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13-letter words containing a, s, i, t, n, e

  • saint matthew — a tax collector of Capernaum called by Christ to be one of the 12 apostles (Matthew 9:9–13; 10:3). Feast day: Sept 21 or Nov 16
  • saint maurice — a river in S Quebec, Canada, flowing S and SE to the St. Lawrence River at Three Rivers: lower course in valley called La Mauricie. 325 miles (523 km) long.
  • saint michael — one of the archangels. Feast day: Sept 29 or Nov 8
  • saint peter's — a basilica in Vatican City: dome designed by Michelangelo.
  • saint vincent — Saint, died a.d. 304, Spanish martyr: patron saint of winegrowers.
  • saint-brieucs — a city in and the capital of the Côtes-du-Nord, in W France.
  • saint-émilion — a dry claret wine from the parish of St.-Émilion in the Bordeaux region of France.
  • saint-étienne — a river in France, flowing NW and W into the Atlantic: the longest river in France. 625 miles (1005 km) long.
  • saint-exupery — Antoine de [ahn-twan duh] /ɑ̃ˈtwan də/ (Show IPA), 1900–45, French author and aviator.
  • saint-gaudens — Augustus, 1848–1907, U.S. sculptor, born in Ireland.
  • saint-laurent — Louis Stephen [lwee ste-fen] /lwi stɛˈfɛn/ (Show IPA), 1882–1973, prime minister of Canada 1948–57.
  • saint-nazaire — a seaport in W France, on the Loire estuary.
  • saint-quentin — a city in N France, on the Somme: retaken from the Germans 1918.
  • sales meeting — briefing of sales representatives
  • salpingectomy — excision of the Fallopian tube.
  • san sebastian — a seaport in N Spain: resort.
  • sandwich tern — a European tern, Sterna sandvicensis, that has a yellow-tipped bill, whitish plumage, and white forked tail, and nests in colonies on beaches, etc
  • sanitary belt — a narrow belt, usually of elastic, for holding a sanitary napkin in place.
  • sanitary ware — plumbing fixtures, as sinks or toilet bowls, made of ceramic material or enameled metal.
  • sarcasticness — of, relating to, or characterized by sarcasm: a sarcastic reply.
  • satanic abuse — sexual abuse (esp of children), killing, or violent acts considered to be carried out as part of satanic worship rituals
  • satin slipper — a play (1925–28) by Paul Claudel.
  • scan register — (electronics, testing)   A digital logic circuit which can act either as a flip-flop or as a serial shift register and which is used to form a scan path for testing. The most common design is a multiplexed flip-flop: The other common design is level-sensitive scan design (LSSD).
  • scarfed joint — a lapped joint between two pieces of timber made by notching or grooving the ends and strapping, bolting, or gluing the two pieces together
  • scenarization — the process of making or creating a scenario, esp to aid distance learning education
  • scene painter — a person who paints scenery in a theatre
  • sciatic nerve — either of a pair of nerves, the largest in the body, that originate in the sacral plexus of the lower back and extend down the buttocks to the back of the knees, where they divide into other nerves: the sciatic nerve and its branches innervate large areas of the pelvis, leg, and foot.
  • scintiscanner — a device that records the distribution and intensity of an internally administered radiopharmaceutical, producing a scintigram.
  • screaming tty — [Unix] A terminal line which spews an infinite number of random characters at the operating system. This can happen if the terminal is either disconnected or connected to a powered-off terminal but still enabled for login; misconfiguration, misimplementation, or simple bad luck can start such a terminal screaming. A screaming tty or two can seriously degrade the performance of a vanilla Unix system; the arriving "characters" are treated as userid/password pairs and tested as such. The Unix password encryption algorithm is designed to be computationally intensive in order to foil brute-force crack attacks, so although none of the logins succeeds; the overhead of rejecting them all can be substantial.
  • season ticket — a ticket for a specified series or number of events or valid for unlimited use during a specified time, often sold at a reduced rate, for athletic events, concerts, transportation, etc.
  • seasonability — fact of being seasonable
  • sectionalized — divided into sections
  • sectorization — the act or state of sectorizing
  • sedentariness — characterized by or requiring a sitting posture: a sedentary occupation.
  • sedimentation — the deposition or accumulation of sediment.
  • segmentalized — separated into parts, sections, elements, classes, etc.; compartmentalized: a segmentalized society.
  • segregational — the act or practice of segregating; a setting apart or separation of people or things from others or from the main body or group: gender segregation in some fundamentalist religions.
  • self-anointed — to rub or sprinkle on; apply an unguent, ointment, or oily liquid to.
  • self-catering — holiday accommodation not including meals
  • self-creation — the act of producing or causing to exist; the act of creating; engendering.
  • self-donation — an act or instance of presenting something as a gift, grant, or contribution.
  • self-ignorant — lacking in knowledge or training; unlearned: an ignorant man.
  • self-loathing — strong dislike or disgust; intense aversion.
  • self-negating — to deny the existence, evidence, or truth of: an investigation tending to negate any supernatural influences.
  • self-standing — An object or structure that is self-standing is not supported by other objects or structures.
  • self-starting — starter (def 3).
  • self-training — the education, instruction, or discipline of a person or thing that is being trained: He's in training for the Olympics.
  • semi-autonomy — the quality or state of being semiautonomous.
  • semi-finalist — A semi-finalist is a player, athlete, or team that is competing in a semi-final.
  • semimenstrual — (esp of tides) occurring twice monthly
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