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14-letter words containing r, u, n, e, s

  • russian empire — Russia (def 1).
  • rutting season — a recurrent period of sexual excitement and reproductive activity in certain male ruminants, such as the deer, that corresponds to the period of oestrus in females
  • sacrifice bunt — a bunt made by the batter so that a base runner is advanced while the batter is put out
  • 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.
  • sale or return — an arrangement by which a retailer pays only for goods sold, returning those that are unsold to the wholesaler or manufacturer
  • san pedro sula — a city in NW Honduras.
  • sanctus turret — a bell cote holding a Sanctus bell.
  • sansculotterie — the characteristics of sansculottes
  • sauropterygian — any of various Mesozoic marine reptiles of the superorder Sauropterygia, including the suborder Plesiosauria.
  • saxe-altenburg — a former duchy in Thuringia in central Germany.
  • scarlet runner — a twining, South American bean plant, Phaseolus coccineus, having clusters of scarlet flowers.
  • scavenger hunt — a game in which individuals or teams are sent out to accumulate, without purchasing, a series of common, outlandish, or humorous objects, the winner being the person or team returning first with all the items.
  • scoresby sound — a heavily indented arm of the Norwegian Sea in E Greenland.
  • scotch furnace — ore hearth.
  • screen capture — Also called screen capture. a copy or image of what is seen on a computer screen at a given time: Save the screenshot as a graphics file.
  • seaman recruit — a noncommissioned enlisted person of the lowest rank. Abbreviation: SR.
  • secularization — to make secular; separate from religious or spiritual connection or influences; make worldly or unspiritual; imbue with secularism.
  • secure tenancy — the letting of a dwelling by a nonprivate landlord, usually a local council or housing association, under an agreement that allows security of tenure, subletting, improvements made to the property by the tenant without consequent rent increase, and the right to buy the dwelling at a discount after three years' occupancy
  • 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-assurance — self-confidence.
  • 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-surrender — the surrender or yielding up of oneself, one's will, affections, etc., as to another person, an influence, or a cause.
  • semi-nocturnal — active at night (opposed to diurnal): nocturnal animals.
  • semilunar bone — lunate (def 2).
  • semimembranous — consisting of, of the nature of, or resembling membrane.
  • 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.
  • sense of humor — finding things funny
  • sensory neuron — a nerve cell that conducts impulses from a sense organ to the central nervous system.
  • septuagenarian — of the age of 70 years or between 70 and 80 years old.
  • serious-minded — characterized by seriousness of intention, purpose, thought, etc.; earnest.
  • serra junipero — Miguel José [mee-gel haw-se] /miˈgɛl hɔˈsɛ/ (Show IPA), 1713–84, Spanish Roman Catholic missionary to the Indians in California and Mexico.
  • serum globulin — the blood serum component consisting of proteins with a larger molecular weight than serum albumin
  • serum sickness — a generalized allergic reaction to a foreign serum or drug, characterized by fever, skin rash, enlarged lymph nodes, and painful joints.
  • servant church — the attitude or practices of a church whose avowed purpose is to serve the world.
  • service tunnel — a tunnel alongside another which is used for services such as maintenance, repairs, etc
  • seventy-fourth — next after the seventy-third; being the ordinal number for 74.
  • shoulder joint — the joint at the junction of the forelimb with the pectoral girdle
  • shower curtain — waterproof sheet around a shower
  • siberian husky — one of a Siberian breed of medium-size dogs having a thick, soft coat, raised originally as sled dogs.
  • signature loan — a loan requiring no collateral.
  • signature tune — theme song (def 2).
  • silver-tongued — persuasive; eloquent: a silver-tongued orator.
  • simpson's rule — a method for approximating the value of a definite integral by approximating, with parabolic arcs, the area under the curve defined by the integrand.
  • single honours — a British university degree course that involves study in a single area
  • single premium — a single payment that covers the entire cost of an insurance policy.
  • siphonapterous — belonging or pertaining to the insect order Siphonaptera, comprising the fleas.
  • situs inversus — a congenital defect in which an organ is on the side opposite from its normal position.
  • size reduction — Size reduction is a process in which the particle size of a solid is made smaller.
  • slantendicular — slanting (rather than perpendicular or horizontal)
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