14-letter words containing s, c, r, e, w
- news broadcast — TV, radio: current affairs item
- pascal's wager — the argument put forth by Blaise Pascal that it is in one's best interest to believe in the existence of God, as it is a rational assumption and does no harm, and the possibility of eternal punishment in hell outweighs any advantage of believing otherwise.
- phillips screw — a screw having a cruciform slot into which a screwdriver with a cruciform point (Phillips screwdriver (trademark)) fits
- power politics — political action characterized by the exercise or pursuit of power as a means of coercion.
- reach-me-downs — trousers
- saint lawrence — D(avid) H(erbert) 1885–1930, English novelist.
- scenic railway — a railroad that carries its passengers on a brief tour of an amusement park, resort, etc.
- schwyzertutsch — any of the local dialects of German spoken in Switzerland.
- screw conveyor — a device for moving loose materials, consisting of a shaft with a broad, helically wound blade rotating in a tube or trough.
- screw extruder — A screw extruder is a type of mixer which moves the components through a cylinder using a screw which turns.
- search warrant — a court order authorizing the examination of a dwelling or other private premises by police officials, as for stolen goods.
- 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.
- serrated wrack — the seaweed Fucus serratus
- shower cubicle — a shower enclosure
- shower curtain — waterproof sheet around a shower
- skew-symmetric — noting a square matrix that is equal to the negative of its transpose.
- social network — a network of friends, colleagues, and other personal contacts: Strong social networks can encourage healthy behaviors.
- social welfare — social services provided by a government for its citizens.
- southern crown — the constellation Corona Australis.
- spanner wrench — a spanner with a fixed opening that cannot be adjusted to different sizes
- spectra yellow — a vivid yellow color.
- spruce budworm — the larva of a common tortricid moth, Choristoneura fumiferana, that is a destructive pest primarily of spruce and balsam fir in the northern and northeastern U.S. and in Canada.
- stock watering — the creation of more new shares in a company than is justified by its assets
- straw-coloured — If you describe something, especially hair, as straw-coloured, you mean that it is pale yellow.
- surface worker — a person who works on or near the ground surface
- sweeping score — a line at each end of the rink parallel to the foot score and extending through the center of the tee.
- swimmer's itch — an inflammation of the skin, resembling insect bites, caused by burrowing larval forms of schistosomes.
- tumbler switch — electrical control
- turn the screw — to increase the pressure
- two-horse race — a competition, election, etc, in which there are only two teams or candidates with a chance of winning
- warehouse club — A warehouse club is a large shop which sells goods at reduced prices to people who pay each year to become members of the organization that runs the shop.
- waste products — the useless products of bodily processes
- water chestnut — any aquatic plant of the genus Trapa, bearing an edible, nutlike fruit, especially T. natans, of the Old World.
- water moccasin — the cottonmouth.
- water scorpion — any of several predaceous aquatic bugs of the family Nepidae, having clasping front legs and a long respiratory tube at the rear of the abdomen: capable of biting if handled.
- watercolourist — An artist who paints watercolours.
- wearing course — the top layer of a road that carries the traffic; road surface
- weaver's hitch — sheet bend.
- weightwatchers — a person who is dieting to control his or her weight.
- well described — to tell or depict in written or spoken words; give an account of: He described the accident very carefully.
- well-conserved — to prevent injury, decay, waste, or loss of: Conserve your strength for the race.
- well-described — to tell or depict in written or spoken words; give an account of: He described the accident very carefully.
- well-practised — having or having been habitually or frequently practised in order to improve skill or quality
- well-respected — a particular, detail, or point (usually preceded by in): to differ in some respect.
- wessex culture — an early Bronze Age culture of southern England, 1800–1400 b.c., known only from grave sites, grave goods, and megaliths and considered responsible for erecting the sarsen stones of the third building phase of Stonehenge.
- western church — the Roman Catholic Church, sometimes with the Anglican Church, or, more broadly, the Christian churches of the West.
- western thrace — an ancient region of varying extent in the E part of the Balkan Peninsula: later a Roman province; now in Bulgaria, Turkey, and Greece.
- whiplash-curve — the lash of a whip.
- whorehouse cut — a cut in which a pack is divided into two parts, each of which is divided again before the pack is reassembled.