14-letter words containing r, y, s, a
- spectra yellow — a vivid yellow color.
- speech therapy — treatment for speaking disorders
- sphaerocrystal — a spherical crystalline mass
- spiny anteater — echidna.
- st. marylebone — former metropolitan borough of London: since 1965, part of Westminster
- stagflationary — of, caused by, or relating to, stagflation
- standard money — money made of a metal that has utility and value apart from its use as a unit of monetary exchange.
- stanley dancer — Stanley, 1927–2005, U.S. harness racer and trainer.
- start-up money — money that is spent on setting up a new business or other project
- state attorney — (in judicial proceedings) the legal representative of the state.
- statutory body — a body set up by the government to consider evidence and make judgements in some field of activity
- statutory rape — sexual intercourse or other sexual relations with a person under the legal age of consent, which age varies in different states. See also rape1 (def 1).
- stay-in strike — sit-down strike.
- steely-hearted — hard-hearted
- storming party — a group deployed to make the first assault on a position or building
- strait-lacedly — in a strait-laced manner
- strange to say — surprisingly
- street railway — a company that operates streetcars or buses.
- stretchability — to draw out or extend (oneself, a body, limbs, wings, etc.) to the full length or extent (often followed by out): to stretch oneself out on the ground.
- 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 morning — a poem (1923) by Wallace Stevens.
- sunday painter — a nonprofessional painter, usually unschooled and generally painting during spare time.
- sunday trading — the fact of opening a shop or business on a Sunday
- supererogatory — going beyond the requirements of duty.
- superficiality — being at, on, or near the surface: a superficial wound.
- superior ovary — Botany. an ovary positioned above a receptacle of a flower, as in members of the mint family.
- supernaturally — of, relating to, or being above or beyond what is natural; unexplainable by natural law or phenomena; abnormal.
- supersexuality — the quality of having a strong sexual appetite
- 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.
- supportability — capable of being supported; endurable; maintainable.
- supramaxillary — of or relating to the upper jaw
- surinam cherry — a tropical American tree, Eugenia uniflora, of the myrtle family, having ovate leaves and fragrant, white flowers.
- surprise party — a party or celebration planned for someone as a surprise.
- sycamore maple — a maple, Acer pseudoplatanus, of Europe and western Asia, having gray bark and opposite, lobed leaves: grown as a shade tree.
- symmetrophobia — an avoidance of symmetry, esp in Japanese art and Egyptian temples
- symmetry plane — reflection plane.
- sync-generator — an electronic generator that supplies synchronizing pulses to television scanning and transmitting equipment.
- synchronically — having reference to the facts of a linguistic system as it exists at one point in time without reference to its history: synchronic analysis; synchronic dialectology.
- synoptic chart — a chart showing the distribution of meteorological conditions over a wide region at a given moment.
- syrian hamster — golden hamster.
- system program — a program, as an operating system, compiler, or utility program, that controls some aspect of the operation of a computer (opposed to application program).
- tailor's dummy — a mannequin used to help tailor or fit clothes
- take years off — to make (someone) feel or look much younger
- tank destroyer — a high-speed, self-propelled, armored combat vehicle with antitank cannon.
- 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
- ten years' war — a popular insurrection in Cuba (1868–78) against Spanish rule.