14-letter words containing l, a, s, e, r, d
- roanoke island — an island off the NE coast of North Carolina, S of Albemarle Sound: site of Raleigh's unsuccessful colonizing attempts 1585, 1587.
- saavedra lamas — Carlos [kahr-laws] /ˈkɑr lɔs/ (Show IPA), 1878?–1959, Argentine statesman and diplomat: Nobel Peace Prize 1936.
- sacred college — the collective body of the cardinals of the Roman Catholic Church
- saddle leather — hide, as from a cow or bull, that undergoes vegetable tanning and is used for saddlery.
- sadler's wells — a theatre in London. It was renovated in 1931 by Lilian Bayliss and became the home of the Sadler's Wells Opera Company and the Sadler's Wells Ballet (now the Royal Ballet)
- sailing orders — the final orders given to a ship's commander before sailing, concerning matters such as time of departure, destination, etc
- salad dressing — a sauce for a salad, usually with a base of oil and vinegar or of mayonnaise.
- sales director — a professional responsible for directing and managing the sales department of a company
- salt dome trap — A salt dome trap is an area where oil has been trapped underground by salt pushing upward.
- san pedro sula — a city in NW Honduras.
- sand lovegrass — any grass of the genus Eragrostis, as E. curvula (weeping lovegrass) and E. trichodes (sand lovegrass) cultivated as forage and ground cover.
- sandhill crane — a North American crane, Grus canadensis, having bluish-gray plumage and a red forehead.
- sanford b dole — Robert J(oseph) born 1923, U.S. politician: senator 1969–96.
- scaling ladder — a ladder for climbing high walls.
- scapular medal — a medal that has been blessed and may be substituted for a scapular (sense 3)
- scrambled eggs — scrambled eggs are eggs that are mixed together and then cooked in butter.
- scratchbuilder — a person who scratchbuilds
- secondary cell — storage cell.
- secondary wall — the innermost part of a plant cell wall, deposited after the wall has ceased to increase in surface area.
- self-addressed — addressed for return to the sender.
- self-adornment — something that adds attractiveness; ornament; accessory: the adornments and furnishings of a room.
- self-generated — made without the aid of an external agent; produced spontaneously.
- self-hardening — noting or pertaining to any of various steels that harden after heating without quenching or other treatment.
- self-laudatory — containing or expressing praise: overwhelmed by the speaker's laudatory remarks.
- self-parodying — given to or involving self-parody
- self-regarding — consideration for oneself or one's own interests.
- self-regulated — governed or controlled from within; self-regulating.
- semi-legendary — somewhat legendary; having something of the nature of a legend; almost legendary
- semi-paralyzed — to affect with paralysis.
- semipolar bond — type of chemical bond
- seward's folly — the purchase of Alaska in 1867, through the negotiations of Secretary of State W. H. Seward.
- sheepdog trial — a competition in which sheepdogs are tested in their tasks
- shoulder blade — the scapula.
- shoulder board — one of a pair of narrow, stiff, cloth patches bearing an insignia of rank and worn on the shoulders by a commissioned officer.
- 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.
- shoulder strap — a strap worn over the shoulder, as to support a garment.
- shropshire lad — a volume of poetry (1896) by A. E. Housman.
- sidereal month — Also called calendar month. any of the twelve parts, as January or February, into which the calendar year is divided.
- simple-hearted — free of deceit; artless; sincere.
- single-hearted — sincere and undivided in feeling or spirit; dedicated; not reflecting mixed emotions: He was single-hearted in his patriotism.
- skeleton draft — a basic or minimum draft or outline
- skilled labour — labour or work that demands skill and which you usually have to be trained for, or the workers that provide this labour
- slantendicular — slanting (rather than perpendicular or horizontal)
- slate-coloured — like slate in colour
- slave cylinder — a small cylinder containing a piston that operates the brake shoes or pads in hydraulic brakes or the working part in any other hydraulically operated system
- slide fastener — zipper (def 2).
- social drinker — a person who drinks alcoholic beverages usually in the company of others and is in control of his or her drinking.
- solar calendar — a calendar whose dates are based on the position of the earth and its proximity to the sun
- spike lavender — a lavender, Lavandula latifolia, having spikes of pale-purple flowers, and yielding an oil used in painting.
- spotted laurel — an evergreen cornaceous shrub, Aucuba japonica, of S and SE Asia, the female of which has yellow-spotted leaves