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14-letter words containing s, e, r, i, a

  • service charge — a fee charged for a service, sometimes in addition to a basic charge.
  • serviceability — capable of or being of service; useful.
  • servomechanism — an electronic control system in which a hydraulic, pneumatic, or other type of controlling mechanism is actuated and controlled by a low-energy signal.
  • set on its ear — to cause excitement, upheaval, etc. in
  • seville orange — a globose, reddish-yellow, bitter or sweet, edible citrus fruit.
  • sewing pattern — a guide or diagram that you follow to make clothes or other things using a needle and thread
  • shaker heights — a city in NE Ohio, near Cleveland.
  • share earnings — the earnings returned on the initial investment amount
  • share of voice — the proportion of the total audience or readership commanded by a media group across its full range of publishing and broadcasting activities
  • shark-infested — (of a body of water) known to contain large numbers of sharks, and therefore considered to be dangerous
  • sharp practice — You can use sharp practice to refer to an action or a way of behaving, especially in business or professional matters, that you think is clever but dishonest.
  • sheepdog trial — a competition in which sheepdogs are tested in their tasks
  • sherry vinegar — a gourmet wine vinegar produced in the Jerez region of S Spain
  • shoe repairing — the trade of mending shoes
  • shooting brake — station wagon.
  • shooting range — place for practising with guns
  • shortleaf pine — a pine, Pinus echinata, of the southern U.S., having short, flexible leaves.
  • shower curtain — waterproof sheet around a shower
  • shrink-wrapped — A shrink-wrapped product is sold in a tight covering of thin plastic.
  • shropshire lad — a volume of poetry (1896) by A. E. Housman.
  • siberian husky — one of a Siberian breed of medium-size dogs having a thick, soft coat, raised originally as sled dogs.
  • sick and tired — afflicted with ill health or disease; ailing.
  • sickle feather — one of the paired, elongated, sickle-shaped, middle feathers of the tail of the rooster.
  • sidereal month — Also called calendar month. any of the twelve parts, as January or February, into which the calendar year is divided.
  • sierra leonean — an independent republic in W Africa: member of the Commonwealth of Nations; formerly a British colony and protectorate. 27,925 sq. mi. (72,326 sq. km). Capital: Freetown.
  • sigma particle — an unstable hyperon having positive, negative, or zero electric charge and strangeness −1. Symbol: Σ.
  • signature loan — a loan requiring no collateral.
  • signature tune — theme song (def 2).
  • silent partner — a partner taking no active part in the conduct of a business.
  • 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.
  • silver nitrate — a white, crystalline, water-soluble, bitter, corrosive, poisonous powder, AgNO 3 , produced by the reaction of silver and dilute nitric acid: used chiefly in the manufacture of photographic emulsions and mirrors, as a laboratory reagent, and in medicine as an antiseptic, astringent, and in the routine prophylaxis of ophthalmia neonatorum.
  • simaroubaceous — belonging to the Simaroubaceae, the quassia family of plants.
  • simone martini — Simone [see-maw-ne] /siˈmɔ nɛ/ (Show IPA), 1283–1344, Italian painter.
  • simple measure — rhythm characterized by two or three beats or pulses to a measure.
  • simple-hearted — free of deceit; artless; sincere.
  • single-hearted — sincere and undivided in feeling or spirit; dedicated; not reflecting mixed emotions: He was single-hearted in his patriotism.
  • siphonapterous — belonging or pertaining to the insect order Siphonaptera, comprising the fleas.
  • sitting target — A sitting target is the same as a sitting duck.
  • skilled labour — labour or work that demands skill and which you usually have to be trained for, or the workers that provide this labour
  • skull practice — a meeting for the purpose of discussion, exchange of ideas, solving problems, etc.
  • 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
  • sleep learning — the act or process of learning during sleep by listening to recordings repeatedly.
  • sleep-learning — the idea that people can learn things while they are asleep
  • sleeping chair — a chair of the 17th century, having a high back, usually adjustable, with deep wings of the same height.
  • slide fastener — zipper (def 2).
  • slit fricative — a fricative, as (f) or (th), in which the tongue is relatively flat, with air channeled over it through a shallow slit.
  • smear campaign — a campaign to tarnish the reputation of a public figure, especially by vilification or innuendo.
  • snippersnapper — an insignificant but pretentious person
  • sobriety coach — a person who is employed to help another to refrain from drinking alcohol
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