14-letter words containing s, a, n, d, e, r
- rhode islander — a person born or living in Rhode Island
- rise and shine — get out of bed
- roanoke island — an island off the NE coast of North Carolina, S of Albemarle Sound: site of Raleigh's unsuccessful colonizing attempts 1585, 1587.
- roanoke rapids — a city in NE North Carolina.
- roundaboutness — the characteristic of being roundabout
- sacred monster — a celebrity whose eccentricities or indiscretions are easily forgiven by admirers.
- saffron powder — the dried stigmas of the saffron crushed into powder, used to flavour or colour food
- sailing orders — the final orders given to a ship's commander before sailing, concerning matters such as time of departure, destination, etc
- salad dressing — a sauce for a salad, usually with a base of oil and vinegar or of mayonnaise.
- san bernardino — a city in S California.
- san pedro sula — a city in NW Honduras.
- sand lovegrass — any grass of the genus Eragrostis, as E. curvula (weeping lovegrass) and E. trichodes (sand lovegrass) cultivated as forage and ground cover.
- sand stargazer — a fish of the family Dactyloscopidae, especially Dactyloscopus tridigitatus, of Atlantic waters from Bermuda to Brazil, having tiny, tubular eyes on top of the head, and capable of emitting electric discharges.
- sandhill crane — a North American crane, Grus canadensis, having bluish-gray plumage and a red forehead.
- sanford b dole — Robert J(oseph) born 1923, U.S. politician: senator 1969–96.
- scaling ladder — a ladder for climbing high walls.
- scatterbrained — a person incapable of serious, connected thought.
- scream and die — Synonym cough and die, but connotes that an error message was printed or displayed before the program crashed.
- screen trading — a form of trading on a market or exchange in which the visual display unit of a computer replaces personal contact as in floor trading
- seanad eireann — the upper house of the parliament of the Republic of Ireland. Compare Oireachtas (def 1).
- second chamber — the parliament of the Netherlands, consisting of an upper chamber (First Chamber) and a lower chamber (Second Chamber)
- second reading — the stage in the consideration of a legislative bill that provides an opportunity for debate and amendment.
- secondary beam — a beam of particles of one kind selected from the group of particles produced when a beam of particles from an accelerator (primary beam) strikes a target.
- secondary cell — storage cell.
- secondary gain — any advantage, as increased attention, disability benefits, or release from unpleasant responsibilities, obtained as a result of having an illness (distinguished from primary gain).
- secondary road — a road less important than a main road or highway.
- secondary wall — the innermost part of a plant cell wall, deposited after the wall has ceased to increase in surface area.
- secondary wave — a transverse earthquake wave that travels through the interior of the earth and is usually the second conspicuous wave to reach a seismograph.
- self-adornment — something that adds attractiveness; ornament; accessory: the adornments and furnishings of a room.
- self-generated — made without the aid of an external agent; produced spontaneously.
- self-hardening — noting or pertaining to any of various steels that harden after heating without quenching or other treatment.
- self-parodying — given to or involving self-parody
- self-regarding — consideration for oneself or one's own interests.
- semi-legendary — somewhat legendary; having something of the nature of a legend; almost legendary
- semipolar bond — type of chemical bond
- serodiscordant — pertaining to a relationship with one HIV-positive partner and one HIV-negative partner.
- seventh-grader — a student in the seventh year of school, usually 11 to 13 years old
- shark-infested — (of a body of water) known to contain large numbers of sharks, and therefore considered to be dangerous
- shrink-wrapped — A shrink-wrapped product is sold in a tight covering of thin plastic.
- sick and tired — afflicted with ill health or disease; ailing.
- sidereal month — Also called calendar month. any of the twelve parts, as January or February, into which the calendar year is divided.
- single-hearted — sincere and undivided in feeling or spirit; dedicated; not reflecting mixed emotions: He was single-hearted in his patriotism.
- skeleton draft — a basic or minimum draft or outline
- slantendicular — slanting (rather than perpendicular or horizontal)
- 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
- slide fastener — zipper (def 2).
- social drinker — a person who drinks alcoholic beverages usually in the company of others and is in control of his or her drinking.
- sodium nitrate — a crystalline, water-soluble compound, NaNO 3 , that occurs naturally as soda niter: used in fertilizers, explosives, and glass, and as a color fixative in processed meats.
- solar calendar — a calendar whose dates are based on the position of the earth and its proximity to the sun
- sonderkommando — a group of prisoners assigned to collect belongings and dispose of the bodies of other prisoners who had died or been killed.