15-letter words containing s, y, n, e, c, d
- minidisc player — a device for playing minidiscs
- monochlamydeous — (of a flower) having a perianth of one whorl of members; not having a separate calyx and corolla
- monospaced type — a typeface in which the width of all letters, including the space around them, is the same
- nicholas ridley — Nicholas, c1500–55, English bishop, reformer, and martyr.
- normally-closed — Normally-closed switch contacts are in a closed state at rest.
- ordnance survey — mapmaking agency
- packing density — a measure of the amount of data that can be held by unit length of a storage medium, such as magnetic tape
- pseudopregnancy — Pathology, Veterinary Pathology. false pregnancy.
- ross dependency — a territory in Antarctica, including Ross Island, the coasts along the Ross Sea, and adjacent islands: a dependency of New Zealand. About 175,000 sq. mi. (453,250 sq. km).
- secondary cause — a cause which is not the primary or ultimate cause
- secondary color — a color, as orange, green, or violet, produced by mixing two primary colors.
- secondary group — a group of people with whom one's contacts are detached and impersonal.
- secondary metal — metal derived wholly or in part from scrap.
- secondary xylem — xylem derived from the cambium during secondary growth.
- semicylindrical — of, relating to, or having the shape of a semicylinder
- semidocumentary — a film or television programme that is fictional but includes many factual events or details
- society islands — a group of islands in the S Pacific: administratively part of French Polynesia; consists of the Windward Islands and the Leeward Islands; became a French protectorate in 1843 and a colony in 1880. Pop: 214 445 (2002). Area: 1595 sq km (616 sq miles)
- stand-up comedy — telling jokes to an audience
- sticky-fingered — given to thieving
- superintendency — a district or place under a superintendent.
- surface density — quantity, as of electric charge, per unit surface area.
- synecdochically — a figure of speech in which a part is used for the whole or the whole for a part, the special for the general or the general for the special, as in ten sail for ten ships or a Croesus for a rich man.
- tricotyledonous — having three cotyledons.
- unconstrainedly — in an unconfined manner
- under secretary — an official who is subordinate to a principal secretary, as in the U.S. cabinet: Under Secretary of the Treasury.
- under-secretary — UK ministerial position
- vice-presidency — the position of a person who ranks immediately below the chief executive or head of state of a republic, esp of the US, and serves as his deputy
- viscosity index — an arbitrary scale for lubricating oils that indicates the extent of variation in viscosity with variation of temperature.