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14-letter words containing i, l, n, e, s

  • semilunar bone — lunate (def 2).
  • semipolar bond — type of chemical bond
  • seniority rule — the custom in Congress providing for the assignment of a committee chairpersonship to that member of the majority party who has served on the committee the longest.
  • sensationalise — to make sensational.
  • sensationalism — subject matter, language, or style producing or designed to produce startling or thrilling impressions or to excite and please vulgar taste.
  • sensationalist — subject matter, language, or style producing or designed to produce startling or thrilling impressions or to excite and please vulgar taste.
  • sensationalize — to make sensational.
  • sensualization — to render sensual.
  • sentimentalism — sentimental tendency or character; predominance of sentiment over reason.
  • sentimentalist — one given to sentiment or sentimentality.
  • sentimentality — the quality or state of being sentimental or excessively sentimental.
  • sentimentalize — to indulge in sentiment.
  • serial killing — multiple killings or murders carried out by the same person or persons
  • serial line ip — (SLIP) Serial Line Internet Protocol.
  • serpentiningly — in a winding or sinuous manner
  • serum globulin — the blood serum component consisting of proteins with a larger molecular weight than serum albumin
  • service tunnel — a tunnel alongside another which is used for services such as maintenance, repairs, etc
  • sesquipedalian — given to using long words.
  • setting lotion — a perfumed solution of gum or a synthetic resin in a solvent, used in hairdressing to make a set last longer
  • seville orange — a globose, reddish-yellow, bitter or sweet, edible citrus fruit.
  • shallow-minded — lacking intellectual or mental depth or subtlety; superficial
  • shield volcano — a broad volcano built up from the repeated nonexplosive eruption of basalt to form a low dome or shield, usually having a large caldera at the summit
  • shipping clerk — a clerk who attends to the packing, unpacking, receiving, sending out, and recording of shipments.
  • shooting lodge — a country house providing accommodation for a shooting party during the shooting season
  • shortleaf pine — a pine, Pinus echinata, of the southern U.S., having short, flexible leaves.
  • shoulder joint — the joint at the junction of the forelimb with the pectoral girdle
  • shut in a well — To shut in a well is to close off a well so that it stops producing.
  • shutting stile — the stile of a door or shutter that closes against the frame of the opening.
  • side-splitting — convulsively uproarious: sidesplitting laughter.
  • sidereal month — Also called calendar month. any of the twelve parts, as January or February, into which the calendar year is divided.
  • siegfried line — a zone of fortifications in W Germany facing the Maginot Line, constructed in the years preceding World War II.
  • sierra leonean — an independent republic in W Africa: member of the Commonwealth of Nations; formerly a British colony and protectorate. 27,925 sq. mi. (72,326 sq. km). Capital: Freetown.
  • signature loan — a loan requiring no collateral.
  • signed english — a form of communication employing the signs of American Sign Language but using English grammar in place of ASL syntax and using invented forms for English grammatical elements, such as of, to, the, and -ing, where no ASL sign exists.
  • silent auction — an auction at which previously submitted written bids of prospective buyers are opened and compared, with each item being sold to the highest bidder.
  • silent partner — a partner taking no active part in the conduct of a business.
  • silent service — the submarine service (usually preceded by the).
  • silent witness — a person who observes but makes no comment on or has no involvement in an action
  • silicon valley — the area in northern California, southwest of San Francisco in the Santa Clara valley region, where many of the high-technology design and manufacturing companies in the semiconductor industry are concentrated.
  • silky anteater — an arboreal, tropical American anteater, Cyclopes didactylus, about the size of a rat, having a prehensile tail, glossy, golden fur, and two toes on each forelimb.
  • silver nitrate — a white, crystalline, water-soluble, bitter, corrosive, poisonous powder, AgNO 3 , produced by the reaction of silver and dilute nitric acid: used chiefly in the manufacture of photographic emulsions and mirrors, as a laboratory reagent, and in medicine as an antiseptic, astringent, and in the routine prophylaxis of ophthalmia neonatorum.
  • silver protein — any of several colloidal silver solutions containing silver and a protein, as albumin: formerly used in treating inflammation of mucous membranes
  • silver wedding — a twenty-fifth wedding anniversary.
  • silver-spooned — born into, of, or relating to a wealthy upper-class family
  • silver-tongued — persuasive; eloquent: a silver-tongued orator.
  • simple machine — machine (def 3b).
  • simple protein — a protein that yields only amino acids and no other major products when hydrolyzed (contrasted with conjugated protein).
  • simpson's rule — a method for approximating the value of a definite integral by approximating, with parabolic arcs, the area under the curve defined by the integrand.
  • simultaneously — existing, occurring, or operating at the same time; concurrent: simultaneous movements; simultaneous translation.
  • singing lesson — taught class in how to sing
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