14-letter words containing r, e, s, c, i, n
- safety curtain — a sheet of asbestos or other fireproof material that can be lowered just inside the proscenium arch in case of fire, sealing off the backstage area from the auditorium.
- saint lawrence — D(avid) H(erbert) 1885–1930, English novelist.
- sandhill crane — a North American crane, Grus canadensis, having bluish-gray plumage and a red forehead.
- sansculotterie — the characteristics of sansculottes
- scaling ladder — a ladder for climbing high walls.
- scaremongering — a person who creates or spreads alarming news.
- scatterbrained — a person incapable of serious, connected thought.
- scenic railway — a railroad that carries its passengers on a brief tour of an amusement park, resort, etc.
- scenic reserve — an area of natural beauty, set aside for public recreation
- scented orchid — a slender orchid, Gymnadenia conopsea, with fragrant pink flowers carried in a dense spike and having a three-lobed lip; found in calcareous turf
- schiff reagent — a solution of rosaniline and sulfurous acid in water, used to test for the presence of aldehydes.
- schizo-phrenic — Psychiatry. of or relating to schizophrenia: Not all of these patients are schizophrenic.
- schoolchildren — a child attending school.
- scintillometer — a device for detecting and measuring radioactivity, having a crystal scintillator, a photoelectric cell sensitive to the light from scintillations, and an amplifier.
- sclerotization — the state of being sclerotized.
- scream and die — Synonym cough and die, but connotes that an error message was printed or displayed before the program crashed.
- screen editing — the act or process of editing text on screen
- screen popping — (communications) The use of CTI to make customer data appear on a call centre terminal at the same time as the customer call is transferred.
- screen sharing — audiographic teleconferencing
- screen trading — a form of trading on a market or exchange in which the visual display unit of a computer replaces personal contact as in floor trading
- screen-printed — printed by screen process
- screening room — a room where films are screened for a private audience
- screening test — a simple test performed on a large number of people to identify those who have or are likely to develop a specified disease
- scrimmage line — line of scrimmage.
- scrip dividend — a dividend issued in the form of a note entitling the holder to a cash payment at a specified later date.
- scsi interface — SCSI adaptor
- scsi reconnect — (hardware) The ability of a SCSI initiator to initiate new transactions before earlier ones have completed. A target or initiator can disconnect from the bus when it experiences a delay in completing a task so that another device can use the bus. It can reconnect later and complete the task.
- seaman recruit — a noncommissioned enlisted person of the lowest rank. Abbreviation: SR.
- second reading — the stage in the consideration of a legislative bill that provides an opportunity for debate and amendment.
- second service — the communion service: so called because it follows Morning Prayer.
- secondary gain — any advantage, as increased attention, disability benefits, or release from unpleasant responsibilities, obtained as a result of having an illness (distinguished from primary gain).
- secularization — to make secular; separate from religious or spiritual connection or influences; make worldly or unspiritual; imbue with secularism.
- securitization — the use of such securities as eurobonds to enable investors to lend directly to borrowers with a minimum of risk but without using banks as intermediaries
- selection rule — any of several rules designating allowed transitions between quantum states in terms of the quantum numbers associated with the states.
- self-directing — to manage or guide by advice, helpful information, instruction, etc.: He directed the company through a difficult time.
- self-direction — the act or an instance of directing.
- self-enforcing — of or having the capability of enforcement within oneself or itself; self-regulating.
- self-enriching — to supply with riches, wealth, abundant or valuable possessions, etc.: Commerce enriches a nation.
- self-insurance — insurance of one's property or interests against possible loss by the establishing of a special fund for the purpose instead of seeking coverage with an underwriter.
- self-reckoning — count; computation; calculation.
- self-recording — recording automatically, as an instrument.
- self-searching — examining carefully or thoroughly: a searching inspection.
- semi-nocturnal — active at night (opposed to diurnal): nocturnal animals.
- senior citizen — an elderly or aged person, especially one who is retired.
- senior service — the Royal Navy
- serbo-croatian — a Slavic language spoken in Serbia and Croatia, usually written with Cyrillic letters in Serbia but with Roman letters in Croatia.
- sericitization — the process of transforming into sericite
- seroconversion — the process of producing antibodies in response to a specific antigen
- serodiscordant — pertaining to a relationship with one HIV-positive partner and one HIV-negative partner.
- serum sickness — a generalized allergic reaction to a foreign serum or drug, characterized by fever, skin rash, enlarged lymph nodes, and painful joints.