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13-letter words containing s, i, n, t, r

  • satin slipper — a play (1925–28) by Paul Claudel.
  • saturnalianly — in a saturnalian or dissolute manner
  • savings ratio — the ratio of personal savings to disposable income, esp using the difference between national figures for disposable income and consumer spending as a measure of savings
  • scan register — (electronics, testing)   A digital logic circuit which can act either as a flip-flop or as a serial shift register and which is used to form a scan path for testing. The most common design is a multiplexed flip-flop: The other common design is level-sensitive scan design (LSSD).
  • scarfed joint — a lapped joint between two pieces of timber made by notching or grooving the ends and strapping, bolting, or gluing the two pieces together
  • scarification — an act or instance of scarifying.
  • scenarization — the process of making or creating a scenario, esp to aid distance learning education
  • scene painter — a person who paints scenery in a theatre
  • scene shifter — a person who changes scenes during a play
  • sciatic nerve — either of a pair of nerves, the largest in the body, that originate in the sacral plexus of the lower back and extend down the buttocks to the back of the knees, where they divide into other nerves: the sciatic nerve and its branches innervate large areas of the pelvis, leg, and foot.
  • scintigraphic — of or relating to scintigraphy
  • scintiscanner — a device that records the distribution and intensity of an internally administered radiopharmaceutical, producing a scintigram.
  • scleroprotein — protein that is fibrous and insoluble in water, serving a protective or supportive function in the body.
  • scorification — an assaying process whereby gold or silver is separated from ore by fusion with lead.
  • scout uniform — the uniform worn by the Scouts
  • screaming tty — [Unix] A terminal line which spews an infinite number of random characters at the operating system. This can happen if the terminal is either disconnected or connected to a powered-off terminal but still enabled for login; misconfiguration, misimplementation, or simple bad luck can start such a terminal screaming. A screaming tty or two can seriously degrade the performance of a vanilla Unix system; the arriving "characters" are treated as userid/password pairs and tested as such. The Unix password encryption algorithm is designed to be computationally intensive in order to foil brute-force crack attacks, so although none of the logins succeeds; the overhead of rejecting them all can be substantial.
  • screen rights — the rights to make a film version of a book
  • screenwriting — writing film scripts
  • scriptwriting — a person who writes scripts, as for movies, radio, or television.
  • second string — Sports. the squad of players available either individually or as a team to replace or relieve those who start a game.
  • second-strike — noting, pertaining to, or using nuclear forces capable of withstanding attack and retaliating after an adversary has launched a first strike.
  • sectorization — the act or state of sectorizing
  • security zone — an area controlled by security forces
  • sedentariness — characterized by or requiring a sitting posture: a sedentary occupation.
  • segregational — the act or practice of segregating; a setting apart or separation of people or things from others or from the main body or group: gender segregation in some fundamentalist religions.
  • selenocentric — having the moon as its center.
  • selenotropism — growth in response to moonlight.
  • self-catering — holiday accommodation not including meals
  • self-creation — the act of producing or causing to exist; the act of creating; engendering.
  • self-ignorant — lacking in knowledge or training; unlearned: an ignorant man.
  • self-interest — regard for one's own interest or advantage, especially with disregard for others.
  • self-oriented — the Orient, the countries of Asia, especially East Asia. (formerly) the countries to the E of the Mediterranean.
  • self-righting — able to or designed to right itself or oneself after falling or capsizing.
  • self-starting — starter (def 3).
  • self-steering — maintaining a course without constant human action
  • self-training — the education, instruction, or discipline of a person or thing that is being trained: He's in training for the Olympics.
  • semiconductor — a substance, as silicon or germanium, with electrical conductivity intermediate between that of an insulator and a conductor: a basic component of various kinds of electronic circuit element (semiconductor device) used in communications, control, and detection technology and in computers.
  • semimenstrual — (esp of tides) occurring twice monthly
  • semipermanent — not quite permanent.
  • semisedentary — partially or somewhat sedentary
  • sempstressing — the profession of being a seamstress
  • senior editor — chief publishing manager
  • senior master — a male teacher in a senior position
  • senior moment — a brief lapse in memory or a moment of confusion, especially in an older person.
  • sensitometric — of or relating to sensitometry
  • septentrional — northern; boreal
  • septentriones — the seven stars of the Plough, the Great Bear
  • sequestration — removal or separation; banishment or exile.
  • serendipitist — an aptitude for making desirable discoveries by accident.
  • serendipitous — come upon or found by accident; fortuitous: serendipitous scientific discoveries.
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