14-letter words containing e, n, t, i, s
- safety curtain — a sheet of asbestos or other fireproof material that can be lowered just inside the proscenium arch in case of fire, sealing off the backstage area from the auditorium.
- safety islands — a group of three small French islands in the Atlantic, off the coast of French Guiana
- sagging moment — a bending moment that produces concave bending at the middle of a simple supported beam
- sailing length — a measurement of a yacht, comprising its length on the water line as well as certain measurements taken from the overhangs at bow and stern.
- saint benedict — Saint, died a.d. 685, pope 684–85.
- saint boniface — Saint, pope a.d. 608–615.
- saint george's — one of the Windward Islands, in the E West Indies.
- saint lawrence — D(avid) H(erbert) 1885–1930, English novelist.
- sample section — a section of sth, intended as representative of the whole
- sanitary towel — sanitary napkin.
- sansculotterie — the characteristics of sansculottes
- sansculottides — the festivities held during the five complementary days in the French Republican Calendar
- santa fe trail — an important trade route going between Independence, Missouri, and Santa Fe, New Mexico, used from about 1821 to 1880.
- saone-et-loire — a department in E France. 3331 sq. mi. (8625 sq. km). Capital: Mâcon.
- satellite link — a link between a transmitting station and a receiving station via an artificial satellite
- sauropterygian — any of various Mesozoic marine reptiles of the superorder Sauropterygia, including the suborder Plesiosauria.
- scatterbrained — a person incapable of serious, connected thought.
- scented orchid — a slender orchid, Gymnadenia conopsea, with fragrant pink flowers carried in a dense spike and having a three-lobed lip; found in calcareous turf
- schematization — to reduce to or arrange according to a scheme.
- schiff reagent — a solution of rosaniline and sulfurous acid in water, used to test for the presence of aldehydes.
- school edition — a special edition of a book for distribution to schools or colleges, subject to a special rate of discount, sometimes without a dust jacket (distinguished from trade edition).
- schoolteaching — the profession of a schoolteacher.
- schottky noise — shot effect.
- scientifically — of or relating to science or the sciences: scientific studies.
- scintillometer — a device for detecting and measuring radioactivity, having a crystal scintillator, a photoelectric cell sensitive to the light from scintillations, and an amplifier.
- sclerotization — the state of being sclerotized.
- screen editing — the act or process of editing text on screen
- screen trading — a form of trading on a market or exchange in which the visual display unit of a computer replaces personal contact as in floor trading
- screen-printed — printed by screen process
- screening test — a simple test performed on a large number of people to identify those who have or are likely to develop a specified disease
- scsi interface — SCSI adaptor
- scsi reconnect — (hardware) The ability of a SCSI initiator to initiate new transactions before earlier ones have completed. A target or initiator can disconnect from the bus when it experiences a delay in completing a task so that another device can use the bus. It can reconnect later and complete the task.
- seaman recruit — a noncommissioned enlisted person of the lowest rank. Abbreviation: SR.
- second sitting — A second sitting is the second period when a meal is served if there is not enough space for everyone to eat at the same time.
- sectionization — the act or state of being sectionized
- secularization — to make secular; separate from religious or spiritual connection or influences; make worldly or unspiritual; imbue with secularism.
- 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
- sedimentologic — of or relating to sedimentology
- seeing as/that — You can use seeing that or seeing as to introduce a reason for what you are saying.
- segregationist — one who favors, encourages, or practices segregation, especially racial segregation.
- seine-et-marne — a department in N France. 2290 sq. mi. (5930 sq. km). Capital: Melun.
- seine-maritime — a department in NW France. 2449 sq. mi. (6340 sq. km). Capital: Rouen.
- seine-st-denis — a department in N France. 91 sq. mi. (236 sq. km). Capital: Bobigny.
- selection rule — any of several rules designating allowed transitions between quantum states in terms of the quantum numbers associated with the states.
- self-actuating — to incite or move to action; impel; motivate: actuated by selfish motives.
- self-adjusting — that adjusts itself in response to circumstances
- self-adulation — excessive devotion to someone; servile flattery.
- self-appointed — chosen by oneself to act in a certain capacity or to fulfill a certain function, especially pompously or self-righteously: a self-appointed guardian of the public's morals.
- self-assertion — insistence on or an expression of one's own importance, wishes, needs, opinions, or the like.
- self-conceited — an excessively favorable opinion of oneself, one's abilities, etc.; vanity.