14-letter words containing e, g, r, s
- serum globulin — the blood serum component consisting of proteins with a larger molecular weight than serum albumin
- serve sb right — If you say it serves someone right when something unpleasant happens to them, you mean that it is their own fault and you have no sympathy for them.
- service charge — a fee charged for a service, sometimes in addition to a basic charge.
- serviette ring — a ring used to hold a cloth serviette or napkin neatly in a cylinder
- seventh-grader — a student in the seventh year of school, usually 11 to 13 years old
- seville orange — a globose, reddish-yellow, bitter or sweet, edible citrus fruit.
- sewing pattern — a guide or diagram that you follow to make clothes or other things using a needle and thread
- seyfert galaxy — one of a group of spiral galaxies with compact, bright nuclei having characteristically broad emission lines suggestive of very hot gases in violent motion at the center.
- shaker heights — a city in NE Ohio, near Cleveland.
- share earnings — the earnings returned on the initial investment amount
- shear strength — the degree to which a material or bond is able to resist shear
- sheep-worrying — the act (of a dog, sheepdog, wolf, etc) of chasing a flock of sheep and biting or injuring the sheep
- sheepdog trial — a competition in which sheepdogs are tested in their tasks
- sherry vinegar — a gourmet wine vinegar produced in the Jerez region of S Spain
- shift register — (in digital circuits) a register in which all bits can be shifted one or more positions to the left or to the right
- shipping clerk — a clerk who attends to the packing, unpacking, receiving, sending out, and recording of shipments.
- shipping fever — a respiratory disease of cattle, caused by Pasteurella haemolytica, often spread during the shipment of livestock.
- shoe repairing — the trade of mending shoes
- shooting brake — station wagon.
- shooting range — place for practising with guns
- shooting spree — a series of shootings by a mad person
- shopping spree — frenzied, indulgent buying
- short covering — purchases that close out short sales on stocks or commodities.
- siege perilous — a vacant seat at the Round Table that could be filled only by the predestined finder of the Holy Grail and was fatal to pretenders.
- siegfried line — a zone of fortifications in W Germany facing the Maginot Line, constructed in the years preceding World War II.
- sigh of relief — audible breath when difficulty is over
- sigma particle — an unstable hyperon having positive, negative, or zero electric charge and strangeness −1. Symbol: Σ.
- signature loan — a loan requiring no collateral.
- signature tune — theme song (def 2).
- silver wedding — a twenty-fifth wedding anniversary.
- silver-tongued — persuasive; eloquent: a silver-tongued orator.
- single bedroom — a bedroom that is intended to accommodate a single bed and occupancy of one person
- single honours — a British university degree course that involves study in a single area
- single premium — a single payment that covers the entire cost of an insurance policy.
- single-hearted — sincere and undivided in feeling or spirit; dedicated; not reflecting mixed emotions: He was single-hearted in his patriotism.
- single-sticker — a sailboat, esp. a sloop, having only one mast
- sitting member — a current member of parliament
- sitting pretty — (of a bird) occupying a nest of eggs for hatching.
- sitting target — A sitting target is the same as a sitting duck.
- slaughterhouse — a building or place where animals are butchered for food; abattoir.
- slaughterously — murderously
- sleep learning — the act or process of learning during sleep by listening to recordings repeatedly.
- sleep together — have sex with one another
- sleep-learning — the idea that people can learn things while they are asleep
- sleeping berth — a bunk for sleeping on on a train or boat
- sleeping chair — a chair of the 17th century, having a high back, usually adjustable, with deep wings of the same height.
- sleeping porch — a porch enclosed with glass or screening or a room with open sides or a row of windows used for sleeping in the open air.
- sliding vector — a vector having specified magnitude and lying on a given line.
- smear campaign — a campaign to tarnish the reputation of a public figure, especially by vilification or innuendo.
- smoker's cough — a chronic cough caused by smoking.