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14-letter words containing s, i, n, c, e

  • sabermetrician — (used with a singular verb) the computerized measurement of baseball statistics.
  • sacramentalism — a belief in or emphasis on the importance and efficacy of the sacraments for achieving salvation and conferring grace.
  • sacramentality — of, relating to, or of the nature of a sacrament, especially the sacrament of the Eucharist.
  • sacramentarian — a person who maintains that the Eucharistic elements have only symbolic significance and are not corporeal manifestations of Christ.
  • sacrifice bunt — a bunt made by the batter so that a base runner is advanced while the batter is put out
  • 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.
  • saint benedict — Saint, died a.d. 685, pope 684–85.
  • saint boniface — Saint, pope a.d. 608–615.
  • saint lawrence — D(avid) H(erbert) 1885–1930, English novelist.
  • salade niçoise — a cold dish consisting of hard-boiled eggs, anchovy fillets, olives, tomatoes, tuna fish, etc
  • sales campaign — product promotion and publicity
  • sample section — a section of sth, intended as representative of the whole
  • sandhill crane — a North American crane, Grus canadensis, having bluish-gray plumage and a red forehead.
  • sandwich panel — a structural panel consisting of a core of one material enclosed between two sheets of a different material.
  • sansculotterie — the characteristics of sansculottes
  • sansculottides — the festivities held during the five complementary days in the French Republican Calendar
  • scaling ladder — a ladder for climbing high walls.
  • scandium oxide — a white infusible powder, Sc 2 O 3 , soluble in acids.
  • 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.
  • scenic reserve — an area of natural beauty, set aside for public recreation
  • scented orchid — a slender orchid, Gymnadenia conopsea, with fragrant pink flowers carried in a dense spike and having a three-lobed lip; found in calcareous turf
  • scheduling api — Scheduling Application Programming Interface
  • schematization — to reduce to or arrange according to a scheme.
  • schiff reagent — a solution of rosaniline and sulfurous acid in water, used to test for the presence of aldehydes.
  • schizo-phrenic — Psychiatry. of or relating to schizophrenia: Not all of these patients are schizophrenic.
  • school edition — a special edition of a book for distribution to schools or colleges, subject to a special rate of discount, sometimes without a dust jacket (distinguished from trade edition).
  • schoolchildren — a child attending school.
  • schoolteaching — the profession of a schoolteacher.
  • schottky noise — shot effect.
  • schumann-heink — Ernestine, 1861–1936, U.S. contralto, born in Bohemia.
  • science museum — a museum in London, originating from 1852 and given its present name and site in 1899: contains collections relating to the history of science, technology, and industry
  • scientifically — of or relating to science or the sciences: scientific studies.
  • scintillometer — a device for detecting and measuring radioactivity, having a crystal scintillator, a photoelectric cell sensitive to the light from scintillations, and an amplifier.
  • sclerotization — the state of being sclerotized.
  • scream and die — Synonym cough and die, but connotes that an error message was printed or displayed before the program crashed.
  • screen editing — the act or process of editing text on screen
  • 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.
  • 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
  • screen-printed — printed by screen process
  • screening room — a room where films are screened for a private audience
  • screening test — a simple test performed on a large number of people to identify those who have or are likely to develop a specified disease
  • scrimmage line — line of scrimmage.
  • scrip dividend — a dividend issued in the form of a note entitling the holder to a cash payment at a specified later date.
  • scsi interface — SCSI adaptor
  • scsi reconnect — (hardware)   The ability of a SCSI initiator to initiate new transactions before earlier ones have completed. A target or initiator can disconnect from the bus when it experiences a delay in completing a task so that another device can use the bus. It can reconnect later and complete the task.
  • seaman recruit — a noncommissioned enlisted person of the lowest rank. Abbreviation: SR.
  • second opinion — view of another expert
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