14-letter words containing l, e, n, i, s, t
- quintessential — of the pure and essential essence of something: the quintessential Jewish delicatessen.
- quintuplicates — Plural form of quintuplicate.
- race relations — relationships between races
- rational dress — long loose trousers gathered at the ankle and worn under a shorter skirt
- reassimilating — to take in and incorporate as one's own; absorb: He assimilated many new experiences on his European trip.
- reconsolidated — to bring together (separate parts) into a single or unified whole; unite; combine: They consolidated their three companies.
- rediscountable — able to be rediscounted
- redistillation — further distillation; purification of liquid through many distillations
- reflectionless — unable to reflect, not possessing a reflection
- reflectiveness — that reflects; reflecting.
- reinstallation — something installed, as machinery or apparatus placed in position or connected for use.
- rejection slip — a notification of rejection, attached by a publisher to a manuscript before returning the work to its author.
- relinquishment — to renounce or surrender (a possession, right, etc.): to relinquish the throne.
- reminiscential — of or relating to reminiscence; reminiscent.
- repositionable — to put in a new or different position; shift: to reposition the artwork on the advertising layout.
- resident alien — an alien who has legally established residence in the U.S.
- resistlessness — the quality or condition of being resistless or unresisting
- resolicitation — the act of soliciting.
- responsibility — the state or fact of being responsible, answerable, or accountable for something within one's power, control, or management.
- retaliationist — a retaliator
- retinoblastoma — Pathology. an inheritable tumor of the eye.
- revolutionised — to bring about a revolution in; effect a radical change in: to revolutionize petroleum refining methods.
- roller-skating — the act of moving on roller skates
- rolling stones — the. British rock group (formed 1962): comprising Mick Jagger, Keith Richards (born 1943; guitar, vocals), Brian Jones (1942–69; guitar), Charlie Watts (born 1941; drums), Bill Wyman (born 1936; bass guitar; now retired), and subsequently Mick Taylor (born 1948; guitar; with the group 1969–74) and Ron Wood (born 1947; guitar; with the group from 1975)
- saber rattling — a show or threat of military power, especially as used by a nation to impose its policies on other countries.
- saber-rattling — a show or threat of military power, especially as used by a nation to impose its policies on other countries.
- sabre-rattling — If you describe a threat, especially a threat of military action, as sabre-rattling, you do not believe that the threat will actually be carried out.
- sacramentalism — a belief in or emphasis on the importance and efficacy of the sacraments for achieving salvation and conferring grace.
- sacramentality — of, relating to, or of the nature of a sacrament, especially the sacrament of the Eucharist.
- safety islands — a group of three small French islands in the Atlantic, off the coast of French Guiana
- sailing length — a measurement of a yacht, comprising its length on the water line as well as certain measurements taken from the overhangs at bow and stern.
- saint lawrence — D(avid) H(erbert) 1885–1930, English novelist.
- sample section — a section of sth, intended as representative of the whole
- 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
- 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).
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.