14-letter words containing s, o, c, i, e, t
- schlockmeister — a person who deals in or sells inferior or worthless goods; junk dealer.
- school edition — a special edition of a book for distribution to schools or colleges, subject to a special rate of discount, sometimes without a dust jacket (distinguished from trade edition).
- schoolmistress — a woman who presides over or teaches in a school.
- schoolteaching — the profession of a schoolteacher.
- schottky noise — shot effect.
- scintillometer — a device for detecting and measuring radioactivity, having a crystal scintillator, a photoelectric cell sensitive to the light from scintillations, and an amplifier.
- sclerotization — the state of being sclerotized.
- scotch terrier — Scottish terrier.
- scotch thistle — a tall, prickly plant, Onopordum acanthium, native to Eurasia, having stems and leaves covered with cottony down and solitary purple flower heads: the national emblem of Scotland.
- scotch verdict — a verdict of not proven: acceptable in certain cases in Scottish criminal law.
- scsi reconnect — (hardware) The ability of a SCSI initiator to initiate new transactions before earlier ones have completed. A target or initiator can disconnect from the bus when it experiences a delay in completing a task so that another device can use the bus. It can reconnect later and complete the task.
- second sitting — A second sitting is the second period when a meal is served if there is not enough space for everyone to eat at the same time.
- secret history — a version of historical events which differs from the official or commonly accepted record and purports to be the true version
- secret society — an organization, as a fraternal society, the members of which take secret initiation oaths, share secret passwords and rites, and are bound to assist each other.
- sectionization — the act or state of being sectionized
- secularization — to make secular; separate from religious or spiritual connection or influences; make worldly or unspiritual; imbue with secularism.
- securitization — the use of such securities as eurobonds to enable investors to lend directly to borrowers with a minimum of risk but without using banks as intermediaries
- security video — a video recording taken by a security camera
- sedimentologic — of or relating to sedimentology
- selection rule — any of several rules designating allowed transitions between quantum states in terms of the quantum numbers associated with the states.
- self-conceited — an excessively favorable opinion of oneself, one's abilities, etc.; vanity.
- self-confident — realistic confidence in one's own judgment, ability, power, etc.
- self-contained — containing in oneself or itself all that is necessary; independent.
- self-deception — the act or fact of deceiving oneself.
- self-direction — the act or an instance of directing.
- self-induction — the process by which an electromotive force is induced in a circuit by a varying current in that circuit.
- self-selection — selection made by or for oneself: goods arranged on shelves for customer self-selection.
- semi-automatic — partly automatic.
- semi-nocturnal — active at night (opposed to diurnal): nocturnal animals.
- semi-objective — something that one's efforts or actions are intended to attain or accomplish; purpose; goal; target: the objective of a military attack; the objective of a fund-raising drive.
- semiconducting — of, relating to, or having the characteristics of a semiconductor.
- semito-hamitic — a former name for the Afro-Asiatic family of languages
- senior citizen — an elderly or aged person, especially one who is retired.
- serbo-croatian — a Slavic language spoken in Serbia and Croatia, usually written with Cyrillic letters in Serbia but with Roman letters in Croatia.
- sericitization — the process of transforming into sericite
- serodiscordant — pertaining to a relationship with one HIV-positive partner and one HIV-negative partner.
- service sector — the sector of the economy that provides services rather than products, etc
- shadow cabinet — (in the British Parliament) a group of prominent members of the opposition who are expected to hold positions in the cabinet when their party assumes power.
- short covering — purchases that close out short sales on stocks or commodities.
- shower curtain — waterproof sheet around a shower
- silent auction — an auction at which previously submitted written bids of prospective buyers are opened and compared, with each item being sold to the highest bidder.
- size reduction — Size reduction is a process in which the particle size of a solid is made smaller.
- sliding vector — a vector having specified magnitude and lying on a given line.
- smoking jacket — a loose-fitting jacket for men, often of a heavy fabric and trimmed with braid, worn indoors, especially as a lounging jacket.
- sobriety coach — a person who is employed to help another to refrain from drinking alcohol
- 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 network — a network of friends, colleagues, and other personal contacts: Strong social networks can encourage healthy behaviors.
- social studies — a course of instruction in an elementary or secondary school comprising such subjects as history, geography, civics, etc.
- socioeconomist — the study of the interrelation between economics and social behavior.