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14-letter words containing e, a, s, t, c

  • securitization — the use of such securities as eurobonds to enable investors to lend directly to borrowers with a minimum of risk but without using banks as intermediaries
  • security guard — a uniformed guard employed by a bank, airport, office building, etc., to maintain security.
  • segmental arch — a shallow arch not including a complete semicircle
  • self-actualize — to undergo self-actualization.
  • 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-dedicated — wholly committed to something, as to an ideal, political cause, or personal goal: a dedicated artist.
  • self-replicate — (of a computer virus, etc) to reproduce itself
  • 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-automatic — partly automatic.
  • semi-nocturnal — active at night (opposed to diurnal): nocturnal animals.
  • semi-realistic — interested in, concerned with, or based on what is real or practical: a realistic estimate of costs; a realistic planner.
  • semicentennial — of or relating to a fiftieth anniversary.
  • semielliptical — a half ellipse, usually one containing both ends of the major axis.
  • semito-hamitic — a former name for the Afro-Asiatic family of languages
  • serbo-croatian — a Slavic language spoken in Serbia and Croatia, usually written with Cyrillic letters in Serbia but with Roman letters in Croatia.
  • sericitization — the process of transforming into sericite
  • serodiscordant — pertaining to a relationship with one HIV-positive partner and one HIV-negative partner.
  • serrated wrack — the seaweed Fucus serratus
  • servant church — the attitude or practices of a church whose avowed purpose is to serve the world.
  • serviceability — capable of or being of service; useful.
  • settle a claim — If an insurer settles a claim it pays money to a policyholder for the occurrence of a loss or risk against which they were insured.
  • settle a score — to avenge a wrong
  • 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.
  • sharp practice — You can use sharp practice to refer to an action or a way of behaving, especially in business or professional matters, that you think is clever but dishonest.
  • sheva brachoth — the seven blessings said during the marriage service and repeated at the celebration thereafter
  • 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.
  • shower curtain — waterproof sheet around a shower
  • sick and tired — afflicted with ill health or disease; ailing.
  • sickle feather — one of the paired, elongated, sickle-shaped, middle feathers of the tail of the rooster.
  • sigma particle — an unstable hyperon having positive, negative, or zero electric charge and strangeness −1. Symbol: Σ.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • skull practice — a meeting for the purpose of discussion, exchange of ideas, solving problems, etc.
  • slalom descent — a winding descent
  • slantendicular — slanting (rather than perpendicular or horizontal)
  • slate-coloured — like slate in colour
  • slave bracelet — a braceletlike, ornamental circlet or chain worn around the ankle.
  • slit fricative — a fricative, as (f) or (th), in which the tongue is relatively flat, with air channeled over it through a shallow slit.
  • slurry reactor — A slurry reactor is a reactor in which contact is achieved by suspending a solid in a liquid.
  • smoking jacket — a loose-fitting jacket for men, often of a heavy fabric and trimmed with braid, worn indoors, especially as a lounging jacket.
  • sobriety coach — a person who is employed to help another to refrain from drinking alcohol
  • social chapter — The social chapter is an agreement between countries in the European Union concerning workers' rights and working conditions.
  • social charter — a declaration of the rights, minimum wages, maximum hours, etc, of workers in the European Union, later adopted in the Social Chapter
  • social network — a network of friends, colleagues, and other personal contacts: Strong social networks can encourage healthy behaviors.
  • social studies — a course of instruction in an elementary or secondary school comprising such subjects as history, geography, civics, etc.
  • sodium citrate — a white, crystalline or granular, water-soluble, odorless solid, Na 3 C 6 H 5 O 7 ⋅2H 2 O, having a cool, saline taste: used in photography, in soft drinks, and in medicine chiefly to prevent the coagulation of blood.
  • sodium lactate — a water-soluble, hygroscopic salt, C 3 H 5 NaO 3 , used in solution in medicine to treat metabolic acidosis, usually by injection.
  • soft ice-cream — a softer and lighter-textured ice cream that contains more air than standard ice-cream. It was developed in Britain in the 20th century.
  • somali current — a current of the Indian Ocean, flowing northward along the coast of Somalia in summer and southwestward the rest of the year.
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