16-letter words containing s, y, n, a, l
- self-complacency — pleased with oneself; self-satisfied; smug.
- self-explanatory — explaining itself; needing no explanation; obvious.
- sensory overload — being overwhelmed by sights, sounds, etc.
- severnaya zemlya — an archipelago in the Arctic Ocean, between the Kara Sea and Laptev Sea, in N Russia. 14,175 sq. mi. (36,712 sq. km).
- shooting gallery — a place equipped with targets and used for practice in shooting.
- simonyi, charles — Charles Simonyi
- single occupancy — a type of travel accommodation, as at a hotel, for one person in a room.
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- sole beneficiary — the only beneficiary
- sony playstation — Playstation
- stonecrop family — the plant family Crassulaceae, characterized by succulent herbaceous plants and shrubs with simple, fleshy leaves, clusters of small flowers, and dry, dehiscent fruit, and including hen-and-chickens, houseleek, kalanchoe, live-forever, orpine, sedum, and stonecrop.
- strawberry blond — reddish blond.
- strongyloidiasis — an intestinal disease caused by infection with the nematode worm Strongyloides stercoralis
- sulfanilyl group — the para form of the group C 6 H 6 NO 2 S–, derived from sulfanilic acid.
- swine erysipelas — erysipelas (def 2).
- systems analysis — the evaluation of an activity to identify its desired objectives and determine procedures for efficiently attaining them.
- taimyr peninsula — a peninsula in the N Russian Federation in Asia, between the Kara and Laptev seas.
- thermal analysis — any analysis of materials in which properties relating to heat, such as freezing and boiling temperatures, the heat of fusion, the heat of vaporization, etc., are measured.
- tinnevelly senna — any plant, shrub, or tree belonging to the genus Cassia, of the legume family, having pinnate leaves and large clusters of flowers.
- transcendentally — transcendent, surpassing, or superior.
- transcrystalline — situated within or passing through the crystals of a substance.
- transmethylation — the transfer of a methyl group from one compound to another.
- transmissibility — capable of being transmitted.
- unostentatiously — (of a person) in a manner that is not trying to impress people with one's wealth or importance
- unsystematically — having, showing, or involving a system, method, or plan: a systematic course of reading; systematic efforts.
- urinary calculus — a calcareous concretion in the urinary tract.
- voluntary muscle — muscle whose action is normally controlled by an individual's will; mainly skeletal muscle, composed of parallel bundles of striated, multinucleate fibers.
- voluntary school — a school that promotes specific religious beliefs and which is funded by a local education authority but was not established by the authority
- voluntary sector — the part of the economy that consists of non-profit-making organizations, as opposed to the public and private sectors
- welfare payments — government benefits
- whole nine yards — a common unit of linear measure in English-speaking countries, equal to 3 feet or 36 inches, and equivalent to 0.9144 meter.
- yellowstone lake — a lake in NW Wyoming, in Yellowstone National Park. 20 miles (32 km) long; 140 sq. mi. (363 sq. km).