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14-letter words containing n, e, i, g

  • self-parodying — given to or involving self-parody
  • self-poisoning — illness due to the taking of poison
  • self-reckoning — count; computation; calculation.
  • self-recording — recording automatically, as an instrument.
  • self-regarding — consideration for oneself or one's own interests.
  • self-restoring — to bring back into existence, use, or the like; reestablish: to restore order.
  • self-revealing — displaying, exhibiting, or disclosing one's most private feelings, thoughts, etc.: an embarrassingly self-revealing autobiography.
  • self-searching — examining carefully or thoroughly: a searching inspection.
  • selling climax — a brief, abrupt decline in stock prices that is succeeded by a rally.
  • selling plater — a horse that competes in a selling race; an inferior horse.
  • selling-plater — a horse that competes in a selling race; an inferior horse.
  • semi-evergreen — retaining green, unwithered leaves for part of the winter or through comparatively mild winters.
  • semi-legendary — somewhat legendary; having something of the nature of a legend; almost legendary
  • semi-malignant — disposed to cause harm, suffering, or distress deliberately; feeling or showing ill will or hatred.
  • semiconducting — of, relating to, or having the characteristics of a semiconductor.
  • semivegetarian — a person who eats mostly plant foods, dairy products, and eggs, and occasionally chicken, fish, and red meat.
  • septuagenarian — of the age of 70 years or between 70 and 80 years old.
  • serial killing — multiple killings or murders carried out by the same person or persons
  • series winding — the winding of an electric motor or generator in such a way that the field and armature circuits are connected in series
  • seronegativity — the quality or state of being seronegative
  • serpentiningly — in a winding or sinuous manner
  • serum globulin — the blood serum component consisting of proteins with a larger molecular weight than serum albumin
  • serviette ring — a ring used to hold a cloth serviette or napkin neatly in a cylinder
  • setting lotion — a perfumed solution of gum or a synthetic resin in a solvent, used in hairdressing to make a set last longer
  • seventy-eighth — next after the seventy-seventh; being the ordinal number for 78.
  • seville orange — a globose, reddish-yellow, bitter or sweet, edible citrus fruit.
  • sewing machine — any of various foot-operated or electric machines for sewing or making stitches, ranging from machines with a shuttle for a spool of thread and a needle for sewing garments to industrial machines for sewing leather, book pages together, etc.
  • sewing pattern — a guide or diagram that you follow to make clothes or other things using a needle and thread
  • share earnings — the earnings returned on the initial investment amount
  • sheep-worrying — the act (of a dog, sheepdog, wolf, etc) of chasing a flock of sheep and biting or injuring the sheep
  • sherry vinegar — a gourmet wine vinegar produced in the Jerez region of S Spain
  • shipping agent — a person or company whose business is to prepare shipping documents, arrange shipping space and insurance, and deal with customs requirements
  • shipping clerk — a clerk who attends to the packing, unpacking, receiving, sending out, and recording of shipments.
  • shipping fever — a respiratory disease of cattle, caused by Pasteurella haemolytica, often spread during the shipment of livestock.
  • shoe repairing — the trade of mending shoes
  • shooting brake — station wagon.
  • shooting lodge — a country house providing accommodation for a shooting party during the shooting season
  • shooting range — place for practising with guns
  • shooting spree — a series of shootings by a mad person
  • shopping spree — frenzied, indulgent buying
  • short covering — purchases that close out short sales on stocks or commodities.
  • shutting stile — the stile of a door or shutter that closes against the frame of the opening.
  • side-splitting — convulsively uproarious: sidesplitting laughter.
  • siegfried line — a zone of fortifications in W Germany facing the Maginot Line, constructed in the years preceding World War II.
  • signature loan — a loan requiring no collateral.
  • signature tune — theme song (def 2).
  • signed english — a form of communication employing the signs of American Sign Language but using English grammar in place of ASL syntax and using invented forms for English grammatical elements, such as of, to, the, and -ing, where no ASL sign exists.
  • silver wedding — a twenty-fifth wedding anniversary.
  • silver-tongued — persuasive; eloquent: a silver-tongued orator.
  • singing lesson — taught class in how to sing
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