14-letter words containing r, e, s, i, n, y
- 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.
- sanitary towel — sanitary napkin.
- sauropterygian — any of various Mesozoic marine reptiles of the superorder Sauropterygia, including the suborder Plesiosauria.
- scenic railway — a railroad that carries its passengers on a brief tour of an amusement park, resort, etc.
- 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).
- self-parodying — given to or involving self-parody
- semi-legendary — somewhat legendary; having something of the nature of a legend; almost legendary
- seniority rule — the custom in Congress providing for the assignment of a committee chairpersonship to that member of the majority party who has served on the committee the longest.
- seronegativity — the quality or state of being seronegative
- serpentiningly — in a winding or sinuous manner
- sheep-worrying — the act (of a dog, sheepdog, wolf, etc) of chasing a flock of sheep and biting or injuring the sheep
- sherry vinegar — a gourmet wine vinegar produced in the Jerez region of S Spain
- siberian husky — one of a Siberian breed of medium-size dogs having a thick, soft coat, raised originally as sled dogs.
- silky anteater — an arboreal, tropical American anteater, Cyclopes didactylus, about the size of a rat, having a prehensile tail, glossy, golden fur, and two toes on each forelimb.
- sitting pretty — (of a bird) occupying a nest of eggs for hatching.
- 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
- spiny anteater — echidna.
- stay-in strike — sit-down strike.
- steel industry — production of steel
- sticky fingers — an inclination or tendency to steal or pilfer
- stirling cycle — a highly efficient thermodynamic cycle in which air or an inert gas is compressed and expanded
- subcontrariety — the quality or state of being subcontrary
- subgenerically — in a subgeneric manner; in a way relating to a subgenus
- subinfeudatory — a person who holds by subinfeudation.
- sugar refinery — place where sugar is processed
- sulfinpyrazone — a substance, C 2 3 H 2 0 N 2 O 3 S, used in the treatment of chronic gout.
- sunday painter — a nonprofessional painter, usually unschooled and generally painting during spare time.
- supereminently — in a supereminent manner; to a supereminent degree
- superfecundity — the quality of being fecund; capacity, especially in female animals, of producing young in great numbers.
- superintensity — the quality of being extremely intense
- superseniority — seniority that is granted or held without regard to age or service.
- surinam cherry — a tropical American tree, Eugenia uniflora, of the myrtle family, having ovate leaves and fragrant, white flowers.
- syrian hamster — golden hamster.
- 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
- testamentarily — in a testamentary manner
- thermoanalysis — thermal analysis.
- thermodynamics — the science concerned with the relations between heat and mechanical energy or work, and the conversion of one into the other: modern thermodynamics deals with the properties of systems for the description of which temperature is a necessary coordinate.
- thirty-seventh — next after the thirty-sixth; being the ordinal number for 37.
- transit system — public transport service
- transsexuality — a person having a strong desire to assume the physical characteristics and gender role of the opposite sex.
- transversality — the state of being transversal
- treinta y tres — a city in E Uruguay.
- tripersonality — the state or condition of being tripersonal; existence in three persons, as the Godhead.
- trysting place — a place for a meeting, especially a secret meeting of lovers; rendezvous.
- tymshare, inc. — (company) The US company that created the TYMNET network.
- tyrrhenian sea — a part of the Mediterranean, bounded by W Italy, Corsica, Sardinia, and Sicily.
- uncrystallized — lacking a final form
- undespairingly — in an undespairing manner
- undiscoverably — in an undiscoverable manner
- undistractedly — in an undistracted manner