14-letter words containing o, n, s, t, r
- spironolactone — a steroid, C 2 4 H 3 2 O 4 S, used in combination with other drugs as a diuretic and antihypertensive.
- spitting cobra — any cobra or cobralike snake, especially the ringhals, that sprays venom at the eyes of approaching animals.
- splinter group — a small organization that becomes separated from or acts apart from an original larger group or a number of other small groups, with which it would normally be united, as because of disagreement.
- sportfisherman — a motorboat fitted out for sportfishing.
- sporting house — Older Use. a brothel.
- st. john perse — (pseud. of Alexis Saint-Léger Léger) 1887-1975; Fr. diplomat & poet
- st. marylebone — former metropolitan borough of London: since 1965, part of Westminster
- st.-john perse — (Alexis Saint-Léger Léger) 1887–1975, French diplomat and poet: Nobel Prize in literature 1960.
- stabbing board — A stabbing board is a platform in the derrick, on which the derrickhand stands to run in casing.
- staffing ratio — the ratio of the staff or workforce of a place to another group, for example to staff in another department, the ratio of patients to nurses in a hospital, or the ratio of pupils to teachers in a school
- stagflationary — of, caused by, or relating to, stagflation
- staggering bob — a newborn calf.
- staghorn coral — staghorn coral.
- staghorn sumac — a sumac, Rhus typhina, of eastern North America, having leaves that turn scarlet, orange, and purple in the autumn.
- stalking horse — If you describe a person or thing as a stalking horse, you mean that it is being used to obtain a temporary advantage so that someone can get what they really want.
- stalking-horse — a horse, or a figure of a horse, behind which a hunter hides in stalking game.
- standard error — the standard deviation of a distribution of a sample statistic, especially when the mean is used as the statistic.
- standard model — a mathematical description of the elementary particles of matter and the fundamental forces by which they interact and behave; a model combining electromagnetic and weak forces.
- standard money — money made of a metal that has utility and value apart from its use as a unit of monetary exchange.
- standard score — the test score of a participant expressed as the deviation of the score from the mean score of the sample in units of standard deviation.
- standing order — Military. (formerly) a general order always in force in a command and establishing uniform procedures for it; standard operating procedure.
- stanovoi range — a mountain range in SE Russia; forms part of the watershed between rivers flowing to the Arctic and the Pacific. Highest peak: Mount Skalisty, 2482 m (8143 ft)
- start-up money — money that is spent on setting up a new business or other project
- starting block — a device used by runners, especially sprinters, for increasing their speed off the mark, consisting of a metal or wooden frame, usually secured to the ground at both ends, with adjustable, triangular-shaped blocks on each side for bracing the feet.
- starting point — place where sth begins
- state attorney — (in judicial proceedings) the legal representative of the state.
- state religion — the official religion of a state as established by law.
- station church — any of the churches in Rome that have been used from ancient times as points of assembly for religious processions
- steganographer — an expert in steganography
- steganographic — of, or pertaining to, steganography
- stephen foster — Stephen (Collins) 1826–64, U.S. songwriter.
- stepstone corp — (company) A company founded by Brad Cox, responsible for Objective C. Telephone: +1 (203) 426-1875.
- stinking roger — any of various plants having an unpleasant odor.
- stock in trade — the requisites for carrying on a business, especially goods kept on hand for sale in a store.
- stock transfer — Stock transfer is the act of moving goods from one part of the distribution chain to another.
- stock turnover — the rate at which stock is sold and replenished
- stock watering — the creation of more new shares in a company than is justified by its assets
- stock-in-trade — items used in performing a job
- stocking frame — a type of knitting machine
- stoke-on-trent — a city in N Staffordshire, in central England, on the Trent River: pottery and china.
- stop-and-frisk — a policy that permits a police officer to momentarily detain and pat down or search a person suspected of criminal activity, especially when suspected of concealing a weapon.
- stopping power — a measure of the effect a substance has on the kinetic energy of a particle passing through it
- stopping train — a train that stops at local stations as well as the main ones
- storming party — a group deployed to make the first assault on a position or building
- straight joint — a vertical joint in brickwork that is directly above a vertical joint in the course below
- straighten out — make straighter
- strange to say — surprisingly
- stratification — the act or an instance of stratifying.
- streptodornase — a deoxyribonuclease, obtained from hemolytic streptococci, used in medicine for decomposing blood clots and fibrinous and purulent matter.
- streptothricin — an antibacterial substance produced by a soil fungus, Actinomyces lavendulae.