14-letter words containing s, l, e, b
- self-stability — the state or quality of being stable.
- semi-permeable — permeable only to certain small molecules: a semipermeable membrane.
- semilunar bone — lunate (def 2).
- semipolar bond — type of chemical bond
- serum globulin — the blood serum component consisting of proteins with a larger molecular weight than serum albumin
- serviceability — capable of or being of service; useful.
- shabby-genteel — trying to maintain dignity and self-respect despite shabbiness.
- sherry cobbler — a cobbler drink made with sherry, sliced fruits, and ice.
- shoot the bull — exaggerations; lies; nonsense.
- shoulder blade — the scapula.
- shoulder board — one of a pair of narrow, stiff, cloth patches bearing an insignia of rank and worn on the shoulders by a commissioned officer.
- shower cubicle — a shower enclosure
- sidi-bel-abbes — a city in NW Algeria.
- silver bromide — a yellowish, water-insoluble powder, AgBr, which darkens on exposure to light, produced by the reaction of silver nitrate with a bromide: used chiefly in the manufacture of photographic emulsions.
- silver jubilee — the celebration of any of certain anniversaries, as the twenty-fifth (silver jubilee) fiftieth (golden jubilee) or sixtieth or seventy-fifth (diamond jubilee)
- single bedroom — a bedroom that is intended to accommodate a single bed and occupancy of one person
- skilled labour — labour or work that demands skill and which you usually have to be trained for, or the workers that provide this labour
- slave bracelet — a braceletlike, ornamental circlet or chain worn around the ankle.
- sleeping berth — a bunk for sleeping on on a train or boat
- slide trombone — a musical wind instrument consisting of a cylindrical metal tube expanding into a bell and bent twice in a U shape, usually equipped with a slide (slide trombone)
- snow blindness — the usually temporary dimming of the sight caused by the glare of reflected sunlight on snow.
- snowflake baby — a baby born following the transfer of a surplus embryo produced during the in-vitro fertilization of one woman to the womb of another woman who was not a cell donor
- soba (noodles) — Japanese noodles containing buckwheat flour
- social climber — a person who attempts to gain admission into a group with a higher social standing.
- soldier beetle — a yellowish-red cantharid beetle, Rhagonycha fulva, having a somewhat elongated body
- soluble tablet — A soluble tablet is a tablet that is designed to be dissolved in water before it is swallowed.
- somoza debayle — Anastasio [ah-nahs-tah-syaw] /ˌɑ nɑsˈtɑ syɔ/ (Show IPA), 1925–80, Nicaraguan army officer, businessman, and political leader: president 1967–72, 1974–79 (brother of Luis Somoza Debayle).
- special branch — The Special Branch is the department of the British police that is concerned with political security and deals with things such as terrorism and visits by foreign leaders.
- spellbindingly — in a spellbinding manner
- spring balance — a device in which an object to be weighed is attached to the end of a helical spring, the extension of which indicates the weight of the object on a calibrated scale
- squeeze bottle — a flexible plastic bottle the contents of which can be forced out by squeezing.
- st. marylebone — former metropolitan borough of London: since 1965, part of Westminster
- stabilizer bar — a horizontal metal bar linking the two front suspension systems of an automobile, used to reduce swaying or rolling.
- starch blocker — a substance ingested in the belief that it inhibits the body's ability to metabolize starch and thereby promotes weight loss: declared illegal in the U.S. by the FDA.
- stealth bomber — a type of US military aircraft using advanced technology to render it virtually undetectable to sight, radar, or infrared sensors
- streptobacilli — any of various bacilli that form in chains.
- stretchability — to draw out or extend (oneself, a body, limbs, wings, etc.) to the full length or extent (often followed by out): to stretch oneself out on the ground.
- stubble-jumper — a prairie grain farmer
- stumble across — to strike the foot against something, as in walking or running, so as to stagger or fall; trip.
- 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.
- subcontinental — a large, relatively self-contained landmass forming a subdivision of a continent: the subcontinent of India.
- subcutaneously — situated or lying under the skin, as tissue.
- subdevelopment — a development within a larger or more important development
- subgenerically — in a subgeneric manner; in a way relating to a subgenus
- subjectability — that which forms a basic matter of thought, discussion, investigation, etc.: a subject of conversation.
- subproletariat — the poorest group within the working class
- substantialize — to make or become substantial or actual
- subterrestrial — underground; subterranean.
- sufferableness — the quality or condition of being sufferable