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14-letter words containing r, a, l, e, s

  • stumble across — to strike the foot against something, as in walking or running, so as to stagger or fall; trip.
  • sturgeon's law — "Ninety percent of everything is crap". Derived from a quote by science fiction author Theodore Sturgeon, who once said, "Sure, 90% of science fiction is crud. That's because 90% of everything is crud." Oddly, when Sturgeon's Law is cited, the final word is almost invariably changed to "crap". Compare Ninety-Ninety Rule. Though this maxim originated in SF fandom, most hackers recognise it and are all too aware of its truth.
  • sturmabteilung — a political militia of the Nazi party, organized about 1923 and notorious for its violence and terrorism up to 1934, when it was purged and reorganized as an instrument of physical training and political indoctrination of German men; Brown Shirts.
  • sub-peritoneal — the serous membrane lining the abdominal cavity and investing its viscera.
  • subgenerically — in a subgeneric manner; in a way relating to a subgenus
  • subproletariat — the poorest group within the working class
  • subterrestrial — underground; subterranean.
  • sufferableness — the quality or condition of being sufferable
  • sugar the pill — to make something unpleasant more agreeable by adding something pleasant
  • sugared almond — Sugared almonds are nuts which have been covered with a hard sweet coating.
  • 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.
  • supercelestial — located above the heavens; above the heavens or celestial regions
  • superelevation — bank1 (def 6).
  • superessential — beyond or above essence; transcending being
  • superficiality — being at, on, or near the surface: a superficial wound.
  • superficialize — to treat things superficially
  • superimposable — to impose, place, or set over, above, or on something else.
  • superinflation — hyperinflation.
  • superinsulated — highly insulated
  • supermasculine — highly masculine
  • supernaturally — of, relating to, or being above or beyond what is natural; unexplainable by natural law or phenomena; abnormal.
  • superovulation — to produce more than the normal number of ova at one time, as through hormone treatment.
  • supersexuality — the quality of having a strong sexual appetite
  • superspectacle — an extravagant cinematic spectacle, esp the silent Italian films of the early 1900s
  • superstimulate — to stimulate excessively
  • supply teacher — A supply teacher is a teacher whose job is to take the place of other teachers at different schools when they are unable to be there.
  • supramolecular — having an organization more complex than that of a molecule.
  • suprasegmental — above, beyond, or in addition to a segment.
  • survival curve — a line or curve plotted on a graph indicating survival rates of a specific population, as breast-cancer patients, over a period of time.
  • survival value — the utility of a behavioral trait or of a physical feature of an organism in aiding the survival and reproduction of the organism.
  • sweated labour — workers forced to work in poor conditions for low pay
  • sycamore maple — a maple, Acer pseudoplatanus, of Europe and western Asia, having gray bark and opposite, lobed leaves: grown as a shade tree.
  • symmetry plane — reflection plane.
  • 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.
  • take liberties — If you take liberties or take a liberty with someone or something, you act in a way that is too free and does not show enough respect.
  • tar heel state — North Carolina (used as a nickname).
  • tate galleries — two art galleries in London, the original Tate Gallery (1897), now Tate Britain, and Tate Modern, created in the former Bankside power station in 2000
  • telejournalism — the writing and broadcasting of journalism for television
  • telejournalist — a journalist who writes for or broadcasts on television
  • tellurous acid — a white, crystalline powder, H2TeO3
  • terbium metals — a series of closely related rare-earth elements, including terbium, gadolinium, europium, and, sometimes, dysprosium
  • terminal bonus — a bonus paid on a life insurance policy when the holder reaches a certain age or dies
  • territorialism — a principle or system that gives predominance to the landed classes.
  • testamentarily — in a testamentary manner
  • tetradactylous — having four fingers or toes.
  • texas longhorn — one of a breed of long-horned beef cattle of the southwestern U.S., developed from cattle introduced into North America from Spain and valued for disease resistance, fecundity, and a historical association with the old West: now rare.
  • the everglades — a subtropical marshy region of Florida, south of Lake Okeechobee: contains the Everglades National Park established to preserve the flora and fauna of the swamps. Area: over 13 000 sq km (5000 sq miles)
  • the federalist — a set of 85 articles by Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, and John Jay, published in 1787 and 1788, analyzing the Constitution of the U.S. and urging its adoption
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