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14-letter words containing s, a, l, r, y

  • royal highness — a title used prior to 1917 and designating a brother, sister, child, grandchild, aunt, or uncle belonging to the male line of the royal family. a title used since 1917 and designating a child or grandchild of the sovereign. any person given this title by the Crown.
  • royal standard — a flag bearing the arms of the British sovereign, flown only when she (or he) is present
  • ruby-tail wasp — any of various brightly coloured wasps of the family Chrysididae, having a metallic sheen, which parasitize bees and other solitary wasps
  • ryukyu islands — a chain of 55 islands in the W Pacific, extending almost 650 km (400 miles) from S Japan to N Taiwan: an ancient kingdom, under Chinese rule from the late 14th century, invaded by Japan in the early 17th century, under full Japanese sovereignty from 1879 to 1945, and US control from 1945 to 1972; now part of Japan again. They are subject to frequent typhoons. Chief town: Naha (on Okinawa). Pop: 1 318 220 (2000). Area: 2196 sq km (849 sq miles)
  • sacramentality — of, relating to, or of the nature of a sacrament, especially the sacrament of the Eucharist.
  • sacrilegiously — pertaining to or involving sacrilege: sacrilegious practices.
  • sacrococcygeal — relating to the sacrum and the coccyx
  • salary bracket — a given range or bracket of salaries within which the amount of pay earned by someone falls
  • salivary gland — any of several glands, as the submaxillary glands, that secrete saliva.
  • salvation army — an international Christian organization founded in England in 1865 by William Booth, organized along quasi-military lines and devoted chiefly to evangelism and to providing social services, especially to the poor.
  • sanctuary lamp — a lamp, usually red, placed in a prominent position in the sanctuary of a church, that when lit indicates the presence of the Blessed Sacrament
  • sanitary towel — sanitary napkin.
  • satisfactorily — giving or affording satisfaction; fulfilling all demands or requirements: a satisfactory solution.
  • scaly anteater — pangolin.
  • scarcity value — increased value due to the inadequate supply of something
  • scenic railway — a railroad that carries its passengers on a brief tour of an amusement park, resort, etc.
  • scheme library — (library)   (SLIB) A portable Scheme library providing compatibiliy and utility functions for all standard Scheme implementations. Version 2c5 supports Bigloo, Chez, ELK, GAMBIT, MacScheme, MITScheme, PocketScheme, RScheme, Scheme->C, Scheme48, SCM, SCSH, T3.1, UMB-Scheme, and VSCM.
  • school library — a library within a school where teachers and students have access to books and other resources
  • secondary cell — storage cell.
  • secondary wall — the innermost part of a plant cell wall, deposited after the wall has ceased to increase in surface area.
  • self-laudatory — containing or expressing praise: overwhelmed by the speaker's laudatory remarks.
  • self-parodying — given to or involving self-parody
  • semi-legendary — somewhat legendary; having something of the nature of a legend; almost legendary
  • semi-paralysis — Pathology. a loss or impairment of voluntary movement in a body part, caused by injury or disease of the nerves, brain, or spinal cord. a disease characterized by this, especially palsy.
  • semi-paralyzed — to affect with paralysis.
  • serviceability — capable of or being of service; useful.
  • seward's folly — the purchase of Alaska in 1867, through the negotiations of Secretary of State W. H. Seward.
  • seyfert galaxy — one of a group of spiral galaxies with compact, bright nuclei having characteristically broad emission lines suggestive of very hot gases in violent motion at the center.
  • 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.
  • sinistrorsally — in a sinistrorsal manner
  • slaughterously — murderously
  • 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
  • slurry reactor — A slurry reactor is a reactor in which contact is achieved by suspending a solid in a liquid.
  • social history — a view of historical events seen in terms of social trends
  • solar activity — the sum of all variable and short-lived disturbances on the sun, as sunspots, prominences, and solar flares.
  • solitary vireo — a vireo, Vireo solitarius, of North and Central America, having the top and sides of the head bluish-gray.
  • solvay process — a process for manufacturing sodium carbonate whereby a concentrated solution of sodium chloride is saturated with ammonia, carbon dioxide is passed through it, and the product is calcined.
  • south-easterly — A south-easterly point, area, or direction is to the south-east or towards the south-east.
  • spectacularity — of or like a spectacle; marked by or given to an impressive, large-scale display.
  • spectra yellow — a vivid yellow color.
  • sphaerocrystal — a spherical crystalline mass
  • st. marylebone — former metropolitan borough of London: since 1965, part of Westminster
  • stagflationary — of, caused by, or relating to, stagflation
  • stanley dancer — Stanley, 1927–2005, U.S. harness racer and trainer.
  • steely-hearted — hard-hearted
  • strait-lacedly — in a strait-laced manner
  • 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.
  • subgenerically — in a subgeneric manner; in a way relating to a subgenus
  • sulfinpyrazone — a substance, C 2 3 H 2 0 N 2 O 3 S, used in the treatment of chronic gout.
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