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14-letter words containing s, u, o, l, c

  • shower cubicle — a shower enclosure
  • sicstus prolog — A Prolog from the SICS (Swedish Inst of Comp Sci). E-mail: <[email protected]>. Mailing list: [email protected]
  • 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.
  • slate-coloured — like slate in colour
  • slurry reactor — A slurry reactor is a reactor in which contact is achieved by suspending a solid in a liquid.
  • social dumping — the practice of allowing employers to lower wages and reduce employees' benefits in order to attract and retain employment and investment
  • social housing — Social housing is housing which is provided for rent or sale at a fairly low cost by housing associations and local councils.
  • social studies — a course of instruction in an elementary or secondary school comprising such subjects as history, geography, civics, etc.
  • socioreligious — of, relating to, or signifying the combination or interaction of religious and social factors.
  • sodium lactate — a water-soluble, hygroscopic salt, C 3 H 5 NaO 3 , used in solution in medicine to treat metabolic acidosis, usually by injection.
  • soft sculpture — sculpture principally in vinyl, canvas, or other flexible material reproducing objects of characteristically rigid construction, as an electric fan, a typewriter, a set of drums, or a bathtub, in forms having a malleable texture and a liquescent, somewhat deflated appearance.
  • solicitousness — anxious or concerned (usually followed by about, for, etc., or a clause): solicitous about a person's health.
  • solid compound — a word formed from two or more other words or elements, written or printed as single word without a hyphen
  • somali current — a current of the Indian Ocean, flowing northward along the coast of Somalia in summer and southwestward the rest of the year.
  • soul-searching — the act or process of close and penetrating analysis of oneself, to determine one's true motives and sentiments.
  • sounding-block — a small block of wood for rapping with a gavel.
  • south carolina — a state in the SE United States, on the Atlantic coast. 31,055 sq. mi. (80,430 sq. km). Capital: Columbia. Abbreviation: SC (for use with zip code), S.C.
  • speckled trout — brook trout (def 1).
  • staphylococcus — any of several spherical bacteria of the genus Staphylococcus, occurring in pairs, tetrads, and irregular clusters, certain species of which, as S. aureus, can be pathogenic for humans.
  • startle colour — a bright region of an animal's coloration, normally hidden from view and often part of a design resembling birds' eyes, etc, exposed when the animal is disturbed by a predator
  • stegocephalous — having the characteristics of the order Stegocephala
  • stercoricolous — (of an organism) living in dung
  • sterculiaceous — of, relating to, or belonging to the Sterculiaceae, a chiefly tropical family of plants that includes cacao and cola
  • stock solution — a concentrated chemical solution, diluted before using.
  • stomachfulness — the quality of being stomachful
  • straw-coloured — If you describe something, especially hair, as straw-coloured, you mean that it is pale yellow.
  • studio complex — a building containing a room or rooms used to record television or radio programmes, make films, music, etc
  • stumble across — to strike the foot against something, as in walking or running, so as to stagger or fall; trip.
  • subconsciously — existing or operating in the mind beneath or beyond consciousness: the subconscious self. Compare preconscious, unconscious.
  • subcontinental — a large, relatively self-contained landmass forming a subdivision of a continent: the subcontinent of India.
  • subcutaneously — situated or lying under the skin, as tissue.
  • successionless — not having a successor or descendants
  • sulfurous acid — a colorless liquid, H 2 SO 3 , having a suffocating odor, obtained by dissolving sulfur dioxide in water, known mainly by its salts, which are sulfites: used chiefly in organic synthesis and as a bleach.
  • sulphonic acid — type of strong organic acid
  • summer clothes — light clothes which are suitable for summer
  • sunburst clock — a clock with the pattern or design of a sun
  • superciliously — haughtily disdainful or contemptuous, as a person or a facial expression.
  • supramolecular — having an organization more complex than that of a molecule.
  • surgical shock — a state of shock that can occur during or after surgery
  • susceptible of — that gives a chance for; admitting; allowing
  • susceptible to — liable to
  • tax consultant — a person who advises other people and companies on tax affairs, esp on legal ways of paying less tax
  • tcl consortium — (body)   A non-profit agency dedicated to promoting Tcl.
  • tellurous acid — a white, crystalline powder, H2TeO3
  • tetradactylous — having four fingers or toes.
  • theotocopoulos — Domenikos [th aw-men-ee-kaws] /ðɔˈmɛn i kɔs/ (Show IPA), El Greco.
  • thymelaeaceous — of, relating to, or belonging to the Thymelaeaceae, a family of trees and shrubs having tough acrid bark and simple leaves: includes spurge laurel, leatherwood, and mezereon
  • to be slouched — to sit, lie or lean in an ungainly way, with one's limbs spread out
  • trades council — (in Britain) an association of the different trade unions in one town or area
  • transductional — of or relating to transduction
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