14-letter words containing p, a, n, s, e
- san pedro sula — a city in NW Honduras.
- sandwich panel — a structural panel consisting of a core of one material enclosed between two sheets of a different material.
- saphenous vein — either of two large veins near the surface of the foot, leg, and thigh, one on the inner side and the other on the outer and posterior sides.
- sauropterygian — any of various Mesozoic marine reptiles of the superorder Sauropterygia, including the suborder Plesiosauria.
- scheduling api — Scheduling Application Programming Interface
- scrap merchant — dealer in discarded materials
- screen capture — Also called screen capture. a copy or image of what is seen on a computer screen at a given time: Save the screenshot as a graphics file.
- screen scraper — (tool) A piece of software used to automate interaction between two computer systems through the terminal interface (designed for human use) of one of those systems. Typically, the screen scraper interacts with terminal emulation software to generate input to and process output from the "host" system through terminal screens. Screen scrapers are advantageous when modifications to the host system are undesireable, when it is desireable to make use of the existing business and data integrity logic on the host, and when no other (peer-to-peer) interface method is available. Some products employ screen scraping combined with additional functionality which provides a DBMS-like or other specialised interface to the host. The host system is often called a "legacy system" because it usually the older of the systems involved and based on older technology.
- secret partner — a partner whose name as a member of a firm is not revealed to the public.
- self-appointed — chosen by oneself to act in a certain capacity or to fulfill a certain function, especially pompously or self-righteously: a self-appointed guardian of the public's morals.
- self-expanding — to increase in extent, size, volume, scope, etc.: Heat expands most metals. He hopes to expand his company.
- self-impedance — Electricity. the total opposition to alternating current by an electric circuit, equal to the square root of the sum of the squares of the resistance and reactance of the circuit and usually expressed in ohms. Symbol: Z.
- self-important — having or showing an exaggerated opinion of one's own importance; pompously conceited or haughty.
- self-operating — automatic.
- self-parodying — given to or involving self-parody
- 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.
- semipolar bond — type of chemical bond
- senior partner — high-ranking firm partner
- septuagenarian — of the age of 70 years or between 70 and 80 years old.
- serial line ip — (SLIP) Serial Line Internet Protocol.
- serpent bearer — the constellation Ophiuchus.
- serra junipero — Miguel José [mee-gel haw-se] /miˈgɛl hɔˈsɛ/ (Show IPA), 1713–84, Spanish Roman Catholic missionary to the Indians in California and Mexico.
- sesquipedalian — given to using long words.
- set an example — If you set an example, you encourage or inspire people by your behaviour to behave or act in a similar way.
- sewing pattern — a guide or diagram that you follow to make clothes or other things using a needle and thread
- shakespeareana — collected writings or items relating to Shakespeare
- shipping agent — a person or company whose business is to prepare shipping documents, arrange shipping space and insurance, and deal with customs requirements
- shoe repairing — the trade of mending shoes
- shortleaf pine — a pine, Pinus echinata, of the southern U.S., having short, flexible leaves.
- shove-ha'penny — a shuffleboard game played with coins or brass disks that are pushed by the hand and thumb down a board toward a scoring pit.
- shrink-wrapped — A shrink-wrapped product is sold in a tight covering of thin plastic.
- silent partner — a partner taking no active part in the conduct of a business.
- simple machine — machine (def 3b).
- siphonapterous — belonging or pertaining to the insect order Siphonaptera, comprising the fleas.
- sistine chapel — the chapel of the pope in the Vatican at Rome, built for Pope Sixtus IV and decorated with frescoes by Michelangelo and others.
- slatwall panel — A slatwall panel is a slatted surface which can be fixed to the wall from which shelves or hooks can be hung at varying heights to display merchandise.
- sleep learning — the act or process of learning during sleep by listening to recordings repeatedly.
- sleep-learning — the idea that people can learn things while they are asleep
- sleeping chair — a chair of the 17th century, having a high back, usually adjustable, with deep wings of the same height.
- sleeping giant — If you refer to someone or something as a sleeping giant, you mean that they are powerful but they have not yet shown the full extent of their power.
- smear campaign — a campaign to tarnish the reputation of a public figure, especially by vilification or innuendo.
- snippersnapper — an insignificant but pretentious person
- south pasadena — a city in SW California, near Los Angeles.
- space invaders — a video or computer game, the object of which is to destroy attacking alien spacecraft
- space medicine — the branch of aviation medicine dealing with the effects on humans of flying outside the earth's atmosphere.
- space sickness — a complex of symptoms including nausea, lethargy, headache, and sweating, occurring among astronauts under conditions of weightlessness.
- spangled glass — an American art glass having flakes of mica in a layer of clear glass flashed with colored glass.
- spanish dagger — a stemless or short-trunked plant, Yucca gloriosa, of the agave family, native to the southeastern U.S., having leaves nearly 2½ feet (75 cm) long, with a stiff, sharp point, and greenish-white or reddish flowers nearly 4 inches (10 cm) wide.
- spanish guinea — a republic in W equatorial Africa, comprising the mainland province of Río Muni and the island province of Bioko: formerly a Spanish colony. 10,824 sq. mi. (28,034 sq. km). Capital: Malabo.