social spending — the money that is spent on welfare payments
society islands — a group of islands in the S Pacific: administratively part of French Polynesia; consists of the Windward Islands and the Leeward Islands; became a French protectorate in 1843 and a colony in 1880. Pop: 214 445 (2002). Area: 1595 sq km (616 sq miles)
socratic method — the use of questions, as employed by Socrates, to develop a latent idea, as in the mind of a pupil, or to elicit admissions, as from an opponent, tending to establish a proposition.
sodium chlorate — a colorless, water-soluble solid, NaClO 3 , cool and salty to the taste, used chiefly in the manufacture of explosives and matches, as a textile mordant, and as an oxidizing and bleaching agent.
sodium chloride — salt1 (def 1).
sodium citrates — the sodium salts of citric acid (monosodium citrate, disodium citrate, trisodium citrate)
sodium silicate — a substance having the general formula, Na2O.xSiO2, where x varies between 3 and 5, existing as an amorphous powder or present in a usually viscous aqueous solution
solenoid switch — A solenoid switch is an electrical switch that is often used where a high current circuit, such as a starter motor circuit, is brought into operation by a low current switch.
solid injection — injection of fuel into an internal-combustion engine without an air blast.
sophisticatedly — (of a person, ideas, tastes, manners, etc.) altered by education, experience, etc., so as to be worldly-wise; not naive: a sophisticated young socialite; the sophisticated eye of an experienced journalist.
sound recordist — recordist.
sounding rocket — a rocket equipped with instruments for making meteorological observations in the upper atmosphere.
source document — a document that has been or will be transcribed to a word processor or to the memory bank of a computer
special edition — newspaper, magazine: extra issue
speech disorder — an inability to produce normal speech
speed indicator — an instrument for counting the number of revolutions of a gasoline engine.
spell a paddock — to give a field a rest period by letting it lie fallow
sports medicine — a field of medicine concerned with the functioning of the human body during physical activity and with the prevention and treatment of athletic injuries.
spotted cowbane — a North American water hemlock, Cicuta maculata, of the parsley family, having a purple-mottled stem, white flowers, and deadly poisonous, tuberlike roots.
stage direction — an instruction written into the script of a play, indicating stage actions, movements of performers, or production requirements.
stand-up comedy — telling jokes to an audience
state education — education provided by the state; education which is not private
store detective — A store detective is someone who is employed by a shop to walk around the shop looking for people who are secretly stealing goods.
student council — a representative body composed chiefly of students chosen by their classmates to organize social and extracurricular activities and to participate in the government of a school or college.
studio audience — spectators on a TV set
styloid process — a long, spinelike process of a bone, especially the projection from the base of the temporal bone.
subduction zone — an act or instance of subducting; subtraction or withdrawal.
succedent house — any of the four houses that fall between the angular and cadent houses: the second, fifth, eighth, and eleventh houses, which correspond, respectively, to possessions and values, love and creation, shared possessions and resources, and friends and social concerns.
suicide bombing — a terrorist bomb attack in which the perpetrator knows that he or she will be killed in the explosion
superconfidence — great or extreme confidence, overconfidence
swiss army code — (programming, humour) Code for an application that is suffering from feature creep. Swiss Army Code does many things, but does none of them well.
synecdochically — 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.
the cordilleras — the complex of mountain ranges on the W side of the Americas, extending from Alaska to Cape Horn and including the Andes and the Rocky Mountains
the midas touch — ability to make money
the second form — the second year of secondary school
threshold price — the highest price a retailer is allowed to sell a particular good at
to change hands — When something changes hands, its ownership changes, usually because it is sold to someone else.
to do sb credit — If you say that something does someone credit, you mean that they should be praised or admired because of it.
to one's credit — commendation or honor given for some action, quality, etc.: Give credit where it is due.
to sb's defence — If you come to someone's defence, you help them by doing or saying something to protect them.
toreador fresco — a mural (c1500 b.c.) from Minoan Crete.

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