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14-letter words containing s, i, l, c, o

  • silicon valley — the area in northern California, southwest of San Francisco in the Santa Clara valley region, where many of the high-technology design and manufacturing companies in the semiconductor industry are concentrated.
  • simplification — to make less complex or complicated; make plainer or easier: to simplify a problem.
  • sleeping porch — a porch enclosed with glass or screening or a room with open sides or a row of windows used for sleeping in the open air.
  • sliding vector — a vector having specified magnitude and lying on a given line.
  • social capital — the interpersonal relationships, institutions, and other social assets of a society or group that can be used to gain advantage: the impact of social capital on productivity and economic well-being; the ways in which women accumulate social capital.
  • social chapter — The social chapter is an agreement between countries in the European Union concerning workers' rights and working conditions.
  • social charter — a declaration of the rights, minimum wages, maximum hours, etc, of workers in the European Union, later adopted in the Social Chapter
  • social climber — a person who attempts to gain admission into a group with a higher social standing.
  • social control — Sociology. the enforcement of conformity by society upon its members, either by law or by social pressure.
  • social dancing — dancing performed by couples or by groups, usually as a form of recreation.
  • social disease — a venereal disease.
  • social drinker — a person who drinks alcoholic beverages usually in the company of others and is in control of his or her drinking.
  • social dumping — the practice of allowing employers to lower wages and reduce employees' benefits in order to attract and retain employment and investment
  • social evening — a social gathering for the purpose of promoting companionship, communal activities, etc
  • social history — a view of historical events seen in terms of social trends
  • social housing — Social housing is housing which is provided for rent or sale at a fairly low cost by housing associations and local councils.
  • social network — a network of friends, colleagues, and other personal contacts: Strong social networks can encourage healthy behaviors.
  • social process — the means by which culture and social organization change or are preserved.
  • social realism — a style of painting, especially of the 1930s in the U.S., in which the scenes depicted typically convey a message of social or political protest edged with satire.
  • social science — the study of society and social behavior.
  • social service — organized welfare efforts carried on under professional auspices by trained personnel.
  • social sharing — the activity of sharing photos, videos, links, etc., on a social-media website, within an interactive application, or through other online channels.
  • social statics — the study of social systems as they exist at a given time.
  • social studies — a course of instruction in an elementary or secondary school comprising such subjects as history, geography, civics, etc.
  • social tagging — the practice of generating electronic tags or keywords by users rather than specialists as a way to classify and describe online content: Social tagging can enhance students' access to online collections of art.
  • social welfare — social services provided by a government for its citizens.
  • social-compact — the voluntary agreement among individuals by which, according to any of various theories, as of Hobbes, Locke, or Rousseau, organized society is brought into being and invested with the right to secure mutual protection and welfare or to regulate the relations among its members.
  • sociopolitical — of, relating to, or signifying the combination or interaction of social and political factors: the sociopolitical environment in Japan.
  • socioreligious — of, relating to, or signifying the combination or interaction of religious and social factors.
  • sodium lactate — a water-soluble, hygroscopic salt, C 3 H 5 NaO 3 , used in solution in medicine to treat metabolic acidosis, usually by injection.
  • soil mechanics — the branch of civil engineering that deals with the mechanical behavior of soil and similar materials when they are compressed or sheared or when liquids flow through them.
  • solar activity — the sum of all variable and short-lived disturbances on the sun, as sunspots, prominences, and solar flares.
  • soldier orchid — a European orchid, Orchis militaris, having pale purple flowers with a four-lobed lower lip
  • solicitousness — anxious or concerned (usually followed by about, for, etc., or a clause): solicitous about a person's health.
  • solid compound — a word formed from two or more other words or elements, written or printed as single word without a hyphen
  • solidification — to make solid; make into a hard or compact mass; change from a liquid or gaseous to a solid form.
  • solids recycle — Solids recycle is the return of solids to a liquid-solid operation so that they can be processed or used again.
  • somali current — a current of the Indian Ocean, flowing northward along the coast of Somalia in summer and southwestward the rest of the year.
  • soul-searching — the act or process of close and penetrating analysis of oneself, to determine one's true motives and sentiments.
  • sounding-block — a small block of wood for rapping with a gavel.
  • south carolina — a state in the SE United States, on the Atlantic coast. 31,055 sq. mi. (80,430 sq. km). Capital: Columbia. Abbreviation: SC (for use with zip code), S.C.
  • sovietological — of or relating to Sovietology
  • speaking clock — a telephone service that gives a precise verbal statement of the correct time
  • special forces — crack military team
  • special school — A special school is a school for children who have some kind of serious physical or mental problem.
  • specialisation — the act of specializing, or pursuing a particular line of study or work: Medical students with high student loans often feel driven into specialization.
  • specialization — the act of specializing, or pursuing a particular line of study or work: Medical students with high student loans often feel driven into specialization.
  • spectrological — relating to spectres or spectrology
  • spironolactone — a steroid, C 2 4 H 3 2 O 4 S, used in combination with other drugs as a diuretic and antihypertensive.
  • split decision — a decision of a bout on whose outcome the referee and judges did not unanimously agree.
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