14-letter words containing a, b, s, o, r, t
- shooting brake — station wagon.
- skirting board — fabric for making skirts.
- soapbox orator — a person who makes a speech on, or as if on, a soapbox
- sobriety coach — a person who is employed to help another to refrain from drinking alcohol
- south suburban — a city in SE West Bengal, in E India: a suburb of Calcutta.
- spanish burton — any of several tackles employing a runner in addition to the fall.
- spitting cobra — any cobra or cobralike snake, especially the ringhals, that sprays venom at the eyes of approaching animals.
- st. marylebone — former metropolitan borough of London: since 1965, part of Westminster
- stabbing board — A stabbing board is a platform in the derrick, on which the derrickhand stands to run in casing.
- staggering bob — a newborn calf.
- starch blocker — a substance ingested in the belief that it inhibits the body's ability to metabolize starch and thereby promotes weight loss: declared illegal in the U.S. by the FDA.
- starting block — a device used by runners, especially sprinters, for increasing their speed off the mark, consisting of a metal or wooden frame, usually secured to the ground at both ends, with adjustable, triangular-shaped blocks on each side for bracing the feet.
- statutory body — a body set up by the government to consider evidence and make judgements in some field of activity
- stealth bomber — a type of US military aircraft using advanced technology to render it virtually undetectable to sight, radar, or infrared sensors
- stockbrokerage — a stockbroker's work or business
- strabismometer — an instrument that measures strabismus
- streptobacilli — any of various bacilli that form in chains.
- stumble across — to strike the foot against something, as in walking or running, so as to stagger or fall; trip.
- sub-peritoneal — the serous membrane lining the abdominal cavity and investing its viscera.
- sub-postmaster — (in Britain) a man who runs a sub-post office
- subaggregation — a subtotalling
- subarborescent — below or under trees
- subatmospheric — (of a quantity) having a value lower than that of the atmosphere: subatmospheric temperatures.
- subcontracting — outsourcing of contract work
- subcontrariety — the quality or state of being subcontrary
- subinfeudatory — a person who holds by subinfeudation.
- subproletariat — the poorest group within the working class
- substantiators — to establish by proof or competent evidence: to substantiate a charge.
- superabsorbent — extremely or unusually absorbent: superabsorbent fibers.
- superambitious — extremely ambitious, highly ambitious
- supportability — capable of being supported; endurable; maintainable.
- sweated labour — workers forced to work in poor conditions for low pay
- symmetrophobia — an avoidance of symmetry, esp in Japanese art and Egyptian temples
- tabes dorsalis — syphilis of the spinal cord and its appendages, characterized by shooting pains and other sensory disturbances, and, in the later stages, by paralysis.
- tensor bandage — a wide elasticized bandage that supports injured joints
- terminal bonus — a bonus paid on a life insurance policy when the holder reaches a certain age or dies
- thromboplastic — causing or accelerating blood-clot formation.
- thromboplastin — Biochemistry. a lipoprotein in the blood that converts prothrombin to thrombin.
- to break ranks — If you say that a member of a group or organization breaks ranks, you mean that they disobey the instructions of their group or organization.
- transfer orbit — the flight path of a space vehicle moving from a nearly circular orbit to one with different parameters.
- trombiculiasis — the condition of being infested with chiggers.
- un-subordinate — placed in or belonging to a lower order or rank.
- undemonstrable — not able to be made evident
- unsubordinated — noting or designating a debt obligation whose holder is placed in precedence below secured and general creditors: subordinated debentures.
- unsurmountable — to mount upon; get on the top of; mount upon and cross over: to surmount a hill.
- variable costs — Variable costs are costs that vary depending on how much of a product is made.
- vasoinhibitory — an agent, as a drug, that inhibits the action of the vasomotor nerves.