13-letter words containing s, o, y, l
- solderability — the characteristic of being solderable
- solitary wasp — any of numerous wasps, as the sand wasps or mud wasps, that do not live in a community.
- solitary wave — a localized disturbance that propagates like a wave but resembles a particle in that it does not disperse, even if it collides with other such waves.
- solomon gundy — a dish of salted marinated herring in vinegar and spices
- sophistically — of the nature of sophistry; fallacious.
- sound library — a collection of sounds stored on file (for example on CDs, DVDs, or as digital audio files)
- southeasterly — coming from the south east
- southwesterly — coming from the south west
- space biology — exobiology.
- spasmodically — given to or characterized by bursts of excitement.
- speleotherapy — a form of treatment for asthma sufferers that takes place in clinics in disused mines, in which the air is free of pollen, dust mites, and the other irritants that provoke an allergic reaction; used to reduce the risk of heart disease
- sphingomyelin — any of the class of phospholipids occurring chiefly in the brain and spinal cord, composed of phosphoric acid, choline, sphingosine, and a fatty acid.
- spiny lobster — any of several edible crustaceans of the family Palinuridae, differing from the true lobsters in having a spiny shell and lacking the large pincers.
- splanchnology — the visceral system
- spoiler party — a third political party formed to draw votes away from one of the two major parties, thus spoiling its chance of winning an election.
- spoils system — the system or practice in which public offices with their emoluments and advantages are at the disposal of the victorious party for its own purposes.
- spondylolysis — the destruction of the vertebra
- spontaneously — coming or resulting from a natural impulse or tendency; without effort or premeditation; natural and unconstrained; unplanned: a spontaneous burst of applause.
- sporting lady — a prostitute.
- stalagmometry — measurement of drops of liquid using a staktometer
- state of play — current situation
- status symbol — an object, habit, etc., by which the social or economic status of the possessor may be judged.
- statutory law — the written law established by enactments expressing the will of the legislature, as distinguished from the unwritten law or common law.
- stenophyllous — having narrow leaves.
- stentoriously — stentorian.
- stereotypical — a process, now often replaced by more advanced methods, for making metal printing plates by taking a mold of composed type or the like in papier-mâché or other material and then taking from this mold a cast in type metal.
- stomatoplasty — plastic surgery of the mouth or the cervix.
- stone parsley — a parsley, Sison amomum, of Eurasia, bearing aromatic seeds that are used as a condiment.
- storax family — the plant family Styracaceae, characterized by trees and shrubs having simple, alternate leaves, clusters of bell-shaped white flowers, and fleshy or dry fruit, and including the silver bell, snowbell, and storax.
- storm trysail — a small fore-and-aft sail, triangular or square, set on the mainmast of a sailing vessel in foul weather to help keep her head to the wind
- stormy petrel — the British storm petrel, Hydrobates pelagicus, of the eastern Atlantic Ocean, Mediterranean Sea, and Indian Ocean.
- subemployment — insufficient employment in the labor force of a country, area, or industry, including unemployment and underemployment.
- subtropically — in the subtropics
- suffocatingly — to kill by preventing the access of air to the blood through the lungs or analogous organs, as gills; strangle.
- sulphonylurea — an antidiabetic drug used in treating type II diabetes, which acts by stimulating the production of insulin in the pancreas
- sunday school — a school, now usually in connection with a church, for religious instruction on Sunday.
- sunspot cycle — the cycle, averaging in duration slightly more than 11 years, in which the frequency of sunspots varies from a maximum to a minimum and back to a maximum again.
- superfluously — being more than is sufficient or required; excessive.
- superlobbyist — someone who lobbies on behalf of another
- superloyalist — a fanatically loyal supporter (esp of a political party)
- supermotility — Biology. moving or capable of moving spontaneously: motile cells; motile spores.
- sweet trolley — (in a restaurant) a trolley on which desserts are brought to the table so that diners can choose from them
- syllabication — to syllabify.
- syllogistical — relating to a syllogism
- symbiotically — living in symbiosis, or having an interdependent relationship: Many people feel the relationship between humans and dogs is symbiotic.
- symbolic code — a program code unrelated to the hardware of a particular computer and requiring conversion to the code used by the computer before the program can be used.
- symbolic link — (file format) (SYLK) A Microsoft file format for spreadsheets, (not to be confused with symbolic link). SYLK format existed in one form or another in as early as 1987, and was part of Excel v1.0. It is is an outgrowth of VisiCalc DIF file format. SYLK format is ascii text and represents information about both formula, value, and some formatting information, which makes it something like an RTF for spreadsheets. It is used as a general tabular data exchange format.
- symbolization — the act or process of symbolizing.
- symbolography — the writing of symbolic characters or tracing of symbolic figures
- sympatholytic — opposing the effects of stimulation of the sympathetic nervous system.