14-letter words containing g, r, i, c, e
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- socioreligious — of, relating to, or signifying the combination or interaction of religious and social factors.
- sorting office — postal
- soul-searching — the act or process of close and penetrating analysis of oneself, to determine one's true motives and sentiments.
- 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.
- 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.
- starting price — gambling odds
- 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
- stinking cedar — an evergreen tree, Torreya taxifolia, of the yew family, native to Florida, having rank-smelling foliage and dark-green, egg-shaped fruit.
- stirling cycle — a highly efficient thermodynamic cycle in which air or an inert gas is compressed and expanded
- stock watering — the creation of more new shares in a company than is justified by its assets
- stocking frame — a type of knitting machine
- storage device — a device used to store digital data or information, as a hard disk or CD.
- straight-faced — a serious or impassive facial expression that conceals one's true feelings about something, especially a desire to laugh.
- straight-laced — strait-laced (sense 2)
- straightjacket — to put in or as in a straitjacket: Her ambition was straitjacketed by her family.
- striking price — in an option contract, the specified price at which a stock, commodity, etc. may be bought or sold; the price at which an investor can exercise profitably a put or call
- subgenerically — in a subgeneric manner; in a way relating to a subgenus
- supercargoship — a giant cargo ship
- sweeping score — a line at each end of the rink parallel to the foot score and extending through the center of the tee.
- tape recording — sound reproduction on cassette
- target vehicle — a spacecraft used to develop and practise orbital space rendezvous and docking techniques in preparation for the lunar missions
- teaching elder — a minister in a Presbyterian church.
- teleprocessing — computerized processing and transmission of data over the telephone or other long-distance communications systems.
- teratogenicity — the production or induction of malformations or monstrosities, especially of a developing embryo or fetus.
- terminological — the system of terms belonging or peculiar to a science, art, or specialized subject; nomenclature: the terminology of botany.