15-letter words containing s, o, r, d, a
- 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)
- sodium stearate — Sodium stearate is a salt of stearic acid used as a surfactant (= a substance that reduces the surface tension of a liquid and allows it to foam) in order to aid the solubility of hydrophobic substances in oral medicines.
- software method — Software Methodology
- 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.
- soldier's medal — a medal awarded to any member of the Army of the United States, or of any military organization serving with it, who distinguishes himself or herself by heroism not involving conflict with an enemy.
- somerset island — an island in the Arctic Ocean in Nunavut, Canada, NW of Baffin Island. 9594 sq. mi. (24,848 sq. km).
- sons and lovers — a novel (1913) by D. H. Lawrence.
- southeastwardly — toward the southeast
- southwestwardly — toward the southwest
- spawning ground — a place where fish deposit their eggs for fertilization
- speed indicator — an instrument for counting the number of revolutions of a gasoline engine.
- sphaerosiderite — a type of siderite
- spheroidization — the conversion of grains into spheroids
- spread the word — make others aware
- squadron leader — air-force officer
- stage direction — an instruction written into the script of a play, indicating stage actions, movements of performers, or production requirements.
- staggered hours — a system of working in which the employees of an organization do not all arrive and leave at the same time, but have large periods of overlap
- stamford bridge — a village in N England, east of York: site of a battle (1066) in which King Harold of England defeated his brother Tostig and King Harald Hardrada of Norway, three weeks before the Battle of Hastings
- stamping ground — a habitual or favorite haunt.
- stand to reason — a basis or cause, as for some belief, action, fact, event, etc.: the reason for declaring war.
- 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.
- standardization — to bring to or make of an established standard size, weight, quality, strength, or the like: to standardize manufactured parts.
- standing orders — Military. (formerly) a general order always in force in a command and establishing uniform procedures for it; standard operating procedure.
- star-nosed mole — a North American mole, Condylura cristata, having a starlike ring of fleshy processes around the end of the snout.
- start of header — (character) (SOH) mnemonic for ASCII 1.
- starvation diet — insufficient food to stay alive
- statutory order — a statute that applies further legislation to an existing act
- storage disease — a metabolic disorder characterized by excessive storage in certain cells of normal metabolic intermediates, as fats, iron, and carbohydrates.
- straightforward — going or directed straight ahead: a straightforward gaze.
- strait of dover — a strait between SE England and N France, linking the English Channel with the North Sea. Width: about 32 km (20 miles)
- studio portrait — a photograph of a person taken in a studio
- subsidiary coin — a coin, especially one made of silver, having a value less than that of the monetary unit.
- sulphurous acid — an unstable acid produced when sulphur dioxide dissolves in water: used as a preservative for food and a bleaching agent. Formula: H2SO3
- summer holidays — the time when children do not go to school in the summer
- superordination — Logic. the relation between a universal proposition and a particular proposition of the same quality containing the same terms in the same order.
- sweep the board — (in gambling) to win all the cards or money
- 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.
- sword swallower — performer who puts swords in throat
- sword-swallower — a performer who simulates the swallowing of swords
- take one's word — a unit of language, consisting of one or more spoken sounds or their written representation, that functions as a principal carrier of meaning. Words are composed of one or more morphemes and are either the smallest units susceptible of independent use or consist of two or three such units combined under certain linking conditions, as with the loss of primary accent that distinguishes black·bird· from black· bird·. Words are usually separated by spaces in writing, and are distinguished phonologically, as by accent, in many languages.
- terminator seed — a seed that produces sterile plants, used in some genetically modified crops so that a new supply of seeds has to be bought every year
- the cordilleras — the complex of mountain ranges on the W side of the Americas, extending from Alaska to Cape Horn and including the Andes and the Rocky Mountains
- the-ambassadors — a novel (1903) by Henry James.
- thorndike's law — the principle that all learnt behaviour is regulated by rewards and punishments, proposed by Edward Lee Thorndike (1874–1949), US psychologist
- tirso de molina — Luis [loo-ees] /luˈis/ (Show IPA), 1535–1600, Spanish Jesuit theologian.
- to make friends — If you make friends with someone, you begin a friendship with them. You can also say that two people make friends.
- toreador fresco — a mural (c1500 b.c.) from Minoan Crete.
- trading profits — profits made from the buying and selling of goods and services