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14-letter words containing e, c, a, r, d

  • secondary wave — a transverse earthquake wave that travels through the interior of the earth and is usually the second conspicuous wave to reach a seismograph.
  • 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.
  • serodiscordant — pertaining to a relationship with one HIV-positive partner and one HIV-negative partner.
  • serrated wrack — the seaweed Fucus serratus
  • 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.
  • sick and tired — afflicted with ill health or disease; ailing.
  • slantendicular — slanting (rather than perpendicular or horizontal)
  • slate-coloured — like slate in colour
  • 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
  • social drinker — a person who drinks alcoholic beverages usually in the company of others and is in control of his or her drinking.
  • 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.
  • solar calendar — a calendar whose dates are based on the position of the earth and its proximity to the sun
  • sound archives — official records or files (as in a library) of sound recordings, broadcasts, or performances, esp those from radio programmes
  • space invaders — a video or computer game, the object of which is to destroy attacking alien spacecraft
  • speech-reading — the act or process of determining the intended meaning of a speaker by utilizing all visual clues accompanying speech attempts, as lip movements, facial expressions, and bodily gestures, used especially by people with impaired hearing.
  • speed merchant — a person who habitually drives too fast in a motor vehicle
  • spermatic cord — the cord by which a testis is suspended in the scrotum, containing the vas deferens and the blood vessels and nerves of the testis.
  • square-dancing — the activity of taking part in a square dance
  • squared circle — a wrestling ring
  • squared splice — square splice.
  • stage director — a person who directs a theatrical production.
  • standard score — the test score of a participant expressed as the deviation of the score from the mean score of the sample in units of standard deviation.
  • stanley dancer — Stanley, 1927–2005, U.S. harness racer and trainer.
  • starch-reduced — (of food, esp bread) having the starch content reduced, as in proprietary slimming products
  • stinking cedar — an evergreen tree, Torreya taxifolia, of the yew family, native to Florida, having rank-smelling foliage and dark-green, egg-shaped fruit.
  • stock in trade — the requisites for carrying on a business, especially goods kept on hand for sale in a store.
  • stock-in-trade — items used in performing a job
  • storage device — a device used to store digital data or information, as a hard disk or CD.
  • straddle truck — a self-propelled vehicle, having a chassis far above the ground, for carrying loads of lumber or the like beneath the chassis and between the wheels.
  • straight-faced — a serious or impassive facial expression that conceals one's true feelings about something, especially a desire to laugh.
  • straight-laced — strait-laced (sense 2)
  • strait-lacedly — in a strait-laced manner
  • straw-coloured — If you describe something, especially hair, as straw-coloured, you mean that it is pale yellow.
  • structuralized — to form into or make part of a structure.
  • superabundance — exceedingly or excessively abundant; more than sufficient; excessive.
  • tape recording — sound reproduction on cassette
  • teacher's aide — A teacher's aide is a person who helps a teacher in a school classroom but who is not a qualified teacher.
  • teaching elder — a minister in a Presbyterian church.
  • tellurous acid — a white, crystalline powder, H2TeO3
  • terraced house — A terraced house or a terrace house is one of a row of similar houses joined together by their side walls.
  • tetradactylous — having four fingers or toes.
  • the ordovician — the Ordovician period or rock system
  • thermodynamics — the science concerned with the relations between heat and mechanical energy or work, and the conversion of one into the other: modern thermodynamics deals with the properties of systems for the description of which temperature is a necessary coordinate.
  • torpedo attack — an attack launched from aircraft, ships, or submarines, using a bomb that is shaped like a tube and travels under water
  • tour-de-france — a bicycle touring race, held over a period of 21 days: it covers about 2500 miles (4000 km) in France, Belgium, Italy, Germany, Spain, and Switzerland.
  • tractor driver — a person who drives a motor vehicle used to pull heavy loads, esp farm machinery such as a plough or harvester
  • trade discount — a discount, as from the list price of goods, granted by a manufacturer or wholesaler to a retailer.
  • trade-in price — the price of a new article when a used article is given in part payment
  • trades council — (in Britain) an association of the different trade unions in one town or area
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