14-letter words containing i, l, n, e, s
- saint lawrence — D(avid) H(erbert) 1885–1930, English novelist.
- salad dressing — a sauce for a salad, usually with a base of oil and vinegar or of mayonnaise.
- salade niçoise — a cold dish consisting of hard-boiled eggs, anchovy fillets, olives, tomatoes, tuna fish, etc
- sales analysis — the analysis by a company of whether it has met its sales goals within a certain time period
- sales campaign — product promotion and publicity
- sales planning — the business activity of estimating future sales of products or services and setting sales targets
- sample section — a section of sth, intended as representative of the whole
- sandhill crane — a North American crane, Grus canadensis, having bluish-gray plumage and a red forehead.
- sandwich panel — a structural panel consisting of a core of one material enclosed between two sheets of a different material.
- sanibel island — an island in the Gulf of Mexico off the SW coast of Florida. 16 sq. mi. (41.5 sq. km).
- sanitary towel — sanitary napkin.
- sansculotterie — the characteristics of sansculottes
- sansculottides — the festivities held during the five complementary days in the French Republican Calendar
- santa fe trail — an important trade route going between Independence, Missouri, and Santa Fe, New Mexico, used from about 1821 to 1880.
- saone-et-loire — a department in E France. 3331 sq. mi. (8625 sq. km). Capital: Mâcon.
- satellite link — a link between a transmitting station and a receiving station via an artificial satellite
- scaling ladder — a ladder for climbing high walls.
- scenic railway — a railroad that carries its passengers on a brief tour of an amusement park, resort, etc.
- scheduling api — Scheduling Application Programming Interface
- school edition — a special edition of a book for distribution to schools or colleges, subject to a special rate of discount, sometimes without a dust jacket (distinguished from trade edition).
- schoolchildren — a child attending school.
- schoolteaching — the profession of a schoolteacher.
- scientifically — of or relating to science or the sciences: scientific studies.
- scintillometer — a device for detecting and measuring radioactivity, having a crystal scintillator, a photoelectric cell sensitive to the light from scintillations, and an amplifier.
- sclerotization — the state of being sclerotized.
- scrimmage line — line of scrimmage.
- sean o'faolain — Seán [shawn] /ʃɔn/ (Show IPA), 1900–91, Irish writer and teacher.
- secularization — to make secular; separate from religious or spiritual connection or influences; make worldly or unspiritual; imbue with secularism.
- sedimentologic — of or relating to sedimentology
- selection rule — any of several rules designating allowed transitions between quantum states in terms of the quantum numbers associated with the states.
- selenious acid — a colorless, crystalline, water-soluble, poisonous powder, H 2 SeO 3 , used chiefly as a reagent.
- self-actuating — to incite or move to action; impel; motivate: actuated by selfish motives.
- self-adjusting — that adjusts itself in response to circumstances
- self-adulation — excessive devotion to someone; servile flattery.
- self-annealing — denoting certain metals, such as lead, tin, and zinc, that recrystallize at air temperatures and so may be cold-worked without strain-hardening
- self-appointed — chosen by oneself to act in a certain capacity or to fulfill a certain function, especially pompously or self-righteously: a self-appointed guardian of the public's morals.
- self-assertion — insistence on or an expression of one's own importance, wishes, needs, opinions, or the like.
- self-communion — (often initial capital letter). Also called Holy Communion. Ecclesiastical. the act of receiving the Eucharistic elements. the elements of the Eucharist. the celebration of the Eucharist. the antiphon sung at a Eucharistic service.
- self-conceited — an excessively favorable opinion of oneself, one's abilities, etc.; vanity.
- self-confident — realistic confidence in one's own judgment, ability, power, etc.
- self-confining — to enclose within bounds; limit or restrict: She confined her remarks to errors in the report. Confine your efforts to finishing the book.
- self-conscious — excessively aware of being observed by others.
- self-consoling — to alleviate or lessen the grief, sorrow, or disappointment of; give solace or comfort: Only his children could console him when his wife died.
- self-contained — containing in oneself or itself all that is necessary; independent.
- self-deceiving — subject to self-deception; tending to deceive or fool oneself: a self-deceiving person.
- self-deception — the act or fact of deceiving oneself.
- self-defeating — serving to frustrate, thwart, etc., one's own intention or interests: His behavior was certainly self-defeating.
- self-deserving — qualified for or having a claim to reward, assistance, etc., because of one's actions, qualities, or situation: the deserving poor; a deserving applicant.
- self-diagnosis — the diagnosis of one's own malady or illness.
- self-diffusion — act of diffusing; state of being diffused.