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14-letter words containing s, i, n, g, l, e

  • progestational — prepared for pregnancy, as the lining of the uterus prior to menstruation or in the early stages of gestation itself; progravid.
  • pseudo-english — of, relating to, or characteristic of England or its inhabitants, institutions, etc.
  • quicksilvering — the mercury on the back of a mirror
  • quinquagesimal — of, relating to, or consisting of a set of 50
  • rabble-rousing — of, relating to, or characteristic of a rabble-rouser.
  • realized gains — Realized gains are gains which have been made from the sale of an asset.
  • reassimilating — to take in and incorporate as one's own; absorb: He assimilated many new experiences on his European trip.
  • recklinghausen — a city in NW Rhine-Westphalia, in Germany.
  • reducing glass — a lens or mirror that produces a virtual image of an object smaller than the object itself.
  • roller-skating — the act of moving on roller skates
  • rolling stones — the. British rock group (formed 1962): comprising Mick Jagger, Keith Richards (born 1943; guitar, vocals), Brian Jones (1942–69; guitar), Charlie Watts (born 1941; drums), Bill Wyman (born 1936; bass guitar; now retired), and subsequently Mick Taylor (born 1948; guitar; with the group 1969–74) and Ron Wood (born 1947; guitar; with the group from 1975)
  • royal highness — a title used prior to 1917 and designating a brother, sister, child, grandchild, aunt, or uncle belonging to the male line of the royal family. a title used since 1917 and designating a child or grandchild of the sovereign. any person given this title by the Crown.
  • saber rattling — a show or threat of military power, especially as used by a nation to impose its policies on other countries.
  • saber-rattling — a show or threat of military power, especially as used by a nation to impose its policies on other countries.
  • sabre-rattling — If you describe a threat, especially a threat of military action, as sabre-rattling, you do not believe that the threat will actually be carried out.
  • sailing length — a measurement of a yacht, comprising its length on the water line as well as certain measurements taken from the overhangs at bow and stern.
  • sailing orders — the final orders given to a ship's commander before sailing, concerning matters such as time of departure, destination, etc
  • salad dressing — a sauce for a salad, usually with a base of oil and vinegar or of mayonnaise.
  • sales campaign — product promotion and publicity
  • sales planning — the business activity of estimating future sales of products or services and setting sales targets
  • scaling ladder — a ladder for climbing high walls.
  • scheduling api — Scheduling Application Programming Interface
  • schoolteaching — the profession of a schoolteacher.
  • scrimmage line — line of scrimmage.
  • sedimentologic — of or relating to sedimentology
  • self-actuating — to incite or move to action; impel; motivate: actuated by selfish motives.
  • self-adjusting — that adjusts itself in response to circumstances
  • self-annealing — denoting certain metals, such as lead, tin, and zinc, that recrystallize at air temperatures and so may be cold-worked without strain-hardening
  • self-confining — to enclose within bounds; limit or restrict: She confined her remarks to errors in the report. Confine your efforts to finishing the book.
  • self-consoling — to alleviate or lessen the grief, sorrow, or disappointment of; give solace or comfort: Only his children could console him when his wife died.
  • self-deceiving — subject to self-deception; tending to deceive or fool oneself: a self-deceiving person.
  • self-defeating — serving to frustrate, thwart, etc., one's own intention or interests: His behavior was certainly self-defeating.
  • self-deserving — qualified for or having a claim to reward, assistance, etc., because of one's actions, qualities, or situation: the deserving poor; a deserving applicant.
  • self-diagnosis — the diagnosis of one's own malady or illness.
  • self-directing — to manage or guide by advice, helpful information, instruction, etc.: He directed the company through a difficult time.
  • self-enforcing — of or having the capability of enforcement within oneself or itself; self-regulating.
  • self-enriching — to supply with riches, wealth, abundant or valuable possessions, etc.: Commerce enriches a nation.
  • self-executing — going into effect immediately without the need of supplementary legislation: a self-executing treaty.
  • self-expanding — to increase in extent, size, volume, scope, etc.: Heat expands most metals. He hopes to expand his company.
  • self-financing — the management of revenues; the conduct or transaction of money matters generally, especially those affecting the public, as in the fields of banking and investment.
  • self-governing — governed by itself or having self-government, as a state or community; independent.
  • self-hardening — noting or pertaining to any of various steels that harden after heating without quenching or other treatment.
  • self-indulgent — indulging one's own desires, passions, whims, etc., especially without restraint.
  • self-levelling — having no part higher than another; having a flat or even surface.
  • self-mediating — to settle (disputes, strikes, etc.) as an intermediary between parties; reconcile.
  • self-mockingly — in a self-mocking manner
  • self-operating — automatic.
  • self-parodying — given to or involving self-parody
  • self-poisoning — illness due to the taking of poison
  • self-reckoning — count; computation; calculation.
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