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14-letter words containing s, i, n, u, a

  • silent auction — an auction at which previously submitted written bids of prospective buyers are opened and compared, with each item being sold to the highest bidder.
  • simultaneously — existing, occurring, or operating at the same time; concurrent: simultaneous movements; simultaneous translation.
  • 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.
  • siphonapterous — belonging or pertaining to the insect order Siphonaptera, comprising the fleas.
  • situation room — a room at a military or political headquarters where the latest information on a military or political situation is channeled.
  • situationalism — the theory that behavior is chiefly response to immediate situations.
  • slantendicular — slanting (rather than perpendicular or horizontal)
  • slide mountain — a mountain in SE New York: highest peak of the Catskill Mountains. 4204 feet (1280 meters).
  • snap out of it — return quickly to normal
  • snowy mountain — of or relating to the Snowy Mountains of Australia or their inhabitants
  • social dumping — the practice of allowing employers to lower wages and reduce employees' benefits in order to attract and retain employment and investment
  • social housing — Social housing is housing which is provided for rent or sale at a fairly low cost by housing associations and local councils.
  • sodium cyanide — a white, crystalline, deliquescent, water-soluble, poisonous powder, NaCN, prepared by heating sodium amide with charcoal: used chiefly in casehardening alloys, in the leaching and flotation of ore, and in electroplating.
  • sodium nitrate — a crystalline, water-soluble compound, NaNO 3 , that occurs naturally as soda niter: used in fertilizers, explosives, and glass, and as a color fixative in processed meats.
  • solitudinarian — a person who seeks solitude; recluse.
  • solubilization — the process whereby something becomes soluble or more soluble
  • somali current — a current of the Indian Ocean, flowing northward along the coast of Somalia in summer and southwestward the rest of the year.
  • somnambulation — to walk during sleep; sleepwalk.
  • soul-searching — the act or process of close and penetrating analysis of oneself, to determine one's true motives and sentiments.
  • sound archives — official records or files (as in a library) of sound recordings, broadcasts, or performances, esp those from radio programmes
  • 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 american — a continent in the S part of the Western Hemisphere. About 6,900,000 sq. mi. (17,871,000 sq. km).
  • south carolina — a state in the SE United States, on the Atlantic coast. 31,055 sq. mi. (80,430 sq. km). Capital: Columbia. Abbreviation: SC (for use with zip code), S.C.
  • 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).
  • spanish burton — any of several tackles employing a runner in addition to the fall.
  • spanish guinea — a republic in W equatorial Africa, comprising the mainland province of Río Muni and the island province of Bioko: formerly a Spanish colony. 10,824 sq. mi. (28,034 sq. km). Capital: Malabo.
  • spanish guitar — acoustic guitar.
  • spermatogonium — one of the undifferentiated germ cells giving rise to spermatocytes.
  • square-bashing — drill on a barrack square
  • square-dancing — the activity of taking part in a square dance
  • staff discount — a discount off goods sold by a particular shop, given to members of staff of that shop
  • stage business — business (def 10).
  • standard issue — something, such as a rifle, included as standard with military equipment
  • state function — a thermodynamic quantity that has definite values for given states of a system, such as entropy, enthalpy, free energy, etc
  • station church — any of the churches in Rome that have been used from ancient times as points of assembly for religious processions
  • stone mountain — a massive, dome-shaped granite outcrop in NW Georgia, near Atlanta: sculptures of Confederate heroes: 825 feet (252 meters) high.
  • straighten out — make straighter
  • string quartet — a musical composition, usually in three or four movements, for four stringed instruments, typically two violins, viola, and cello.
  • stuffed animal — soft toy
  • sturmabteilung — a political militia of the Nazi party, organized about 1923 and notorious for its violence and terrorism up to 1934, when it was purged and reorganized as an instrument of physical training and political indoctrination of German men; Brown Shirts.
  • sub-peritoneal — the serous membrane lining the abdominal cavity and investing its viscera.
  • subaggregation — a subtotalling
  • subassociation — an association that forms part of a larger association
  • subcontinental — a large, relatively self-contained landmass forming a subdivision of a continent: the subcontinent of India.
  • subcontracting — outsourcing of contract work
  • subcontrariety — the quality or state of being subcontrary
  • subgenerically — in a subgeneric manner; in a way relating to a subgenus
  • subinfeudation — the granting of a portion of an estate by a feudal tenant to a subtenant, held from the tenant on terms similar to those of the grant to the tenant.
  • subinfeudatory — a person who holds by subinfeudation.
  • subinsinuation — an indirect or incomplete insinuation
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