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14-letter words containing a, l, s, p

  • sales planning — the business activity of estimating future sales of products or services and setting sales targets
  • salt dome trap — A salt dome trap is an area where oil has been trapped underground by salt pushing upward.
  • sample section — a section of sth, intended as representative of the whole
  • samuel gompers — Samuel, 1850–1924, U.S. labor leader, born in England: president of the American Federation of Labor 1886–94, 1896–1924.
  • san pedro sula — a city in NW Honduras.
  • sanctuary lamp — a lamp, usually red, placed in a prominent position in the sanctuary of a church, that when lit indicates the presence of the Blessed Sacrament
  • sandwich panel — a structural panel consisting of a core of one material enclosed between two sheets of a different material.
  • scalar product — inner product (def 1).
  • scaphocephalic — premature closure of the sagittal suture resulting in a deformed skull having an elongated, keellike shape.
  • scaphocephalus — a condition in which the length of the skull significantly exceeds its breadth
  • scapular medal — a medal that has been blessed and may be substituted for a scapular (sense 3)
  • scapulohumeral — of, relating to, or involving the scapula and humerus.
  • sceuophylacium — a place where sacred vessels are kept
  • scheduling api — Scheduling Application Programming Interface
  • scribbling pad — a notebook or sketchbook
  • 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-appraisal — the act of estimating or judging the nature or value of something or someone.
  • self-expanding — to increase in extent, size, volume, scope, etc.: Heat expands most metals. He hopes to expand his company.
  • self-impedance — Electricity. the total opposition to alternating current by an electric circuit, equal to the square root of the sum of the squares of the resistance and reactance of the circuit and usually expressed in ohms. Symbol: Z.
  • self-important — having or showing an exaggerated opinion of one's own importance; pompously conceited or haughty.
  • self-operating — automatic.
  • self-operative — automatic.
  • self-parodying — given to or involving self-parody
  • self-replicate — (of a computer virus, etc) to reproduce itself
  • 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.
  • semi-paralysis — Pathology. a loss or impairment of voluntary movement in a body part, caused by injury or disease of the nerves, brain, or spinal cord. a disease characterized by this, especially palsy.
  • semi-paralyzed — to affect with paralysis.
  • semi-permeable — permeable only to certain small molecules: a semipermeable membrane.
  • semi-spherical — shaped like half a sphere; hemispheric.
  • semielliptical — a half ellipse, usually one containing both ends of the major axis.
  • semipolar bond — type of chemical bond
  • serial line ip — (SLIP) Serial Line Internet Protocol.
  • sesquipedalian — given to using long words.
  • sesquipedalism — given to using long words.
  • sesquipedality — given to using long words.
  • set an example — If you set an example, you encourage or inspire people by your behaviour to behave or act in a similar way.
  • sharptail mola — a fish, Masturus lanceolatus, related to the ocean sunfish but having a pointed tail.
  • sheepdog trial — a competition in which sheepdogs are tested in their tasks
  • shoo-fly plant — apple of Peru.
  • shopping plaza — a complex of stores, banks, movie theaters, etc.; shopping center.
  • shortleaf pine — a pine, Pinus echinata, of the southern U.S., having short, flexible leaves.
  • shoulder patch — a cloth emblem worn on the upper part of a sleeve of a uniform typically as identification of the organization to which the wearer is assigned.
  • shoulder strap — a strap worn over the shoulder, as to support a garment.
  • showplace home — a historic house
  • shropshire lad — a volume of poetry (1896) by A. E. Housman.
  • sigma particle — an unstable hyperon having positive, negative, or zero electric charge and strangeness −1. Symbol: Σ.
  • silent partner — a partner taking no active part in the conduct of a business.
  • simple machine — machine (def 3b).
  • simple measure — rhythm characterized by two or three beats or pulses to a measure.
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