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16-letter words containing s, e, o, d

  • secondary market — the market that exists for an issue after large blocks of shares have been publicly distributed.
  • secondary modern — Secondary moderns were schools which existed until recently in Britain for children aged between about eleven and sixteen, where more attention was paid to practical skills and less to academic study than in a grammar school.
  • secondary phloem — phloem derived from the cambium during secondary growth.
  • secondary school — a high school or a school of corresponding grade, ranking between a primary school and a college or university.
  • secondary source — next after the first in order, place, time, etc.
  • secondary stress — Engineering. a stress induced by the elastic deformation of a structure under a temporary load.
  • secondary tissue — tissue derived from cambium.
  • secondhand smoke — smoke from a cigarette, cigar, or pipe that is involuntarily inhaled, especially by nonsmokers.
  • secured creditor — a creditor who has a secured loan
  • sedimentary rock — rock formed from compacted minerals
  • seidlitz powders — a mild laxative consisting of tartaric acid, sodium bicarbonate, and Rochelle salt, which are dissolved separately, mixed, and drunk after effervescence.
  • sekondi-takoradi — a seaport in SW Ghana.
  • self-abandonment — absence or lack of personal restraint.
  • self-constituted — constituted as such by oneself or itself
  • self-degradation — the act of degrading.
  • self-denigration — to speak damagingly of; criticize in a derogatory manner; sully; defame: to denigrate someone's character.
  • self-deprecation — belittling or undervaluing oneself; excessively modest.
  • self-deprecatory — belittling or undervaluing oneself; excessively modest.
  • self-deprivation — the act of depriving.
  • self-description — a statement, picture in words, or account that describes; descriptive representation.
  • self-designation — a name taken for oneself or one's own people
  • self-destruction — the destruction or ruination of oneself or one's life.
  • self-development — the act or process of developing; growth; progress: child development; economic development.
  • self-dissolution — the act or process of resolving or dissolving into parts or elements.
  • self-indignation — strong displeasure at something considered unjust, offensive, insulting, or base; righteous anger.
  • self-opinionated — conceited; having an inordinately high regard for oneself, one's own opinions, views, etc.
  • self-preoccupied — preoccupied by one's own concerns
  • self-reproducing — to make a copy, representation, duplicate, or close imitation of: to reproduce a picture.
  • self-vindication — the act of vindicating.
  • semidomesticated — living in a state of partial domestication.
  • send to coventry — to ostracize or ignore
  • sendero luminoso — Spanish. a Maoist guerrilla movement active in Peru since 1980.
  • sensory overload — being overwhelmed by sights, sounds, etc.
  • service provider — company: provides internet
  • sex-and-shopping — (of a novel) belonging to a genre of novel in which the central character, a woman, has a number of sexual encounters, and the author mentions the name of many up-market products
  • sexual deviation — a type of mental disorder characterized by a preference for or obsession with unusual sexual practices, as pedophilia, sadomasochism, or exhibitionism.
  • shake one's head — to move or sway with short, quick, irregular vibratory movements.
  • shakedown cruise — extortion, as by blackmail or threats of violence.
  • shaker and mover — mover and shaker
  • share and enjoy! — 1. Commonly found at the end of software release announcements and README files, this phrase indicates allegiance to the hacker ethic of free information sharing (see hacker ethic). 2. The motto of the Sirius Cybernetics Corporation (the ultimate gaggle of incompetent suits) in Douglas Adams's "Hitch Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy". The irony of using this as a cultural recognition signal appeals to freeware hackers.
  • shared ownership — (in Britain) a form of house purchase whereby the purchaser buys a proportion of the dwelling, usually from a local authority or housing association, and rents the rest
  • shared resources — the sharing of peripherals among several terminals
  • shepherd's crook — hooked or curved stick
  • shoot one's load — (of a man) to ejaculate at orgasm
  • shoot-to-disable — of or relating to shooting by soldiers or police that is intended to disable rather than kill
  • short ski method — a way of learning to ski, using short skis
  • shorthand writer — a person trained to write in shorthand
  • shortsightedness — unable to see far; nearsighted; myopic.
  • shot in the dark — a discharge of a firearm, bow, etc.
  • shoulder harness — the part of a seat belt that goes over the shoulder and diagonally across the chest.
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