14-letter words containing s, c, i, a, r
- sacramentarian — a person who maintains that the Eucharistic elements have only symbolic significance and are not corporeal manifestations of Christ.
- sacred history — history that is retold with the aim of instilling religious faith and which may or may not be founded on fact
- sacrifice bunt — a bunt made by the batter so that a base runner is advanced while the batter is put out
- sacrilegiously — pertaining to or involving sacrilege: sacrilegious practices.
- safety circuit — a type of electronic circuit that prevents malfunction by stopping the flow of current or sounding an alert.
- safety curtain — a sheet of asbestos or other fireproof material that can be lowered just inside the proscenium arch in case of fire, sealing off the backstage area from the auditorium.
- safety officer — The safety officer in a company or an organization is the person who is responsible for the safety of the people who work or visit there.
- saint francois — a river in S Quebec, Canada, flowing generally W to the St. Lawrence River. 165 miles (266 km) long.
- saint lawrence — D(avid) H(erbert) 1885–1930, English novelist.
- sakha republic — an administrative division in E Russia, in NE Siberia on the Arctic Ocean: the coldest inhabited region of the world; it has rich mineral resources. Capital: Yakutsk. Pop: 948 100 (2002). Area: 3 103 200 sq km (1 197 760 sq miles)
- sales director — a professional responsible for directing and managing the sales department of a company
- san franciscan — a seaport in W California, on San Francisco Bay: earthquake and fire 1906; United Nations Conference 1945.
- sandhill crane — a North American crane, Grus canadensis, having bluish-gray plumage and a red forehead.
- sandwich board — two connected posters or signboards that hang in front of and behind a person and usually bear some advertisement, notice, exhortation, or the like.
- sansculotterie — the characteristics of sansculottes
- santa catarina — a state in S Brazil. 36,856 sq. mi. (95,455 sq. km). Capital: Florianópolis.
- sarcocarcinoma — carcinosarcoma.
- satisfactorily — giving or affording satisfaction; fulfilling all demands or requirements: a satisfactory solution.
- saxifragaceous — belonging to the plant family Saxifragaceae.
- scaling ladder — a ladder for climbing high walls.
- scarcity value — increased value due to the inadequate supply of something
- scaremongering — a person who creates or spreads alarming news.
- scatterbrained — a person incapable of serious, connected thought.
- 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.
- schiff reagent — a solution of rosaniline and sulfurous acid in water, used to test for the presence of aldehydes.
- schleiermacher — Friedrich Ernst Daniel [free-drikh ernst dah-nee-el] /ˈfri drɪx ɛrnst ˈdɑ niˌɛl/ (Show IPA), 1768–1834, German theologian and philosopher.
- school library — a library within a school where teachers and students have access to books and other resources
- scissors chair — a chair, as a Dante or Savonarola chair, having transverse pairs of crossed legs supporting the seat and arms.
- sclerotization — the state of being sclerotized.
- scorpion grass — either of two small Old World plants, Myosotis sylvatica or M. scorpioides, of the borage family, having a light-blue flower commonly regarded as an emblem of constancy and friendship.
- scratchbuilder — a person who scratchbuilds
- scream and die — Synonym cough and die, but connotes that an error message was printed or displayed before the program crashed.
- screen sharing — audiographic teleconferencing
- 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
- scribbling pad — a notebook or sketchbook
- scrimmage line — line of scrimmage.
- scrutinization — to examine in detail with careful or critical attention.
- scsi initiator — (hardware) A device that begins a SCSI transaction by issuing a command to another device (the SCSI target), giving it a task to perform. Typically a SCSI host adapter is the initiator but targets may also become initiators.
- scsi interface — SCSI adaptor
- seaman recruit — a noncommissioned enlisted person of the lowest rank. Abbreviation: SR.
- second reading — the stage in the consideration of a legislative bill that provides an opportunity for debate and amendment.
- 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).
- secretary bird — a large, long-legged, raptorial bird, Sagittarius serpentarius, of Africa, that feeds on reptiles.
- secularization — to make secular; separate from religious or spiritual connection or influences; make worldly or unspiritual; imbue with secularism.
- securitization — the use of such securities as eurobonds to enable investors to lend directly to borrowers with a minimum of risk but without using banks as intermediaries
- security guard — a uniformed guard employed by a bank, airport, office building, etc., to maintain security.
- self-insurance — insurance of one's property or interests against possible loss by the establishing of a special fund for the purpose instead of seeking coverage with an underwriter.
- self-replicate — (of a computer virus, etc) to reproduce itself
- self-sacrifice — sacrifice of one's interests, desires, etc., as for duty or the good of another.