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16-letter words containing la

  • scarlet eggplant — a hairy, prickly plant, Solanum integrifolium, of the nightshade family, native to Africa, grown for its furrowed, nearly round, scarlet or yellow ornamental fruit.
  • schouten islands — a group of islands belonging to Papua New Guinea, in the Pacific Oceans, off the N coast of New Guinea.
  • scotch blackface — one of a Scottish breed of mountain sheep having a black face and growing long, coarse wool.
  • sebaceous glands — any of the cutaneous glands that secrete oily matter for lubricating hair and skin.
  • secular humanism — any set of beliefs that promotes human values without specific allusion to religious doctrines.
  • security blanket — a blanket or other familiar item carried especially by a young child to provide reassurance and a feeling of psychological security.
  • self-complacency — pleased with oneself; self-satisfied; smug.
  • self-elaboration — an act or instance of elaborating.
  • self-explanatory — explaining itself; needing no explanation; obvious.
  • self-proclaiming — to announce or declare in an official or formal manner: to proclaim war.
  • self-stimulation — to rouse to action or effort, as by encouragement or pressure; spur on; incite: to stimulate his interest in mathematics.
  • serra da estrela — a mountain range in N central Portugal. Highest peak, Malhão da Estrela, 6532 feet (1991 meters).
  • seward peninsula — a peninsula in W Alaska, on Bering Strait.
  • sexual relations — sexual intercourse; coitus.
  • shepherd's plaid — a checkered black and white pattern
  • shirring elastic — elastic used for shirring
  • shopping village — a shopping centre that designed to look like a village
  • shugart, alan f. — Alan F. Shugart
  • silver-lace vine — a hardy, twining, woody plant, Polygonum auberti, of the buckwheat family, native to western China and Tibet, having greenish-white, fragrant flowers in drooping clusters.
  • size enlargement — Size enlargement is a process in which the particle size of a solid is increased.
  • skaneateles lake — a lake in central New York, SW of Syracuse: one of the Finger Lakes. 14 sq. mi. (35 sq. km).
  • slang dictionary — a specialized dictionary covering the words, phrases, and idioms that reflect the least formal speech of a language. These terms are often metaphorical and playful, and are likely to be evanescent as the spoken language changes from one generation to another. Much slang belongs to specific groups, as the jargon of a particular class, profession, or age group. Some is vulgar. Some slang terms have staying power as slang, but others make a transition into common informal speech, and then into the standard language. An online slang dictionary, such as the Dictionary.com Slang Dictionary, provides immediate information about the meaning and history of a queried term and its appropriateness or lack of appropriateness in a range of social and professional circumstances.
  • slap in the face — smack on the cheek
  • slap on the back — to congratulate
  • slave labor camp — labor camp (def 1).
  • slave-making ant — an ant of a species that raids the colonies of other ant species, carrying off larvae and pupae to be reared as slaves.
  • smoke inhalation — poisoning of the lungs caused by inhaling large quantities of toxic fumes from a fire
  • social isolation — a state or process in which persons, groups, or cultures lose or do not have communication or cooperation with one another, often resulting in open conflict.
  • sodium cyclamate — a white, crystalline, water-soluble powder, NaC 6 NH 1 2 SO 3 , that has been used as a sweetening agent: banned by the FDA in 1970.
  • sodium methylate — a white, free-flowing, flammable powder, CH 3 ONa, decomposed by water to sodium hydroxide and methyl alcohol: used chiefly in organic synthesis.
  • solar prominence — prominence (def 3).
  • solid propellant — a rocket propellant in solid form, usually containing a mixture or combination of fuel and oxidizer.
  • sony playstation — Playstation
  • south lake tahoe — a city in E California.
  • south plainfield — a city in N New Jersey.
  • southern uplands — a hilly region extending across S Scotland: includes the Lowther, Moorfoot, and Lammermuir hills
  • spanish windlass — a stick used as a device for twisting and tightening a rope or cable
  • spin the platter — a game in which one member of a group spins a platter on its edge and a designated member must catch it before it falls or pay a forfeit.
  • splanchnic nerve — Anatomy. any of several nerves to the viscera and blood vessels of the chest and pelvic areas.
  • splanchnopleural — the double layer formed by the association of the lower layer of the lateral plate of mesoderm with the underlying entoderm, which develops into the embryonic viscera.
  • spring snowflake — a European amaryllidaceous plant, Leucojum vernum, with white nodding bell-shaped flowers
  • st. clair shores — a city in SE Michigan, near Detroit.
  • stereoregularity — (of a polymer) the degree to which successive configurations in space along the chain follow a simple rule. Also called tacticity. Compare configuration (def 4).
  • sticking plaster — an adhesive cloth or other material for covering and closing superficial wounds, holding bandages in place, etc.
  • stop-loss clause — a limitation on the amount of loss sustained by the insured without compensation in a given period.
  • strait-lacedness — the state or quality of being strait-laced
  • strike a balance — compromise
  • subcartilaginous — partially or incompletely cartilaginous.
  • sublingual gland — (in human beings) either of a pair of salivary glands situated beneath the tongue
  • sugar plantation — a large area of land where sugar is grown
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