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14-letter words containing s, a, b, t

  • salvageability — the act of saving a ship or its cargo from perils of the seas.
  • saut de basque — a jump in which the dancer turns in the air while keeping the foot of one leg drawn up to the knee of the other.
  • saxe-altenburg — a former duchy in Thuringia in central Germany.
  • scatterbrained — a person incapable of serious, connected thought.
  • scratchbuilder — a person who scratchbuilds
  • secretary bird — a large, long-legged, raptorial bird, Sagittarius serpentarius, of Africa, that feeds on reptiles.
  • self-abasement — humiliation of oneself, especially as a result of guilt, shame, or the like.
  • self-stability — the state or quality of being stable.
  • serbo-croatian — a Slavic language spoken in Serbia and Croatia, usually written with Cyrillic letters in Serbia but with Roman letters in Croatia.
  • sergeant baker — a large brightly-coloured fish of the genus Latropiscis, found in temperate reef waters of Australasia
  • serpent bearer — the constellation Ophiuchus.
  • serviceability — capable of or being of service; useful.
  • shabby-genteel — trying to maintain dignity and self-respect despite shabbiness.
  • shadow cabinet — (in the British Parliament) a group of prominent members of the opposition who are expected to hold positions in the cabinet when their party assumes power.
  • sheva brachoth — the seven blessings said during the marriage service and repeated at the celebration thereafter
  • shooting brake — station wagon.
  • skirting board — fabric for making skirts.
  • slave bracelet — a braceletlike, ornamental circlet or chain worn around the ankle.
  • snowball fight — game: throwing balls of snow
  • soapbox orator — a person who makes a speech on, or as if on, a soapbox
  • sobriety coach — a person who is employed to help another to refrain from drinking alcohol
  • solubilization — the process whereby something becomes soluble or more soluble
  • soluble tablet — A soluble tablet is a tablet that is designed to be dissolved in water before it is swallowed.
  • somnambulation — to walk during sleep; sleepwalk.
  • son of a bitch — a contemptible or thoroughly disagreeable person; scoundrel.
  • south suburban — a city in SE West Bengal, in E India: a suburb of Calcutta.
  • spanish burton — any of several tackles employing a runner in addition to the fall.
  • specbase_int92 — A variant of SPECint92 that reports "baseline" results, using stricter run rules.
  • spitting cobra — any cobra or cobralike snake, especially the ringhals, that sprays venom at the eyes of approaching animals.
  • spread betting — Spread betting is a form of gambling that involves predicting a range of possible scores or results rather than one particular score or result.
  • square bracket — bracket (def 3).
  • st. marylebone — former metropolitan borough of London: since 1965, part of Westminster
  • stabbing board — A stabbing board is a platform in the derrick, on which the derrickhand stands to run in casing.
  • stability ball — a firm, very large, usually inflatable ball used in various exercises, chiefly to strengthen the back, pelvis, and abdominal muscles.
  • stability pact — an agreement between the member states of the EU which have joined the single currency, the aim of which is to secure the currency's stability by imposing fines on member states whose budget deficits exceed 3 per cent of their gross domestic product
  • stabilizer bar — a horizontal metal bar linking the two front suspension systems of an automobile, used to reduce swaying or rolling.
  • stage business — business (def 10).
  • staggering bob — a newborn calf.
  • starch blocker — a substance ingested in the belief that it inhibits the body's ability to metabolize starch and thereby promotes weight loss: declared illegal in the U.S. by the FDA.
  • stars and bars — U.S. History. the flag adopted by the Confederate States of America, consisting of two broad horizontal bars of red separated by one of white, with a blue union marked with a circle of white stars, one for each Confederate state. Compare Southern Cross (def 2).
  • starting block — a device used by runners, especially sprinters, for increasing their speed off the mark, consisting of a metal or wooden frame, usually secured to the ground at both ends, with adjustable, triangular-shaped blocks on each side for bracing the feet.
  • statutory body — a body set up by the government to consider evidence and make judgements in some field of activity
  • stealth bomber — a type of US military aircraft using advanced technology to render it virtually undetectable to sight, radar, or infrared sensors
  • 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.
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