14-letter words containing g, a, e, t
- scavenger hunt — a game in which individuals or teams are sent out to accumulate, without purchasing, a series of common, outlandish, or humorous objects, the winner being the person or team returning first with all the items.
- schiff reagent — a solution of rosaniline and sulfurous acid in water, used to test for the presence of aldehydes.
- schoolteaching — the profession of a schoolteacher.
- scrape through — only just succeed
- 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
- security guard — a uniformed guard employed by a bank, airport, office building, etc., to maintain security.
- seeing as/that — You can use seeing that or seeing as to introduce a reason for what you are saying.
- segmental arch — a shallow arch not including a complete semicircle
- segregationist — one who favors, encourages, or practices segregation, especially racial segregation.
- self-actuating — to incite or move to action; impel; motivate: actuated by selfish motives.
- self-adjusting — that adjusts itself in response to circumstances
- self-defeating — serving to frustrate, thwart, etc., one's own intention or interests: His behavior was certainly self-defeating.
- self-generated — made without the aid of an external agent; produced spontaneously.
- self-mediating — to settle (disputes, strikes, etc.) as an intermediary between parties; reconcile.
- self-operating — automatic.
- self-regulated — governed or controlled from within; self-regulating.
- self-slaughter — suicide.
- selling plater — a horse that competes in a selling race; an inferior horse.
- selling-plater — a horse that competes in a selling race; an inferior horse.
- semi-malignant — disposed to cause harm, suffering, or distress deliberately; feeling or showing ill will or hatred.
- semivegetarian — a person who eats mostly plant foods, dairy products, and eggs, and occasionally chicken, fish, and red meat.
- septuagenarian — of the age of 70 years or between 70 and 80 years old.
- sergeant baker — a large brightly-coloured fish of the genus Latropiscis, found in temperate reef waters of Australasia
- sergeant major — U.S. Army, Air Force, and Marine Corps. a noncommissioned officer serving as chief administrative assistant in a unit headquarters.
- seronegativity — the quality or state of being seronegative
- seventh-grader — a student in the seventh year of school, usually 11 to 13 years old
- 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.
- shabby-genteel — trying to maintain dignity and self-respect despite shabbiness.
- shaker heights — a city in NE Ohio, near Cleveland.
- shear strength — the degree to which a material or bond is able to resist shear
- sheepdog trial — a competition in which sheepdogs are tested in their tasks
- shipping agent — a person or company whose business is to prepare shipping documents, arrange shipping space and insurance, and deal with customs requirements
- shooting brake — station wagon.
- shooting range — place for practising with guns
- 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).
- single-hearted — sincere and undivided in feeling or spirit; dedicated; not reflecting mixed emotions: He was single-hearted in his patriotism.
- sitting target — A sitting target is the same as a sitting duck.
- sitting tenant — A sitting tenant is a person who rents a house or flat as their home and has a legal right to live there.
- slamming stile — doorstop (def 2).
- slaughterhouse — a building or place where animals are butchered for food; abattoir.
- slaughterously — murderously
- sleeping giant — If you refer to someone or something as a sleeping giant, you mean that they are powerful but they have not yet shown the full extent of their power.
- smelling salts — a preparation for smelling, essentially of ammonium carbonate with some agreeable scent, used as a stimulant and restorative.
- smoking jacket — a loose-fitting jacket for men, often of a heavy fabric and trimmed with braid, worn indoors, especially as a lounging jacket.
- snifting valve — a valve for releasing small quantities of steam, compressed air, or condensate, as from the cylinder of a steam engine.
- soft margarine — a soft, spreadable margarine that is made with more liquid oils and less hydrogenated oils than hard, block margarine
- south georgian — a British island in the S Atlantic, about 800 miles (1290 km) SE of the Falkland Islands. About 1000 sq. mi. (2590 sq. km).