14-letter words containing s, a, b, r, e, t
- steamer basket — a gift basket of fruit, sweets, and the like, often including champagne, sent to a person departing on a trip, especially by ship.
- stockbrokerage — a stockbroker's work or business
- strabismometer — an instrument that measures strabismus
- streptobacilli — any of various bacilli that form in chains.
- 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.
- strike-breaker — A strike-breaker is a person who continues to work during a strike, or someone who takes over the work of a person who is on strike.
- strikebreaking — action directed at breaking up a strike of workers.
- stumble across — to strike the foot against something, as in walking or running, so as to stagger or fall; trip.
- sturmabteilung — a political militia of the Nazi party, organized about 1923 and notorious for its violence and terrorism up to 1934, when it was purged and reorganized as an instrument of physical training and political indoctrination of German men; Brown Shirts.
- sub-peritoneal — the serous membrane lining the abdominal cavity and investing its viscera.
- sub-postmaster — (in Britain) a man who runs a sub-post office
- sub-treasuries — a subordinate or branch treasury.
- subaggregation — a subtotalling
- subarborescent — below or under trees
- subatmospheric — (of a quantity) having a value lower than that of the atmosphere: subatmospheric temperatures.
- subcontrariety — the quality or state of being subcontrary
- subinfeudatory — a person who holds by subinfeudation.
- subject matter — the substance of a discussion, book, writing, etc., as distinguished from its form or style.
- submetacentric — referring to chromosomes which have one long arm and one short arm
- subminiaturize — to design or manufacture (equipment, especially electronic equipment) of a greatly reduced scale.
- subproletariat — the poorest group within the working class
- subsecretariat — an administrative department that assists and is subordinate to a secretariat.
- subterrestrial — underground; subterranean.
- subtherapeutic — indicating a dosage, as of a drug or vitamin, less than the amount required for a therapeutic effect.
- sugar diabetes — diabetes mellitus
- superabsorbent — extremely or unusually absorbent: superabsorbent fibers.
- superambitious — extremely ambitious, highly ambitious
- sweated labour — workers forced to work in poor conditions for low pay
- symmetrophobia — an avoidance of symmetry, esp in Japanese art and Egyptian temples
- 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.
- take liberties — If you take liberties or take a liberty with someone or something, you act in a way that is too free and does not show enough respect.
- tensor bandage — a wide elasticized bandage that supports injured joints
- terbium metals — a series of closely related rare-earth elements, including terbium, gadolinium, europium, and, sometimes, dysprosium
- terminal bonus — a bonus paid on a life insurance policy when the holder reaches a certain age or dies
- the bear state — a name for the state of Arkansas
- thenard's blue — cobalt blue.
- three-base hit — triple (def 7).
- thrust bearing — a bearing designed to absorb thrusts parallel to the axis of revolution.
- to break ranks — If you say that a member of a group or organization breaks ranks, you mean that they disobey the instructions of their group or organization.
- trade barriers — any regulation or policy that restricts international trade, especially tariffs, quotas, etc.
- trans-siberian — Russian Sibirʾ. an extensive region in the Russian Federation in N Asia, extending from the Ural Mountains to the Pacific.
- transfer orbit — the flight path of a space vehicle moving from a nearly circular orbit to one with different parameters.
- transit number — an identifying number assigned by a banking organization to a bank and printed on its checks.
- treasury bench — (in Britain) the front bench to the right of the Speaker in the House of Commons, traditionally reserved for members of the Government
- treasury bills — an obligation of the U.S. government represented by promissory notes in denominations ranging from $1000 to $1,000,000, with a maturity of about 90 days but bearing no interest, and sold periodically at a discount on the market.
- umbrella skirt — a full skirt with many gores that flare gradually from the waist to the hem.
- umbrella stand — an upright rack or stand for umbrellas
- un-subordinate — placed in or belonging to a lower order or rank.
- undemonstrable — not able to be made evident
- understandable — capable of being understood; comprehensible.