14-letter words containing a, l, i, e, n, t
- saber-rattling — a show or threat of military power, especially as used by a nation to impose its policies on other countries.
- sabre-rattling — If you describe a threat, especially a threat of military action, as sabre-rattling, you do not believe that the threat will actually be carried out.
- sacramentalism — a belief in or emphasis on the importance and efficacy of the sacraments for achieving salvation and conferring grace.
- sacramentality — of, relating to, or of the nature of a sacrament, especially the sacrament of the Eucharist.
- safety islands — a group of three small French islands in the Atlantic, off the coast of French Guiana
- sailing length — a measurement of a yacht, comprising its length on the water line as well as certain measurements taken from the overhangs at bow and stern.
- saint lawrence — D(avid) H(erbert) 1885–1930, English novelist.
- sample section — a section of sth, intended as representative of the whole
- sanitary towel — sanitary napkin.
- sansculotterie — the characteristics of sansculottes
- sansculottides — the festivities held during the five complementary days in the French Republican Calendar
- santa fe trail — an important trade route going between Independence, Missouri, and Santa Fe, New Mexico, used from about 1821 to 1880.
- saone-et-loire — a department in E France. 3331 sq. mi. (8625 sq. km). Capital: Mâcon.
- satellite link — a link between a transmitting station and a receiving station via an artificial satellite
- schoolteaching — the profession of a schoolteacher.
- scientifically — of or relating to science or the sciences: scientific studies.
- sclerotization — the state of being sclerotized.
- secularization — to make secular; separate from religious or spiritual connection or influences; make worldly or unspiritual; imbue with secularism.
- self-actuating — to incite or move to action; impel; motivate: actuated by selfish motives.
- self-adjusting — that adjusts itself in response to circumstances
- self-adulation — excessive devotion to someone; servile flattery.
- self-appointed — chosen by oneself to act in a certain capacity or to fulfill a certain function, especially pompously or self-righteously: a self-appointed guardian of the public's morals.
- self-assertion — insistence on or an expression of one's own importance, wishes, needs, opinions, or the like.
- self-contained — containing in oneself or itself all that is necessary; independent.
- self-defeating — serving to frustrate, thwart, etc., one's own intention or interests: His behavior was certainly self-defeating.
- self-formation — the act or process of forming or the state of being formed: the formation of ice.
- self-important — having or showing an exaggerated opinion of one's own importance; pompously conceited or haughty.
- self-initiated — initiated or begun by oneself.
- self-laudation — an act or instance of lauding; encomium; tribute.
- self-mediating — to settle (disputes, strikes, etc.) as an intermediary between parties; reconcile.
- self-operating — automatic.
- self-restraint — restraint imposed on one by oneself; self-control.
- self-valuation — an estimated value or worth.
- selling plater — a horse that competes in a selling race; an inferior horse.
- selling-plater — a horse that competes in a selling race; an inferior horse.
- semantic field — an area of human experience or perception, as color, that is delimited and subcategorized by a set of interrelated vocabulary items in a language.
- semi-malignant — disposed to cause harm, suffering, or distress deliberately; feeling or showing ill will or hatred.
- semi-nocturnal — active at night (opposed to diurnal): nocturnal animals.
- semicentennial — of or relating to a fiftieth anniversary.
- sensationalise — to make sensational.
- sensationalism — subject matter, language, or style producing or designed to produce startling or thrilling impressions or to excite and please vulgar taste.
- sensationalist — subject matter, language, or style producing or designed to produce startling or thrilling impressions or to excite and please vulgar taste.
- sensationalize — to make sensational.
- sensualization — to render sensual.
- sentimentalism — sentimental tendency or character; predominance of sentiment over reason.
- sentimentalist — one given to sentiment or sentimentality.
- sentimentality — the quality or state of being sentimental or excessively sentimental.
- sentimentalize — to indulge in sentiment.
- shortleaf pine — a pine, Pinus echinata, of the southern U.S., having short, flexible leaves.
- shut in a well — To shut in a well is to close off a well so that it stops producing.