14-letter words containing r, a, i, s, e, o
- sporangiophore — a structure bearing sporangia.
- sporangiospore — a spore that is produced within a sporangium.
- sportfisherman — a motorboat fitted out for sportfishing.
- stage director — a person who directs a theatrical production.
- staggering bob — a newborn calf.
- 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.
- 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)
- state religion — the official religion of a state as established by law.
- steganographic — of, or pertaining to, steganography
- stella polaris — Polaris.
- sterculiaceous — of, relating to, or belonging to the Sterculiaceae, a chiefly tropical family of plants that includes cacao and cola
- stereochemical — of, relating to, stereochemistry
- stigmatiferous — (of a plant) having a stigma
- stock in trade — the requisites for carrying on a business, especially goods kept on hand for sale in a store.
- 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
- storage device — a device used to store digital data or information, as a hard disk or CD.
- strabismometer — an instrument that measures strabismus
- straight poker — one of the original forms of poker in which players are dealt five cards face down, upon which they bet and then have the showdown without drawing any cards.
- straighten out — make straighter
- streptobacilli — any of various bacilli that form in chains.
- studio theatre — a small theatre within which the stage and seating can usually be rearranged
- sub-peritoneal — the serous membrane lining the abdominal cavity and investing its viscera.
- subaggregation — a subtotalling
- subatmospheric — (of a quantity) having a value lower than that of the atmosphere: subatmospheric temperatures.
- subcontrariety — the quality or state of being subcontrary
- subinfeudatory — a person who holds by subinfeudation.
- subproletariat — the poorest group within the working class
- sulfinpyrazone — a substance, C 2 3 H 2 0 N 2 O 3 S, used in the treatment of chronic gout.
- sun also rises — a novel (1926) by Ernest Hemingway.
- super-rational — beyond the scope or range of reason; intuitional.
- superambitious — extremely ambitious, highly ambitious
- superannuation — the act of superannuating.
- supercargoship — a giant cargo ship
- superelevation — bank1 (def 6).
- supererogation — to do more than duty requires.
- superimportant — extremely important
- superimposable — to impose, place, or set over, above, or on something else.
- superinflation — hyperinflation.
- superior ovary — Botany. an ovary positioned above a receptacle of a flower, as in members of the mint family.
- superovulation — to produce more than the normal number of ova at one time, as through hormone treatment.
- superpatriotic — characteristic of a superpatriot
- surface-to-air — (of a missile, message, etc.) capable of traveling from the surface of the earth to a target in the atmosphere.
- symmetrophobia — an avoidance of symmetry, esp in Japanese art and Egyptian temples
- tabes dorsalis — syphilis of the spinal cord and its appendages, characterized by shooting pains and other sensory disturbances, and, in the later stages, by paralysis.
- tayside region — a former local government region in E Scotland: formed in 1975 from Angus, Kinross-shire, and most of Perthshire; replaced in 1996 by the council areas of Angus, City of Dundee, and Perth and Kinross
- telejournalism — the writing and broadcasting of journalism for television