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14-letter words containing g, e, s, t, a, n

  • regenerateness — the state or quality of being regenerated, regeneration
  • reregistration — the act of registering.
  • roller-skating — the act of moving on roller skates
  • rutting season — a recurrent period of sexual excitement and reproductive activity in certain male ruminants, such as the deer, that corresponds to the period of oestrus in females
  • saber rattling — a show or threat of military power, especially as used by a nation to impose its policies on other countries.
  • saber-rattling — a show or threat of military power, especially as used by a nation to impose its policies on other countries.
  • sabre-rattling — If you describe a threat, especially a threat of military action, as sabre-rattling, you do not believe that the threat will actually be carried out.
  • 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 george's — one of the Windward Islands, in the E West Indies.
  • sand stargazer — a fish of the family Dactyloscopidae, especially Dactyloscopus tridigitatus, of Atlantic waters from Bermuda to Brazil, having tiny, tubular eyes on top of the head, and capable of emitting electric discharges.
  • sauropterygian — any of various Mesozoic marine reptiles of the superorder Sauropterygia, including the suborder Plesiosauria.
  • saxe-altenburg — a former duchy in Thuringia in central Germany.
  • 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.
  • 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
  • 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.
  • 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
  • shabby-genteel — trying to maintain dignity and self-respect despite shabbiness.
  • shear strength — the degree to which a material or bond is able to resist shear
  • 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
  • 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).
  • 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.
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