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

  • reflected plan — a plan, as of a room, taken as seen from above but having the outlines of some upper surface, as a vault or compartmented ceiling, projected downward upon it so that a part that would appear at the right when seen from below appears on the plan at the left.
  • relexification — to replace the vocabulary of (a language, especially a pidgin) with words drawn from another language, without changing the grammatical structure.
  • relieving arch — discharging arch.
  • reminiscential — of or relating to reminiscence; reminiscent.
  • rent allowance — money given to individuals by the government that subsidises the cost of renting a property
  • residence hall — Residence halls are buildings with rooms or apartments, usually built by universities or colleges, in which students live during the school year.
  • resolicitation — the act of soliciting.
  • rhinencephalon — the part of the cerebrum containing the olfactory structures.
  • road allowance — land reserved by the government to be used for public roads
  • roller caption — caption lettering that moves progressively up or across the picture, as for showing the credits at the end of a programme
  • roman calendar — the calendar in use in ancient Rome until 46 b.c., when it was replaced with the Julian calendar.
  • sachsen-anhalt — German name of Saxony-Anhalt.
  • 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.
  • 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
  • san jose scale — a scale insect, Aspidiotus perniciosus, that is highly destructive to fruit trees and shrubs throughout the U.S.
  • sandhill crane — a North American crane, Grus canadensis, having bluish-gray plumage and a red forehead.
  • 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
  • scaling ladder — a ladder for climbing high walls.
  • scaly anteater — pangolin.
  • scarlet runner — a twining, South American bean plant, Phaseolus coccineus, having clusters of scarlet flowers.
  • 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.
  • screen blanker — screen saver
  • scrimmage line — line of scrimmage.
  • secondary cell — storage cell.
  • secondary wall — the innermost part of a plant cell wall, deposited after the wall has ceased to increase in surface area.
  • secularization — to make secular; separate from religious or spiritual connection or influences; make worldly or unspiritual; imbue with secularism.
  • segmental arch — a shallow arch not including a complete semicircle
  • 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-assurance — self-confidence.
  • self-clearance — the act of clearing.
  • 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.
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