0%

15-letter words containing s, t, u, d, l

  • self-authorized — given or endowed with authority: an authorized agent.
  • self-inductance — inductance inducing an electromotive force in the same circuit in which the motivating change of current occurs, equal to the number of flux linkages per unit of current.
  • self-infatuated — to inspire or possess with a foolish or unreasoning passion, as of love.
  • self-inoculated — to implant (a disease agent or antigen) in a person, animal, or plant to produce a disease for study or to stimulate disease resistance.
  • self-production — produced by oneself or itself.
  • self-solicitude — the state of being solicitous; anxiety or concern.
  • semi-industrial — of, pertaining to, of the nature of, or resulting from industry: industrial production; industrial waste.
  • serendipitously — come upon or found by accident; fortuitous: serendipitous scientific discoveries.
  • shalosh seudoth — the last of the three prescribed Sabbath meals, taken after Minhah and before the evening service.
  • shoulder-length — Shoulder-length hair is long enough to reach your shoulders.
  • sled cultivator — go-devil (def 5).
  • 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 ethylate — a white, hygroscopic powder, C 2 H 5 ONa, that is decomposed by water into sodium hydroxide and alcohol: used chiefly in organic synthesis.
  • sodium silicate — a substance having the general formula, Na2O.xSiO2, where x varies between 3 and 5, existing as an amorphous powder or present in a usually viscous aqueous solution
  • sodium sulphate — a solid white substance that occurs naturally as thenardite and is usually used as the white anhydrous compound (salt cake) or the white crystalline decahydrate (Glauber's salt) in making glass, detergents, and pulp. Formula: Na2SO4
  • sostenuto pedal — a pedal on a grand piano that raises the dampers, allowing the tone to be sustained for those strings struck at the time the pedal is depressed.
  • soul-destroying — Activities or situations that are soul-destroying make you depressed, because they are boring or because there is no hope of improvement.
  • sound-and-light — combining sound effects or music with unusual lighting displays: to promote a product with a spectacular sound-and-light presentation.
  • southeastwardly — toward the southeast
  • southwestwardly — toward the southwest
  • special student — a student who is not seeking a degree but enrols in a course, esp to gain academic credits
  • standard clause — a clause which is inserted as standard into certain types of contracts or agreements
  • stannic sulfide — a yellowish or brownish, water-insoluble powder, SnS 2 , usually used suspended in lacquer or varnish for gilding and bronzing metals, wood, paper, etc.; mosaic gold.
  • student council — a representative body composed chiefly of students chosen by their classmates to organize social and extracurricular activities and to participate in the government of a school or college.
  • sulfur trioxide — an irritant, corrosive, low-melting solid, SO 3 , obtained by the oxidation of sulfur dioxide, used as an intermediate in the manufacture of sulfuric acid.
  • superabundantly — very or too abundantly
  • sustained yield — the continuing supply of a natural resource, as timber, through scheduled harvests to insure replacement by regrowth or reproduction.
  • system building — a method of building in which prefabricated components are used to speed the construction of buildings
  • thousand island — of or relating to the Thousand Islands or their inhabitants
  • thursday island — an island in Torres Strait between NE Australia and New Guinea; part of Queensland: pearl fishing. 1½ sq. mi. (4 sq. km).
  • titius-bode law — Bode's law.
  • tokelau islands — a group of islands in the S Pacific Ocean belonging to New Zealand. 4 sq. mi. (10 sq. km).
  • torsion modulus — a coefficient of elasticity of a substance, expressing the ratio between the force per unit area (shearing stress) that laterally deforms the substance and the shear (shearing strain) that is produced by this force.
  • toughened glass — glass that has been made stronger using chemical or thermal treatments so that it will not break easily
  • transindividual — a single human being, as distinguished from a group.
  • treacle mustard — a N temperate cruciferous annual plant, Erysimum cheiranthoides, having small yellow flowers. It is a common weed in cultivated ground
  • treasure island — (italics) a novel (1883) by R. L. Stevenson.
  • tricotyledonous — having three cotyledons.
  • tricuspid valve — the valve, consisting of three triangular flaps of tissue between the right auricle and ventricle of the heart, that keeps blood from flowing back into the auricle.
  • troubled waters — a confused or chaotic state of affairs: The situation was terrible, but like many politicians he was attracted by troubled waters.
  • tunbridge wells — a city in SW Kent, in SE England: mineral springs; resort.
  • turkish delight — a candy made of fruit juice and gelatin, cubed and dusted with sugar.
  • two-thirds rule — a former rule in the Democratic Party, effective 1832–1936, requiring a vote of at least two thirds of its national convention delegates to nominate a presidential and vice-presidential candidate.
  • ultra-modernist — very advanced in ideas, design, or techniques.
  • ultrafastidious — extremely fastidious
  • ultrasound scan — sonograph examination
  • un-supplemented — something added to complete a thing, supply a deficiency, or reinforce or extend a whole.
  • unadventurously — in an unadventurous manner
  • unconsolidation — an act or instance of consolidating; the state of being consolidated; unification: consolidation of companies.
  • unconstrainedly — in an unconfined manner
Was this page helpful?
Yes No
Thank you for your feedback! Tell your friends about this page
Tell us why?