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13-letter words containing s, o, l, e, t

  • scotch lovage — a similar and related plant, Ligusticum scoticum, of N Europe
  • seasonability — fact of being seasonable
  • seaton valley — a region in NE England, in SE Northumberland: consists of a group of former coal-mining villages
  • second ballot — an electoral procedure in which if no candidate emerges as a clear winner in a first ballot, candidates at the bottom of the poll are eliminated and another ballot is held among the remaining candidates
  • secret ballot — a vote in which the confidentiality of how one votes is safeguarded.
  • secret police — a police force that functions as the enforcement arm of a government's political policies and whose activities, which often include surveillance, intimidation, and physical violence as a means of suppressing dissent, are usually concealed from the public.
  • sectionalized — divided into sections
  • sedimentology — the study of sedimentary rocks.
  • see you later — an expression of farewell
  • segregational — the act or practice of segregating; a setting apart or separation of people or things from others or from the main body or group: gender segregation in some fundamentalist religions.
  • selenocentric — having the moon as its center.
  • selenotropism — growth in response to moonlight.
  • self-anointed — to rub or sprinkle on; apply an unguent, ointment, or oily liquid to.
  • self-begotten — a past participle of beget.
  • self-checkout — A self-checkout is a checkout where customers scan, pack and pay for their goods in a store without being served by a sales associate.
  • self-conflict — to come into collision or disagreement; be contradictory, at variance, or in opposition; clash: The account of one eyewitness conflicted with that of the other. My class conflicts with my going to the concert.
  • self-conquest — the act or state of conquering or the state of being conquered; vanquishment.
  • self-contempt — the feeling with which a person regards anything considered mean, vile, or worthless; disdain; scorn.
  • self-creation — the act of producing or causing to exist; the act of creating; engendering.
  • self-devotion — intense devotion of oneself to an activity or to a field or profession, as art or science.
  • self-donation — an act or instance of presenting something as a gift, grant, or contribution.
  • self-doubting — lacking in confidence
  • self-ignition — the spontaneous combustion or ignition of something without any external spark or flame
  • self-ignorant — lacking in knowledge or training; unlearned: an ignorant man.
  • self-loathing — strong dislike or disgust; intense aversion.
  • self-oriented — the Orient, the countries of Asia, especially East Asia. (formerly) the countries to the E of the Mediterranean.
  • self-portrait — a portrait of oneself done by oneself.
  • self-soothing — that soothes: a soothing voice.
  • selling point — a unique or advantageous feature that appeals to the prospective buyer of a service, product, etc.: A generous discount is the chief selling point of the book club.
  • semi-tropical — Semi-tropical places have warm, wet air.
  • semipalmation — the state of being semipalmate
  • semipolitical — of a partially political nature; having some political features.
  • sensationally — producing or designed to produce a startling effect, strong reaction, intense interest, etc., especially by exaggerated, superficial, or lurid elements: a sensational novel.
  • sensible note — the major seventh note of any scale
  • sententiously — abounding in pithy aphorisms or maxims: a sententious book.
  • septentrional — northern; boreal
  • serialization — to publish in serial form.
  • sex selection — the practice of attempting to control the sex of a baby in order to achieve a desired sex, through various scientific methods
  • sexploitation — the exploitation of sex in films, magazines, etc.
  • sexualization — to render sexual; endow with sexual characteristics.
  • shaver outlet — a point in a wall, esp in a bathroom, where you can connect an electric razor to the power supply
  • shed light on — something that makes things visible or affords illumination: All colors depend on light.
  • shetland pony — one of a breed of small but sturdy, rough-coated ponies, raised originally in the Shetland Islands.
  • shetland wool — the fine wool undercoat pulled by hand from Shetland sheep.
  • short selling — a person, as a speculator, who sells short.
  • short-sleeved — having short sleeves
  • shoulder knot — a knot of ribbon or lace worn on the shoulder, as by men of fashion in the 17th and 18th centuries, by servants in livery, or by women or children.
  • show and tell — an activity for young children, especially in school, in which each participant produces an object of unusual interest and tells something about it.
  • show the flag — to assert a claim, as to a territory or stretch of water, by military presence
  • show-and-tell — an activity for young children, especially in school, in which each participant produces an object of unusual interest and tells something about it.
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