14-letter words containing g, c, r
- 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
- screening room — a room where films are screened for a private audience
- 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
- scribbling pad — a notebook or sketchbook
- scrimmage line — line of scrimmage.
- scrutinizingly — in a scrutinizing manner
- second reading — the stage in the consideration of a legislative bill that provides an opportunity for debate and amendment.
- secondary gain — any advantage, as increased attention, disability benefits, or release from unpleasant responsibilities, obtained as a result of having an illness (distinguished from primary gain).
- security guard — a uniformed guard employed by a bank, airport, office building, etc., to maintain security.
- segmental arch — a shallow arch not including a complete semicircle
- self-directing — to manage or guide by advice, helpful information, instruction, etc.: He directed the company through a difficult time.
- self-enforcing — of or having the capability of enforcement within oneself or itself; self-regulating.
- self-enriching — to supply with riches, wealth, abundant or valuable possessions, etc.: Commerce enriches a nation.
- self-reckoning — count; computation; calculation.
- self-recording — recording automatically, as an instrument.
- self-searching — examining carefully or thoroughly: a searching inspection.
- service charge — a fee charged for a service, sometimes in addition to a basic charge.
- shipping clerk — a clerk who attends to the packing, unpacking, receiving, sending out, and recording of shipments.
- short covering — purchases that close out short sales on stocks or commodities.
- sicstus prolog — A Prolog from the SICS (Swedish Inst of Comp Sci). E-mail: <[email protected]>. Mailing list: [email protected]
- sigma particle — an unstable hyperon having positive, negative, or zero electric charge and strangeness −1. Symbol: Σ.
- single-sticker — a sailboat, esp. a sloop, having only one mast
- 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.
- social sharing — the activity of sharing photos, videos, links, etc., on a social-media website, within an interactive application, or through other online channels.
- socioreligious — of, relating to, or signifying the combination or interaction of religious and social factors.
- sorting office — postal
- sorting tracks — the part of a railroad yard used for the final sorting of cars from a classification yard.
- soul-searching — the act or process of close and penetrating analysis of oneself, to determine one's true motives and sentiments.
- source program — an original computer program written by a programmer that is converted into the equivalent object program, written in machine language, by the compiler or assembler
- sparring match — a practice boxing match
- spectrological — relating to spectres or spectrology
- 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.
- spitting cobra — any cobra or cobralike snake, especially the ringhals, that sprays venom at the eyes of approaching animals.
- spring balance — a device in which an object to be weighed is attached to the end of a helical spring, the extension of which indicates the weight of the object on a calibrated scale
- spring chicken — a young chicken, especially a broiler or fryer.
- square-dancing — the activity of taking part in a square dance
- stage director — a person who directs a theatrical production.
- staghorn coral — staghorn coral.
- staghorn sumac — a sumac, Rhus typhina, of eastern North America, having leaves that turn scarlet, orange, and purple in the autumn.
- starting block — a device used by runners, especially sprinters, for increasing their speed off the mark, consisting of a metal or wooden frame, usually secured to the ground at both ends, with adjustable, triangular-shaped blocks on each side for bracing the feet.
- starting price — gambling odds
- state of grace — grace (def 8d).
- steam cracking — Steam cracking is the main method of breaking down large molecules of hydrocarbons, in which a gaseous or liquid hydrocarbon is diluted with steam and then heated.
- steganographic — of, or pertaining to, steganography
- stick together — be united
- sticky fingers — an inclination or tendency to steal or pilfer