14-letter words containing a, s, t, r, n
- self-treatment — an act or manner of treating.
- 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-narrative — a story or account of events, experiences, or the like, whether true or fictitious.
- semi-nocturnal — active at night (opposed to diurnal): nocturnal animals.
- semistarvation — the state of being nearly starved.
- semivegetarian — a person who eats mostly plant foods, dairy products, and eggs, and occasionally chicken, fish, and red meat.
- senior partner — high-ranking firm partner
- septuagenarian — of the age of 70 years or between 70 and 80 years old.
- serbo-croatian — a Slavic language spoken in Serbia and Croatia, usually written with Cyrillic letters in Serbia but with Roman letters in Croatia.
- sergeant baker — a large brightly-coloured fish of the genus Latropiscis, found in temperate reef waters of Australasia
- sergeant major — U.S. Army, Air Force, and Marine Corps. a noncommissioned officer serving as chief administrative assistant in a unit headquarters.
- sericitization — the process of transforming into sericite
- serodiscordant — pertaining to a relationship with one HIV-positive partner and one HIV-negative partner.
- seronegativity — the quality or state of being seronegative
- serpent bearer — the constellation Ophiuchus.
- servant church — the attitude or practices of a church whose avowed purpose is to serve the world.
- set on its ear — to cause excitement, upheaval, etc. in
- seventh-grader — a student in the seventh year of school, usually 11 to 13 years old
- sewing pattern — a guide or diagram that you follow to make clothes or other things using a needle and thread
- shark-infested — (of a body of water) known to contain large numbers of sharks, and therefore considered to be dangerous
- shear strength — the degree to which a material or bond is able to resist shear
- shooting brake — station wagon.
- shooting guard — the player responsible for attempting long-range shots
- shooting party — a social gathering when people shoot game together
- shooting range — place for practising with guns
- shortleaf pine — a pine, Pinus echinata, of the southern U.S., having short, flexible leaves.
- shower curtain — waterproof sheet around a shower
- sick and tired — afflicted with ill health or disease; ailing.
- sidereal month — Also called calendar month. any of the twelve parts, as January or February, into which the calendar year is divided.
- signature loan — a loan requiring no collateral.
- signature tune — theme song (def 2).
- silent partner — a partner taking no active part in the conduct of a business.
- silky anteater — an arboreal, tropical American anteater, Cyclopes didactylus, about the size of a rat, having a prehensile tail, glossy, golden fur, and two toes on each forelimb.
- silver nitrate — a white, crystalline, water-soluble, bitter, corrosive, poisonous powder, AgNO 3 , produced by the reaction of silver and dilute nitric acid: used chiefly in the manufacture of photographic emulsions and mirrors, as a laboratory reagent, and in medicine as an antiseptic, astringent, and in the routine prophylaxis of ophthalmia neonatorum.
- simone martini — Simone [see-maw-ne] /siˈmɔ nɛ/ (Show IPA), 1283–1344, Italian painter.
- single-hearted — sincere and undivided in feeling or spirit; dedicated; not reflecting mixed emotions: He was single-hearted in his patriotism.
- singular point — a point at which a given function of a complex variable has no derivative but of which every neighborhood contains points at which the function has derivatives.
- sinistrorsally — in a sinistrorsal manner
- siphonapterous — belonging or pertaining to the insect order Siphonaptera, comprising the fleas.
- sitting target — A sitting target is the same as a sitting duck.
- situation room — a room at a military or political headquarters where the latest information on a military or political situation is channeled.
- skeleton draft — a basic or minimum draft or outline
- skirting board — fabric for making skirts.
- slant drilling — Slant drilling is drilling at an angle of usually 30° to 45°.
- slantendicular — slanting (rather than perpendicular or horizontal)
- slide fastener — zipper (def 2).
- smart sanction — a sanction intended to affect only a particular area of a country's activities or economy
- social control — Sociology. the enforcement of conformity by society upon its members, either by law or by social pressure.
- social network — a network of friends, colleagues, and other personal contacts: Strong social networks can encourage healthy behaviors.