14-letter words containing l, a, c, h, e, s
- sceuophylacium — a place where sacred vessels are kept
- scheduling api — Scheduling Application Programming Interface
- scheme library — (library) (SLIB) A portable Scheme library providing compatibiliy and utility functions for all standard Scheme implementations. Version 2c5 supports Bigloo, Chez, ELK, GAMBIT, MacScheme, MITScheme, PocketScheme, RScheme, Scheme->C, Scheme48, SCM, SCSH, T3.1, UMB-Scheme, and VSCM.
- schlaer-mellor — An object-oriented analysis (OOA), design and modelling method that addresses the integration of structural and behavioural properties. It also allows an animation of the design.
- schleiermacher — Friedrich Ernst Daniel [free-drikh ernst dah-nee-el] /ˈfri drɪx ɛrnst ˈdɑ niˌɛl/ (Show IPA), 1768–1834, German theologian and philosopher.
- scholar's mate — a simple mate by the queen on the f7 square, achievable by white's fourth move
- schoolteaching — the profession of a schoolteacher.
- scratchbuilder — a person who scratchbuilds
- segmental arch — a shallow arch not including a complete semicircle
- self-searching — examining carefully or thoroughly: a searching inspection.
- semi-spherical — shaped like half a sphere; hemispheric.
- 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
- shoulder patch — a cloth emblem worn on the upper part of a sleeve of a uniform typically as identification of the organization to which the wearer is assigned.
- showplace home — a historic house
- sickle feather — one of the paired, elongated, sickle-shaped, middle feathers of the tail of the rooster.
- simple machine — machine (def 3b).
- sistine chapel — the chapel of the pope in the Vatican at Rome, built for Pope Sixtus IV and decorated with frescoes by Michelangelo and others.
- sleeping chair — a chair of the 17th century, having a high back, usually adjustable, with deep wings of the same height.
- social chapter — The social chapter is an agreement between countries in the European Union concerning workers' rights and working conditions.
- social charter — a declaration of the rights, minimum wages, maximum hours, etc, of workers in the European Union, later adopted in the Social Chapter
- soil mechanics — the branch of civil engineering that deals with the mechanical behavior of soil and similar materials when they are compressed or sheared or when liquids flow through them.
- soul-searching — the act or process of close and penetrating analysis of oneself, to determine one's true motives and sentiments.
- special branch — The Special Branch is the department of the British police that is concerned with political security and deals with things such as terrorism and visits by foreign leaders.
- special school — A special school is a school for children who have some kind of serious physical or mental problem.
- sphaerocrystal — a spherical crystalline mass
- starch blocker — a substance ingested in the belief that it inhibits the body's ability to metabolize starch and thereby promotes weight loss: declared illegal in the U.S. by the FDA.
- steeplechasing — a horse race over a turf course furnished with artificial ditches, hedges, and other obstacles over which the horses must jump.
- stegocephalian — an extinct, pre-Jurassic amphibian
- stegocephalous — having the characteristics of the order Stegocephala
- stereochemical — of, relating to, stereochemistry
- stomachfulness — the quality of being stomachful
- straight-laced — strait-laced (sense 2)
- stretchability — to draw out or extend (oneself, a body, limbs, wings, etc.) to the full length or extent (often followed by out): to stretch oneself out on the ground.
- sulphacetamide — a topical antibiotic of the sulphonamide group, used to treat eye infections, as well as skin infections including acne
- supply teacher — A supply teacher is a teacher whose job is to take the place of other teachers at different schools when they are unable to be there.
- teach a lesson — give a class, give instruction
- technicalities — technical methods and vocabulary
- the all blacks — the international Rugby Union football team of New Zealand
- the black caps — the international cricket team of New Zealand
- the black isle — a peninsula in NE Scotland, in Highland council area, between the Cromarty and Moray Firths
- the ice blacks — the international ice hockey team of New Zealand
- the salicaceae — a chiefly N temperate family of trees and shrubs having catkins: includes the willows and poplars
- the soo canals — the two ship canals linking Lakes Superior and Huron. There is a canal on the Canadian and on the US side of the rapids of the St Mary's River
- thymelaeaceous — of, relating to, or belonging to the Thymelaeaceae, a family of trees and shrubs having tough acrid bark and simple leaves: includes spurge laurel, leatherwood, and mezereon
- tip the scales — to exercise a decisive influence
- turn the scale — Often, scales. a balance or any of various other instruments or devices for weighing: We gave the parents a baby scale. The butcher placed the meat on the scales.
- unaccomplished — not accomplished; incomplete or not carried out: Many tasks remain unaccomplished.
- unhysterically — in a way that does not show or suggest any hysteria; calmly; rationally
- unmetaphysical — (of a statement or theory) not metaphysical or abstract
- unpurchaseable — not able to be bought or purchased