14-letter words containing g, e, t, s
- 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 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
- 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
- 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.
- second thought — Often, second thoughts. reservation about a previous action, position, decision, judgment, or the like: He had second thoughts about his decision.
- security guard — a uniformed guard employed by a bank, airport, office building, etc., to maintain security.
- 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.
- 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-directing — to manage or guide by advice, helpful information, instruction, etc.: He directed the company through a difficult time.
- self-executing — going into effect immediately without the need of supplementary legislation: a self-executing treaty.
- self-forgetful — forgetful or not thinking of one's own advantage, interest, etc.
- self-generated — made without the aid of an external agent; produced spontaneously.
- self-indulgent — indulging one's own desires, passions, whims, etc., especially without restraint.
- 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-restoring — to bring back into existence, use, or the like; reestablish: to restore order.
- self-righteous — confident of one's own righteousness, especially when smugly moralistic and intolerant of the opinions and behavior of others.
- 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.
- semiconducting — of, relating to, or having the characteristics of a semiconductor.
- 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
- serpentiningly — in a winding or sinuous manner
- serve sb right — If you say it serves someone right when something unpleasant happens to them, you mean that it is their own fault and you have no sympathy for them.
- serviette ring — a ring used to hold a cloth serviette or napkin neatly in a cylinder
- setting lotion — a perfumed solution of gum or a synthetic resin in a solvent, used in hairdressing to make a set last longer
- seventh-grader — a student in the seventh year of school, usually 11 to 13 years old
- seventy-eighth — next after the seventy-seventh; being the ordinal number for 78.
- 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
- shift register — (in digital circuits) a register in which all bits can be shifted one or more positions to the left or to the right