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16-letter words containing s, e, l, o, m

  • pseudohemophilia — a clotting disorder caused by abnormal factor VIII activity, and characterized by a prolonged bleeding time but without the delayed coagulation time of hemophilia.
  • ptolemaic system — a system elaborated by Ptolemy and subsequently modified by others, according to which the earth was the fixed center of the universe, with the heavenly bodies moving about it.
  • pullorum disease — a highly contagious, frequently fatal disease of young poultry caused by the bacterium Salmonella gallinarum (pullorum), transmitted by the infected hen during egg production, and characterized by weakness, loss of appetite, and diarrhea.
  • pulse modulation — a type of modulation in which a train of pulses is used as the carrier wave, one or more of its parameters, such as amplitude, being modulated or modified in order to carry information
  • quasi-commercial — of, relating to, or characteristic of commerce.
  • radiosymmetrical — radially symmetrical.
  • remember oneself — to recover one's good manners after a lapse; stop behaving badly
  • replacement cost — fee to obtain new version of sth
  • residential home — a home with social-work supervision for people who need more than just housing accommodation, such as esp the elderly, and also children in care or mentally handicapped adults
  • sales automation — Sales Force Automation
  • sales commission — Sales commission is the percentage of the value of a sale that a sales associate or sales representative may earn.
  • schlieren method — a method for detecting regions of differing densities in a clear fluid by photographing a beam of light passed obliquely through it.
  • school committee — (in New Zealand) a parent group selected to support a primary school
  • sclerenchymatous — supporting or protective tissue composed of thickened, dry, and hardened cells.
  • secondary phloem — phloem derived from the cambium during secondary growth.
  • select committee — a committee, as of a legislative body, that is formed to examine and report on a specific bill or issue.
  • selective memory — an ability to remember some facts while apparently forgetting others, especially when they are inconvenient
  • selenomorphology — the study of the lunar surface and landscape
  • self-abandonment — absence or lack of personal restraint.
  • self-affirmation — the act or an instance of affirming; state of being affirmed.
  • self-complacency — pleased with oneself; self-satisfied; smug.
  • self-confinement — the act of confining.
  • self-consumption — the act of consuming, as by use, decay, or destruction.
  • self-containment — the state of being self-contained.
  • self-development — the act or process of developing; growth; progress: child development; economic development.
  • self-enforcement — of or having the capability of enforcement within oneself or itself; self-regulating.
  • self-examination — examination into one's own state, conduct, motives, etc.
  • self-humiliation — an act or instance of humiliating or being humiliated.
  • self-improvement — improvement of one's mind, character, etc., through one's own efforts.
  • self-nourishment — something that nourishes; food, nutriment, or sustenance.
  • self-proclaiming — to announce or declare in an official or formal manner: to proclaim war.
  • self-reformation — the act of reforming; state of being reformed.
  • self-stimulation — to rouse to action or effort, as by encouragement or pressure; spur on; incite: to stimulate his interest in mathematics.
  • semiprofessional — actively engaged in some field or sport for pay but on a part-time basis: semiprofessional baseball players.
  • sendero luminoso — Spanish. a Maoist guerrilla movement active in Peru since 1980.
  • settlement house — the act or state of settling or the state of being settled.
  • settlement-house — the act or state of settling or the state of being settled.
  • shoemaker-levy 9 — a comet that was captured into an orbit around Jupiter and later broke up, the fragments colliding with Jupiter in July 1995
  • shopping complex — a shopping centre
  • shuttle movement — the movement of a component from one place to another and back to its original position
  • simonyi, charles — Charles Simonyi
  • simple extension — an extension field of a given field, obtained by forming all polynomials in a specified element with coefficients contained in the given field.
  • simply-connected — (of a set or domain) having a connected complement.
  • slave labor camp — labor camp (def 1).
  • slow metabolizer — A slow metabolizer is someone whose body is slow to break down, absorb, or use a particular substance.
  • smack one's lips — If you smack your lips, you open and close your mouth noisily, especially before or after eating, to show that you are eager to eat or enjoyed eating.
  • smoke inhalation — poisoning of the lungs caused by inhaling large quantities of toxic fumes from a fire
  • smokeless powder — any of various substitutes for ordinary gunpowder that give off little or no smoke, especially one composed wholly or mostly of guncotton.
  • snoqualmie falls — falls of the Snoqualmie River, in W Washington. 270 feet (82 meters) high.
  • so help me (god) — I swear
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