15-letter words containing s, i, m, c, a, r
- schopenhauerism — the philosophy of Schopenhauer, who taught that only the cessation of desire can solve the problems arising from the universal impulse of the will to live.
- security camera — closed-circuit TV camera
- self-proclaimed — to announce or declare in an official or formal manner: to proclaim war.
- semantic memory — the recollection of facts and concepts
- semi-articulate — uttered clearly in distinct syllables.
- semiabstraction — a work of art whose subject matter is semi-abstract
- semicrystalline — partly or imperfectly crystalline.
- semicylindrical — of, relating to, or having the shape of a semicylinder
- semidocumentary — a film or television programme that is fictional but includes many factual events or details
- semilogarithmic — (of graphing) having one scale logarithmic and the other arithmetic or of uniform gradation.
- semimanufacture — a product which forms an intermediate stage in the manufacture of another, often more complex product
- semitranslucent — imperfectly or almost translucent.
- servo-mechanism — A servo-mechanism is a system or device that provides increased power to operate a control.
- sharing economy — a system in which people rent, borrow, or share commodities, services, and resources owned by individuals, usually with the aid of online technology, in an effort to save money, cut costs, and reduce waste.
- shrimp cocktail — prawns and lettuce in Mary Rose sauce
- side impact bar — A side impact bar is a long beam in a car door that is designed to protect passengers during a crash.
- simple fraction — a ratio of two integers.
- simple fracture — a fracture in which the bone does not pierce the skin.
- social bookmark — the practice of saving bookmarked Web pages to a public website as a way to share the links with other Internet users: Social bookmarking is a tool that allows you to add tags and comments to your bookmarks.
- social democrat — a person who advocates a gradual transition to socialism or a modified form of socialism by and under democratic political processes.
- 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 citrates — the sodium salts of citric acid (monosodium citrate, disodium citrate, trisodium citrate)
- somatic therapy — any of a group of treatments presumed to act on biological factors leading to mental illness.
- source material — original, authoritative, or basic materials utilized in research, as diaries or manuscripts.
- spanish america — the Spanish-speaking countries south of the U.S.: Mexico, Central America (with the exception of Belize), South America (with the exceptions of Brazil, French Guiana, Guyana, and Suriname), and most of the West Indies.
- spanish morocco — French Maroc. Spanish Marruecos. a kingdom in NW Africa: formed from a sultanate that was divided into two protectorates (French Morocco and Spanish Morocco) and an international zone. 172,104 sq. mi. (445,749 sq. km). Capital: Rabat. Compare Tangier Zone.
- spectrochemical — of, relating to, or utilizing the techniques of spectrochemistry.
- spermatoblastic — relating to a spermatoblast
- spirochaetaemia — the presence of spirochaetes in the blood
- statutory crime — a wrong punishable under a statute, rather than at common law.
- storm insurance — insurance cover against damage caused by windstorms
- 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.
- the paralympics — a sporting event, modelled on the Olympic Games, held solely for disabled competitors
- training scheme — a scheme for teaching people skills in a particular field or profession
- ultra-masculine — pertaining to or characteristic of a man or men: masculine attire.
- ultramicroscope — an instrument that uses scattering phenomena to detect the position of objects too small to be seen by an ordinary microscope.
- ultramicroscopy — the use of the ultramicroscope.
- uncompromisable — that cannot or should not be compromised
- unmaterialistic — excessively concerned with physical comforts or the acquisition of wealth and material possessions, rather than with spiritual, intellectual, or cultural values.
- vanishing cream — a cosmetic similar to cold cream but less oily, applied usually to the face and neck as a base, night cream, or moisturizer.
- vermouth cassis — a mixed drink made with dry vermouth, crème de cassis, soda or mineral water, and cracked ice.
- vernier compass — a compass on a transit (vernier transit) having a vernier for adjusting magnetic bearings to read as true bearings.
- wallpaper music — music that is pleasant but not interesting, so people do not pay much attention to it
- white christmas — A white Christmas is a Christmas when it snows.
- white supremacy — the belief, theory, or doctrine that white people are inherently superior to people from all other racial groups, especially black people, and are therefore rightfully the dominant group in any society.
- wrestling match — sport: contention by grappling opponent