14-letter words containing l, a, t, r, o
- rob the cradle — a small bed for an infant, usually on rockers.
- rogue elephant — a vicious elephant that has been exiled from the herd.
- rolled tobacco — loose tobacco that is rolled into cigarettes
- roller caption — caption lettering that moves progressively up or across the picture, as for showing the credits at the end of a programme
- roller-coaster — to go up and down like a roller coaster; rise and fall: a narrow road roller-coastering around the mountain; a light boat roller-coastering over the waves.
- roller-skating — the act of moving on roller skates
- roman alphabet — Latin alphabet.
- roman catholic — of or relating to the Roman Catholic Church.
- root vegetable — edible starchy tuber
- rostral column — a memorial column having sculptures representing the rams of ancient ships.
- roulette table — surface marked out for roulette
- roundaboutedly — in a roundabout manner
- route flapping — flapping router
- royal standard — a flag bearing the arms of the British sovereign, flown only when she (or he) is present
- sale or return — an arrangement by which a retailer pays only for goods sold, returning those that are unsold to the wholesaler or manufacturer
- sales director — a professional responsible for directing and managing the sales department of a company
- sales forecast — a prediction of future sales of a product, either judgmental or based on previous sales patterns
- salt dome trap — A salt dome trap is an area where oil has been trapped underground by salt pushing upward.
- salvation army — an international Christian organization founded in England in 1865 by William Booth, organized along quasi-military lines and devoted chiefly to evangelism and to providing social services, especially to the poor.
- sanitary towel — sanitary napkin.
- sansculotterie — the characteristics of sansculottes
- saone-et-loire — a department in E France. 3331 sq. mi. (8625 sq. km). Capital: Mâcon.
- satisfactorily — giving or affording satisfaction; fulfilling all demands or requirements: a satisfactory solution.
- scalar product — inner product (def 1).
- scholar's mate — a simple mate by the queen on the f7 square, achievable by white's fourth move
- school of arts — a public building in a small town, originally one used for adult education
- sclerotization — the state of being sclerotized.
- secularization — to make secular; separate from religious or spiritual connection or influences; make worldly or unspiritual; imbue with secularism.
- self-adornment — something that adds attractiveness; ornament; accessory: the adornments and furnishings of a room.
- self-assertion — insistence on or an expression of one's own importance, wishes, needs, opinions, or the like.
- self-formation — the act or process of forming or the state of being formed: the formation of ice.
- self-important — having or showing an exaggerated opinion of one's own importance; pompously conceited or haughty.
- self-laudatory — containing or expressing praise: overwhelmed by the speaker's laudatory remarks.
- self-operating — automatic.
- self-operative — automatic.
- semi-nocturnal — active at night (opposed to diurnal): nocturnal animals.
- serratirostral — having a serrated beak or bill; sawbilled
- settle a score — to avenge a wrong
- sharptail mola — a fish, Masturus lanceolatus, related to the ocean sunfish but having a pointed tail.
- sheepdog trial — a competition in which sheepdogs are tested in their tasks
- shortleaf pine — a pine, Pinus echinata, of the southern U.S., having short, flexible leaves.
- 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.
- sidereal month — Also called calendar month. any of the twelve parts, as January or February, into which the calendar year is divided.
- signature loan — a loan requiring no collateral.
- singular point — a point at which a given function of a complex variable has no derivative but of which every neighborhood contains points at which the function has derivatives.
- sinistrorsally — in a sinistrorsal manner
- skeleton draft — a basic or minimum draft or outline
- slate-coloured — like slate in colour
- slaughterhouse — a building or place where animals are butchered for food; abattoir.