15-letter words containing s, l, a, r, t
- socialist party — a U.S. political party advocating socialism, formed about 1900 chiefly by former members of the Social Democratic Party and the Socialist Labor Party.
- socioculturally — from a sociocultural point of view
- sociohistorical — involving social and historical elements
- 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.
- soft-shell crab — a crab, especially the blue crab, that has recently molted and therefore has a soft, edible shell.
- solar collector — any of numerous devices or systems designed to capture and use solar radiation for heating air or water and for producing steam to generate electricity.
- solar radiation — energy radiated from the sun in the form of electromagnetic waves, including visible and ultraviolet light and infrared radiation.
- soldier's heart — cardiac neurosis.
- somerset island — an island in the Arctic Ocean in Nunavut, Canada, NW of Baffin Island. 9594 sq. mi. (24,848 sq. km).
- sooner or later — within a short period after this or that time, event, etc.: We shall know soon after he calls.
- source material — original, authoritative, or basic materials utilized in research, as diaries or manuscripts.
- south australia — a state in S Australia. 380,070 sq. mi. (984,380 sq. km). Capital: Adelaide.
- south glamorgan — a county in SE Wales. 161 sq. mi. (416 sq. km).
- southeastwardly — toward the southeast
- southwestwardly — toward the southwest
- spanish trefoil — alfalfa.
- sparkling water — soda water (def 1).
- special feature — an article differing from the normal format and focusing on a particular topic
- special partner — a partner whose liability for the firm's debts is limited to the amount that partner has invested in the firm.
- speckle pattern — the visual appearance of a star as viewed through a large telescope, with irregularities caused by the distorting effect of local turbulence in the earth's atmosphere.
- spectral series — a series of lines in the spectrum of light emitted by excited atoms of an element, each line being related to the others in the series by a simple numerical equation and identified with a particular energy level of an atom of the element.
- spectrochemical — of, relating to, or utilizing the techniques of spectrochemistry.
- spermatoblastic — relating to a spermatoblast
- spiral notebook — a notebook held together by a coil of wire passed through small holes punched at the back edge of the covers and individual pages
- spirits of salt — a solution of hydrochloric acid in water
- spratly islands — a widely-scattered group of uninhabited islets and reefs in the S South China Sea, the subject of territorial claims wholly or in part by six neighbouring nations
- stalactite work — (in Islamic architecture) intricate decorative corbeling in the form of brackets, squinches, and portions of pointed vaults.
- standard candle — a unit of luminous intensity; the candela: not in scientific usage because of possible confusion with a former unit (international candle)
- standard clause — a clause which is inserted as standard into certain types of contracts or agreements
- standard dollar — the basic monetary unit of the U.S., since January 31, 1934, containing 15.2 grains of gold, 0.900 fine: previously contained 25.8 grains of gold, 0.900 fine.
- standard lining — a system for aligning type so that all fonts of the same point size have a common baseline.
- staphylorrhaphy — repair of a cleft palate by means of staphyloplasty and suturing
- star-nosed mole — a North American mole, Condylura cristata, having a starlike ring of fleshy processes around the end of the snout.
- starfish flower — carrion flower (def 2).
- starting blocks — the rigid blocks adjustable at an angle and mounted on a track against which a runner's shoes are placed to aid in starting
- starting handle — a crank used to start the motor of an automobile.
- starting pistol — a pistol used to give the signal to start a race
- starting salary — an employee's initial rate of pay
- starting stalls — a line of stalls in which horses are enclosed at the start of a race and from which they are released by the simultaneous springing open of retaining barriers at the front of each stall
- steel engraving — a method of incising letters, designs, etc., on steel.
- stereologically — by way of stereology or in a stereological manner
- stereotypically — in a stereotypical manner
- stirrup leather — the strap that holds the stirrup of a saddle.
- streamline flow — the flow of a fluid past an object such that the velocity at any fixed point in the fluid is constant or varies in a regular manner.
- strephosymbolia — a condition of perceiving objects as their mirror image and, specifically, having difficulty in distinguishing letters in words
- streptobacillus — any of various bacilli that form in chains.
- strike the flag — to relinquish command, esp of a ship
- string variable — data on which arithmetical operations will not be performed
- structural gene — cistron.
- structural iron — iron shaped for use in construction.