14-letter words containing s, i, g, n, o, r
- screen popping — (communications) The use of CTI to make customer data appear on a call centre terminal at the same time as the customer call is transferred.
- screening room — a room where films are screened for a private audience
- 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).
- segregationist — one who favors, encourages, or practices segregation, especially racial segregation.
- self-enforcing — of or having the capability of enforcement within oneself or itself; self-regulating.
- self-governing — governed by itself or having self-government, as a state or community; independent.
- self-operating — automatic.
- self-parodying — given to or involving self-parody
- self-reckoning — count; computation; calculation.
- self-recording — recording automatically, as an instrument.
- self-restoring — to bring back into existence, use, or the like; reestablish: to restore order.
- seronegativity — the quality or state of being seronegative
- serum globulin — the blood serum component consisting of proteins with a larger molecular weight than serum albumin
- seville orange — a globose, reddish-yellow, bitter or sweet, edible citrus fruit.
- shaving mirror — small adjustable mirror
- sheep-worrying — the act (of a dog, sheepdog, wolf, etc) of chasing a flock of sheep and biting or injuring the sheep
- shillingsworth — the amount that can be purchased for a shilling
- shoe repairing — the trade of mending shoes
- shooting brake — station wagon.
- shooting guard — the player responsible for attempting long-range shots
- shooting party — a social gathering when people shoot game together
- shooting range — place for practising with guns
- shooting spree — a series of shootings by a mad person
- shopping hours — the times during which shops are open
- shopping spree — frenzied, indulgent buying
- short covering — purchases that close out short sales on stocks or commodities.
- signature loan — a loan requiring no collateral.
- silver-tongued — persuasive; eloquent: a silver-tongued orator.
- single bedroom — a bedroom that is intended to accommodate a single bed and occupancy of one person
- single honours — a British university degree course that involves study in a single area
- singular point — a point at which a given function of a complex variable has no derivative but of which every neighborhood contains points at which the function has derivatives.
- skirting board — fabric for making skirts.
- sleeping porch — a porch enclosed with glass or screening or a room with open sides or a row of windows used for sleeping in the open air.
- sliding vector — a vector having specified magnitude and lying on a given line.
- smooth-running — operating in a flowing and effective manner, without difficulties or obstructions
- social sharing — the activity of sharing photos, videos, links, etc., on a social-media website, within an interactive application, or through other online channels.
- soft margarine — a soft, spreadable margarine that is made with more liquid oils and less hydrogenated oils than hard, block margarine
- soldering iron — an instrument for melting and applying solder.
- sorting office — postal
- sorting tracks — the part of a railroad yard used for the final sorting of cars from a classification yard.
- soul-searching — the act or process of close and penetrating analysis of oneself, to determine one's true motives and sentiments.
- sound engineer — A sound engineer is a person who works in a recording studio or for a radio or television company, and whose job it is to alter and balance the levels of different sounds as they are recorded.
- sounding board — a thin, resonant plate of wood forming part of a musical instrument, and so placed as to enhance the power and quality of the tone.
- south georgian — a British island in the S Atlantic, about 800 miles (1290 km) SE of the Falkland Islands. About 1000 sq. mi. (2590 sq. km).
- sovereign debt — the debt of a national government, esp debt that is issued in a foreign currency
- spelling error — an error in the conventionally accepted form of spelling a word
- spending power — income available for spending
- spermatogonium — one of the undifferentiated germ cells giving rise to spermatocytes.
- spermiogenesis — the development of a spermatozoon from a spermatid.