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13-letter words containing s, l, a, t, e, r

  • saint-laurent — Louis Stephen [lwee ste-fen] /lwi stɛˈfɛn/ (Show IPA), 1882–1973, prime minister of Canada 1948–57.
  • sales receipt — slip or document: proof of payment
  • sample letter — an example of a particular type of letter intended to show people how to construct their own letter
  • samuel slater — Samuel, 1768–1835, U.S. industrialist, born in England.
  • sanitary belt — a narrow belt, usually of elastic, for holding a sanitary napkin in place.
  • satin slipper — a play (1925–28) by Paul Claudel.
  • scarlet fever — a contagious febrile disease caused by streptococci and characterized by a scarlet eruption.
  • scarlet gilia — skyrocket.
  • scarlet woman — a sexually promiscuous woman, especially a prostitute or a woman who commits adultery.
  • scene-stealer — a performer in a play, motion picture, etc., who by charm, talent, or artifice, draws most of the audience's attention, often away from the leading performers.
  • schoolteacher — a teacher in a school, especially in one below the college level.
  • sclerotherapy — Medicine/Medical. a treatment for varicose veins in which blood flow is diverted and the veins collapsed by injection of a hardening solution, also used cosmetically in spider veins to eliminate discoloration.
  • sea butterfly — any member of the gastropod order Pteropoda, shelled marine mollusks so called for their ability to swim using winglike extensions of the foot.
  • secret ballot — a vote in which the confidentiality of how one votes is safeguarded.
  • security leak — a leak of information that could endanger public safety
  • see you later — an expression of farewell
  • 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.
  • self-apparent — clear and evident without need of further evidence
  • self-betrayal — to deliver or expose to an enemy by treachery or disloyalty: Benedict Arnold betrayed his country.
  • self-catering — holiday accommodation not including meals
  • self-creation — the act of producing or causing to exist; the act of creating; engendering.
  • self-critical — capable of criticizing oneself objectively.
  • self-flattery — praise and exaggeration of one's own achievements coupled with a denial or glossing over of one's faults or failings; self-congratulation.
  • self-ignorant — lacking in knowledge or training; unlearned: an ignorant man.
  • self-portrait — a portrait of oneself done by oneself.
  • self-starting — starter (def 3).
  • self-training — the education, instruction, or discipline of a person or thing that is being trained: He's in training for the Olympics.
  • semi-tropical — Semi-tropical places have warm, wet air.
  • semimenstrual — (esp of tides) occurring twice monthly
  • septentrional — northern; boreal
  • serial rapist — someone who carries out a series of rapes
  • serial rights — the rights to reprint or publish a serial or as a serial
  • serial writer — someone who writes novels, dramas, etc, presented in separate instalments at regular intervals
  • serialization — to publish in serial form.
  • share capital — A company's share capital is the money that shareholders invest in order to start or expand the business.
  • shaver outlet — a point in a wall, esp in a bathroom, where you can connect an electric razor to the power supply
  • shelf-stacker — a person whose job is to fill the shelves and displays in a supermarket or other shop with goods for sale
  • sidereal time — time measured by the diurnal motion of stars. A sidereal day is about four minutes shorter than a solar day, with hours, minutes, and seconds all proportionally shorter.
  • silent barter — dumb barter.
  • silver iodate — a white, crystalline, slightly water-soluble powder, AgIO 3 , used in medicine chiefly as an antiseptic and as an astringent.
  • silver wattle — a tree, Acacia dealbata, of the legume family, native to Australia and Tasmania, having feathery, silver-gray foliage and fragrant yellow flowers.
  • silver-plated — Something that is silver-plated is covered with a very thin layer of silver.
  • single father — a father who brings up a child or children alone, without a partner.
  • single market — a market consisting of a number of nations, esp those of the European Union, in which goods, capital, and currencies can move freely across borders without tariffs or restrictions
  • single parent — mother or father without a partner
  • single thread — the execution of an entire task from beginning to end without interruption
  • single-parent — of or noting a family in which a parent brings up a child or children alone, without a partner: a single-parent family; a single-parent household.
  • single-seater — a vehicle that has only one seat
  • singles chart — a ranked chart of popular music (individual songs, not albums or collections) for a specific period of time
  • sinterability — the capacity to be sintered
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