14-letter words containing r, e, d, l, a
- self-parodying — given to or involving self-parody
- self-regarding — consideration for oneself or one's own interests.
- self-regulated — governed or controlled from within; self-regulating.
- semi-legendary — somewhat legendary; having something of the nature of a legend; almost legendary
- semi-paralyzed — to affect with paralysis.
- semipolar bond — type of chemical bond
- seward's folly — the purchase of Alaska in 1867, through the negotiations of Secretary of State W. H. Seward.
- sheepdog trial — a competition in which sheepdogs are tested in their tasks
- shoulder blade — the scapula.
- shoulder board — one of a pair of narrow, stiff, cloth patches bearing an insignia of rank and worn on the shoulders by a commissioned officer.
- shoulder patch — a cloth emblem worn on the upper part of a sleeve of a uniform typically as identification of the organization to which the wearer is assigned.
- shoulder strap — a strap worn over the shoulder, as to support a garment.
- shropshire lad — a volume of poetry (1896) by A. E. Housman.
- sidereal month — Also called calendar month. any of the twelve parts, as January or February, into which the calendar year is divided.
- simple-hearted — free of deceit; artless; sincere.
- single-hearted — sincere and undivided in feeling or spirit; dedicated; not reflecting mixed emotions: He was single-hearted in his patriotism.
- skeleton draft — a basic or minimum draft or outline
- skilled labour — labour or work that demands skill and which you usually have to be trained for, or the workers that provide this labour
- slantendicular — slanting (rather than perpendicular or horizontal)
- slate-coloured — like slate in colour
- slave cylinder — a small cylinder containing a piston that operates the brake shoes or pads in hydraulic brakes or the working part in any other hydraulically operated system
- slide fastener — zipper (def 2).
- social drinker — a person who drinks alcoholic beverages usually in the company of others and is in control of his or her drinking.
- solar calendar — a calendar whose dates are based on the position of the earth and its proximity to the sun
- spike lavender — a lavender, Lavandula latifolia, having spikes of pale-purple flowers, and yielding an oil used in painting.
- spotted laurel — an evergreen cornaceous shrub, Aucuba japonica, of S and SE Asia, the female of which has yellow-spotted leaves
- squared circle — a wrestling ring
- squared splice — square splice.
- 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.
- stanley dancer — Stanley, 1927–2005, U.S. harness racer and trainer.
- steely-hearted — hard-hearted
- stewart island — one of the islands of New Zealand, S of South Island. 670 sq. mi. (1735 sq. km).
- straddle truck — a self-propelled vehicle, having a chassis far above the ground, for carrying loads of lumber or the like beneath the chassis and between the wheels.
- straight-laced — strait-laced (sense 2)
- strait-lacedly — in a strait-laced manner
- straw-coloured — If you describe something, especially hair, as straw-coloured, you mean that it is pale yellow.
- stress-related — resulting from mental or emotional strain or tension
- striped marlin — a marlin, Tetrapturus audax, of the Pacific Ocean, having the sides of the body marked with dark blue vertical stripes, valued for sport and food.
- structuralized — to form into or make part of a structure.
- sugared almond — Sugared almonds are nuts which have been covered with a hard sweet coating.
- superinsulated — highly insulated
- sweated labour — workers forced to work in poor conditions for low pay
- 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.
- tandem trailer — Also called double-bottom, double-trailer truck, tandem. a very long rig consisting of a tractor pulling two trailers hooked up one behind another.
- tatterdemalion — a person in tattered clothing; a shabby person.
- teaching elder — a minister in a Presbyterian church.
- tellurous acid — a white, crystalline powder, H2TeO3
- tetradactylous — having four fingers or toes.
- tetraethyllead — a colorless, oily, water-insoluble, poisonous liquid, (C 2 H 5) 4 Pb, used as an antiknock agent in gasoline.
- 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)