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14-letter words containing a, t, d, e

  • roundaboutedly — in a roundabout manner
  • roundaboutness — the characteristic of being roundabout
  • sacred history — history that is retold with the aim of instilling religious faith and which may or may not be founded on fact
  • sacred monster — a celebrity whose eccentricities or indiscretions are easily forgiven by admirers.
  • saddle blanket — a saddle-shaped pad, as of felt or sheepskin, placed beneath the saddle to prevent it from irritating the horse's skin.
  • saddle leather — hide, as from a cow or bull, that undergoes vegetable tanning and is used for saddlery.
  • safety islands — a group of three small French islands in the Atlantic, off the coast of French Guiana
  • safety-deposit — safe-deposit.
  • saint benedict — Saint, died a.d. 685, pope 684–85.
  • sales director — a professional responsible for directing and managing the sales department of a company
  • salt dome trap — A salt dome trap is an area where oil has been trapped underground by salt pushing upward.
  • sand stargazer — a fish of the family Dactyloscopidae, especially Dactyloscopus tridigitatus, of Atlantic waters from Bermuda to Brazil, having tiny, tubular eyes on top of the head, and capable of emitting electric discharges.
  • sansculottides — the festivities held during the five complementary days in the French Republican Calendar
  • satellite dish — dish (def 8).
  • saturated fats — a type of single-bond animal or vegetable fat, as that found in butter, meat, egg yolks, and coconut or palm oil, that in humans tends to increase cholesterol levels in the blood. Compare saturated (def 3).
  • saut de basque — a jump in which the dancer turns in the air while keeping the foot of one leg drawn up to the knee of the other.
  • scatterbrained — a person incapable of serious, connected thought.
  • schafer method — a method of artificial respiration in which the patient is placed face downward, pressure then being rhythmically applied with the hands to the lower part of the thorax.
  • scorched earth — military policy: destroying enemy crops
  • scratchbuilder — a person who scratchbuilds
  • screen trading — a form of trading on a market or exchange in which the visual display unit of a computer replaces personal contact as in floor trading
  • seaside resort — coastal holiday town
  • secretary bird — a large, long-legged, raptorial bird, Sagittarius serpentarius, of Africa, that feeds on reptiles.
  • security guard — a uniformed guard employed by a bank, airport, office building, etc., to maintain security.
  • self-adjusting — that adjusts itself in response to circumstances
  • self-adornment — something that adds attractiveness; ornament; accessory: the adornments and furnishings of a room.
  • 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-contained — containing in oneself or itself all that is necessary; independent.
  • self-dedicated — wholly committed to something, as to an ideal, political cause, or personal goal: a dedicated artist.
  • self-defeating — serving to frustrate, thwart, etc., one's own intention or interests: His behavior was certainly self-defeating.
  • self-generated — made without the aid of an external agent; produced spontaneously.
  • self-initiated — initiated or begun by oneself.
  • self-laudation — an act or instance of lauding; encomium; tribute.
  • self-laudatory — containing or expressing praise: overwhelmed by the speaker's laudatory remarks.
  • self-mediating — to settle (disputes, strikes, etc.) as an intermediary between parties; reconcile.
  • self-motivated — initiative to undertake or continue a task or activity without another's prodding or supervision.
  • self-regulated — governed or controlled from within; self-regulating.
  • self-satisfied — feeling or showing satisfaction with oneself.
  • 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-automated — partially automated.
  • serodiscordant — pertaining to a relationship with one HIV-positive partner and one HIV-negative partner.
  • serrated wrack — the seaweed Fucus serratus
  • sesquipedality — given to using long words.
  • seventh-grader — a student in the seventh year of school, usually 11 to 13 years old
  • shadow cabinet — (in the British Parliament) a group of prominent members of the opposition who are expected to hold positions in the cabinet when their party assumes power.
  • shark-infested — (of a body of water) known to contain large numbers of sharks, and therefore considered to be dangerous
  • sharp-featured — having very clearly defined facial features
  • sharp-tempered — with a tendency to become suddenly angry
  • sheepdog trial — a competition in which sheepdogs are tested in their tasks
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