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14-letter words containing c, l, a, n, i

  • rhinencephalon — the part of the cerebrum containing the olfactory structures.
  • roller caption — caption lettering that moves progressively up or across the picture, as for showing the credits at the end of a programme
  • rolling launch — the process of introducing a new product into a market gradually
  • roman catholic — of or relating to the Roman Catholic Church.
  • royal canadian — in the service of the Canadian federal government and the British monarch: Royal Canadian Air Force; Royal Canadian Mounted Police.
  • 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.
  • saint lawrence — D(avid) H(erbert) 1885–1930, English novelist.
  • saint nicholas — Saint ("Nicholas the Great") died a.d. 867, Italian ecclesiastic: pope 858–867.
  • salade niçoise — a cold dish consisting of hard-boiled eggs, anchovy fillets, olives, tomatoes, tuna fish, etc
  • sales campaign — product promotion and publicity
  • sample section — a section of sth, intended as representative of the whole
  • sandhill crane — a North American crane, Grus canadensis, having bluish-gray plumage and a red forehead.
  • sandwich glass — any of various forms of glassware manufactured at Sandwich, Mass., from 1825 to c1890.
  • sandwich panel — a structural panel consisting of a core of one material enclosed between two sheets of a different material.
  • sansculotterie — the characteristics of sansculottes
  • sansculottides — the festivities held during the five complementary days in the French Republican Calendar
  • santa catalina — an island off the SW coast of California, opposite Long Beach: resort. 132 sq. mi. (342 sq. km).
  • satisfactional — an act of satisfying; fulfillment; gratification.
  • scaling ladder — a ladder for climbing high walls.
  • scenic railway — a railroad that carries its passengers on a brief tour of an amusement park, resort, etc.
  • scheduling api — Scheduling Application Programming Interface
  • schoolteaching — the profession of a schoolteacher.
  • scientifically — of or relating to science or the sciences: scientific studies.
  • sclerotization — the state of being sclerotized.
  • scribbling pad — a notebook or sketchbook
  • scrimmage line — line of scrimmage.
  • secularization — to make secular; separate from religious or spiritual connection or influences; make worldly or unspiritual; imbue with secularism.
  • selenious acid — a colorless, crystalline, water-soluble, poisonous powder, H 2 SeO 3 , used chiefly as a reagent.
  • self-actuating — to incite or move to action; impel; motivate: actuated by selfish motives.
  • self-contained — containing in oneself or itself all that is necessary; independent.
  • self-dominance — rule; control; authority; ascendancy.
  • self-financing — the management of revenues; the conduct or transaction of money matters generally, especially those affecting the public, as in the fields of banking and investment.
  • 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-insurance — insurance of one's property or interests against possible loss by the establishing of a special fund for the purpose instead of seeking coverage with an underwriter.
  • self-searching — examining carefully or thoroughly: a searching inspection.
  • selling climax — a brief, abrupt decline in stock prices that is succeeded by a rally.
  • 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-nocturnal — active at night (opposed to diurnal): nocturnal animals.
  • semicentennial — of or relating to a fiftieth anniversary.
  • shield volcano — a broad volcano built up from the repeated nonexplosive eruption of basalt to form a low dome or shield, usually having a large caldera at the summit
  • silent auction — an auction at which previously submitted written bids of prospective buyers are opened and compared, with each item being sold to the highest bidder.
  • silicon valley — the area in northern California, southwest of San Francisco in the Santa Clara valley region, where many of the high-technology design and manufacturing companies in the semiconductor industry are concentrated.
  • simple machine — machine (def 3b).
  • simplification — to make less complex or complicated; make plainer or easier: to simplify a problem.
  • sinclair pc200 — (computer)   1998-07-28
  • sistine chapel — the chapel of the pope in the Vatican at Rome, built for Pope Sixtus IV and decorated with frescoes by Michelangelo and others.
  • slanging match — A slanging match is an angry quarrel in which people insult each other.
  • slantendicular — slanting (rather than perpendicular or horizontal)
  • slave cylinder — a small cylinder containing a piston that operates the brake shoes or pads in hydraulic brakes or the working part in any other hydraulically operated system
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