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14-letter words containing m, r, s

  • slum clearance — the removal for rehousing, by the state, of those people who previously lived in slum areas, to prepare the area for demolition and rebuilding
  • smart sanction — a sanction intended to affect only a particular area of a country's activities or economy
  • smash-and-grab — A smash-and-grab is a robbery in which a person breaks a shop window, takes the things that are on display there, and runs away with them.
  • smear campaign — a campaign to tarnish the reputation of a public figure, especially by vilification or innuendo.
  • smoke detector — an electronic fire alarm that is activated by the presence of smoke.
  • smoker's cough — a chronic cough caused by smoking.
  • smooth-running — operating in a flowing and effective manner, without difficulties or obstructions
  • smothered mate — checkmate delivered by a knight when the king's mobility is restricted by his own pieces.
  • smuggling ring — a group of people involved in the secret and illegal importing or exporting of prohibited or dutiable goods
  • snake mackerel — an elongate, deep-sea fish, Gempylus serpens, inhabiting tropical and temperate seas, having jutting jaws and strong teeth.
  • snow-in-summer — a mat-forming garden plant, Cerastium tomentosum, of the pink family, native to Italy, having white flowers and numerous narrow, white, woolly leaves in large patches, growing in sand.
  • social climber — a person who attempts to gain admission into a group with a higher social standing.
  • social realism — a style of painting, especially of the 1930s in the U.S., in which the scenes depicted typically convey a message of social or political protest edged with satire.
  • sodium bromide — a white, crystalline, hygroscopic, water-soluble solid, NaBr, used chiefly in photography as a developer, and in medicine as a sedative.
  • sodium citrate — a white, crystalline or granular, water-soluble, odorless solid, Na 3 C 6 H 5 O 7 ⋅2H 2 O, having a cool, saline taste: used in photography, in soft drinks, and in medicine chiefly to prevent the coagulation of blood.
  • sodium nitrate — a crystalline, water-soluble compound, NaNO 3 , that occurs naturally as soda niter: used in fertilizers, explosives, and glass, and as a color fixative in processed meats.
  • sodium nitrite — Chemistry. a yellowish or white crystalline compound, NaNO 2 , soluble in water, slightly soluble in alcohol and ether: used in the manufacture of dyes and as a color fixative.
  • soft ice-cream — a softer and lighter-textured ice cream that contains more air than standard ice-cream. It was developed in Britain in the 20th century.
  • soft margarine — a soft, spreadable margarine that is made with more liquid oils and less hydrogenated oils than hard, block margarine
  • soldiers' home — an institution that provides care and shelter for retired soldiers.
  • solid geometry — the geometry of solid figures; geometry of three dimensions.
  • somali current — a current of the Indian Ocean, flowing northward along the coast of Somalia in summer and southwestward the rest of the year.
  • somar software — (company)   The distributors of Somar DumpAcl and other utilities for Windows NT. Address: Washington, DC, USA.
  • somerset house — a building in London, in the Strand, built (1776–86) by Sir William Chambers; formerly housed the General Register Office of births, marriages, and deaths: contains (from 1990) the art collections of the Courtauld Institute
  • son et lumiere — sound-and-light show.
  • sonderkommando — a group of prisoners assigned to collect belongings and dispose of the bodies of other prisoners who had died or been killed.
  • source program — an original computer program written by a programmer that is converted into the equivalent object program, written in machine language, by the compiler or assembler
  • south american — a continent in the S part of the Western Hemisphere. About 6,900,000 sq. mi. (17,871,000 sq. km).
  • southern yemen — a former name of Yemen (def 1).
  • space platform — space station.
  • spanish armada — Armada (def 1).
  • spark spectrum — a spectrum formed from the light produced by an electric spark, characteristic of the gas or vapor through which the spark passes.
  • sparring match — a practice boxing match
  • spatiotemporal — pertaining to space-time.
  • speaking terms — if you are on speaking terms with someone, you are quite friendly with them and often talk to them
  • spearfisherman — a person who engages in spearfishing.
  • spectator pump — a woman's spectator shoe, closed at the front and back, usually having a medium or medium-high heel.
  • speed merchant — a person who habitually drives too fast in a motor vehicle
  • spermatic cord — the cord by which a testis is suspended in the scrotum, containing the vas deferens and the blood vessels and nerves of the testis.
  • spermatogenous — producing spermatozoa.
  • spermatogonium — one of the undifferentiated germ cells giving rise to spermatocytes.
  • spermatorrhoea — abnormally frequent and involuntary nonorgasmic emission of semen.
  • spermatothecae — a female reproductive organ in some insects
  • spermiogenesis — the development of a spermatozoon from a spermatid.
  • sphaeristerium — an ancient Roman handball court.
  • spinning frame — a machine for drawing, twisting, and winding yarn.
  • spirit compass — a wet compass filled with a mixture of alcohol and water.
  • splatter movie — a film containing many scenes of violent and gruesome murders.
  • sportfisherman — a motorboat fitted out for sportfishing.
  • sports complex — exercise facility, leisure centre
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