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16-letter words containing s, i, u

  • sodium methylate — a white, free-flowing, flammable powder, CH 3 ONa, decomposed by water to sodium hydroxide and methyl alcohol: used chiefly in organic synthesis.
  • sodium pentothal — the sodium salt of thiopental sodium.
  • sodium perborate — a white, crystalline, water-soluble solid, NaBO 2 ⋅3H 2 O or NaBO 3 ⋅4H 2 O, used chiefly as a bleaching agent and antiseptic.
  • sodium phosphate — Also called monobasic sodium phosphate. a white, crystalline, slightly hygroscopic, water-soluble powder, NaH 2 PO 4 , used chiefly in dyeing and in electroplating.
  • soft furnishings — home fabrics
  • somatic mutation — a mutation occurring in a somatic cell, resulting in a change in the morphology or some other aspect of one part of an organism (usually a plant). It may be maintained by vegetative propagation but not by sexual reproduction
  • sonoluminescence — the emission of a flash of light accompanying the bursting of a bubble in a liquid when sound waves are passed through the liquid.
  • sounding balloon — a balloon carrying instruments aloft to make atmospheric measurements, especially a radiosonde balloon.
  • sounding machine — any of various machines for taking and recording soundings.
  • sour-milk cheese — cottage cheese made from sour milk.
  • source materials — publications from which information is obtained
  • south australian — a state in S Australia. 380,070 sq. mi. (984,380 sq. km). Capital: Adelaide.
  • south burlington — a town in NW Vermont.
  • south carolinian — 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.
  • south huntington — a town in central Long Island, in SE New York.
  • south plainfield — a city in N New Jersey.
  • south vietnamese — of or relating to the former South Vietnam (now part of Vietnam) or its inhabitants
  • southern baptist — a member of the Southern Baptist Convention, founded in Augusta, Georgia, in 1845, that is strictly Calvinistic and active in religious publishing and education.
  • spaghetti squash — a variety of a widely cultivated squash, Cucurbita pepo, having edible flesh in the form of spaghettilike strands.
  • spanish bluebell — a bulbous plant, Endymion hispanicus, of the lily family, native to Spain and Portugal, having blue, white, or pink, bell-shaped flowers.
  • spanish chestnut — Castanea sativa
  • speak in tongues — to engage in glossolalia
  • speaking trumpet — a trumpet-shaped instrument used to carry the voice a great distance or held to the ear by a deaf person to aid his hearing
  • specific impulse — a measure, usually in seconds, of the efficiency with which a rocket engine utilizes its propellants, equal to the number of pounds of thrust produced per pound of propellant burned per second.
  • specific surface — The specific surface is the ratio of a particle's surface area to its volume or mass.
  • specious present — a short time span in which change and duration are alleged to be directly experienced.
  • speech community — the aggregate of all the people who use a given language or dialect.
  • spill one's guts — the alimentary canal, especially between the pylorus and the anus, or some portion of it. Compare foregut, midgut, hindgut.
  • spiritual healer — a faith healer
  • spiritual incest — marriage or a sexual relationship between persons related by spiritual affinity or with a person under a solemn vow of chastity
  • spiritualization — to make spiritual.
  • spiritus vinosus — (in prescriptions) spirits of wine; alcohol.
  • spit-and-sawdust — (of a pub) shabby, dirty, and basic
  • sports equipment — gear used to play sport
  • spring mountains — a mountain range in S Nevada extending to the California border. Highest peak, Charleston Peak. 11,919 feet (3635 meters).
  • square kilometer — a unit of area measurement equal to a square measuring one kilometer on each side. 2 , sq. km. Abbreviation: km.
  • squatter's right — a claim to real property, especially public land, that may be granted to a person who has openly possessed and continuously occupied it without legal authority for a prescribed period of years.
  • squeaky-bum time — the tense final matches in the race to a league championship, esp from the point of view of the leaders
  • st. lucie cherry — mahaleb.
  • stage production — a play or show which is performed on stage
  • standard annuity — A standard annuity is a retirement investment insurance contract that pays a regular income in return for a lump sum payment.
  • stannic sulphide — an insoluble solid compound of tin usually existing as golden crystals or as a yellowish-brown powder: used as a pigment. Formula: SnS2
  • start-up capital — capital used to set up a new business
  • state university — a university maintained by the government of a state.
  • state-subsidized — partly paid for by the state; subsidized by the state
  • step out of line — to fail to conform to expected standards, attitudes, etc
  • stephen f austin — Alfred, 1835–1913, English poet: poet laureate 1896–1913.
  • stereoregularity — (of a polymer) the degree to which successive configurations in space along the chain follow a simple rule. Also called tacticity. Compare configuration (def 4).
  • stick in the mud — someone who avoids new activities, ideas, or attitudes; old fogy.
  • stick out a mile — to be extremely obvious
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