14-letter words containing s, n, i, d, e, r
- roanoke island — an island off the NE coast of North Carolina, S of Albemarle Sound: site of Raleigh's unsuccessful colonizing attempts 1585, 1587.
- roanoke rapids — a city in NE North Carolina.
- 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.
- san bernardino — a city in S California.
- sandhill crane — a North American crane, Grus canadensis, having bluish-gray plumage and a red forehead.
- scaling ladder — a ladder for climbing high walls.
- scatterbrained — a person incapable of serious, connected thought.
- scented orchid — a slender orchid, Gymnadenia conopsea, with fragrant pink flowers carried in a dense spike and having a three-lobed lip; found in calcareous turf
- schoolchildren — a child attending school.
- scream and die — Synonym cough and die, but connotes that an error message was printed or displayed before the program crashed.
- screen editing — the act or process of editing text on screen
- screen trading — a form of trading on a market or exchange in which the visual display unit of a computer replaces personal contact as in floor trading
- screen-printed — printed by screen process
- scrip dividend — a dividend issued in the form of a note entitling the holder to a cash payment at a specified later date.
- seanad eireann — the upper house of the parliament of the Republic of Ireland. Compare Oireachtas (def 1).
- second reading — the stage in the consideration of a legislative bill that provides an opportunity for debate and amendment.
- second service — the communion service: so called because it follows Morning Prayer.
- secondary gain — any advantage, as increased attention, disability benefits, or release from unpleasant responsibilities, obtained as a result of having an illness (distinguished from primary gain).
- 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-directing — to manage or guide by advice, helpful information, instruction, etc.: He directed the company through a difficult time.
- self-direction — the act or an instance of directing.
- self-hardening — noting or pertaining to any of various steels that harden after heating without quenching or other treatment.
- self-parodying — given to or involving self-parody
- self-recording — recording automatically, as an instrument.
- self-regarding — consideration for oneself or one's own interests.
- semi-legendary — somewhat legendary; having something of the nature of a legend; almost legendary
- semipolar bond — type of chemical bond
- series winding — the winding of an electric motor or generator in such a way that the field and armature circuits are connected in series
- serious-minded — characterized by seriousness of intention, purpose, thought, etc.; earnest.
- serodiscordant — pertaining to a relationship with one HIV-positive partner and one HIV-negative partner.
- shark-infested — (of a body of water) known to contain large numbers of sharks, and therefore considered to be dangerous
- shoulder joint — the joint at the junction of the forelimb with the pectoral girdle
- shrink-wrapped — A shrink-wrapped product is sold in a tight covering of thin plastic.
- sick and tired — afflicted with ill health or disease; ailing.
- sidereal month — Also called calendar month. any of the twelve parts, as January or February, into which the calendar year is divided.
- siegfried line — a zone of fortifications in W Germany facing the Maginot Line, constructed in the years preceding World War II.
- silver wedding — a twenty-fifth wedding anniversary.
- silver-spooned — born into, of, or relating to a wealthy upper-class family
- silver-tongued — persuasive; eloquent: a silver-tongued orator.
- simpson desert — an uninhabited arid region in central Australia, mainly in the Northern Territory. Area: about 145 000 sq km (56 000 sq miles)
- single bedroom — a bedroom that is intended to accommodate a single bed and occupancy of one person
- single-hearted — sincere and undivided in feeling or spirit; dedicated; not reflecting mixed emotions: He was single-hearted in his patriotism.
- size reduction — Size reduction is a process in which the particle size of a solid is made smaller.
- slantendicular — slanting (rather than perpendicular or horizontal)
- slave cylinder — a small cylinder containing a piston that operates the brake shoes or pads in hydraulic brakes or the working part in any other hydraulically operated system
- sld resolution — (logic, programming) (Selected, Linear, Definite) Linear resolution with a selection function for definite sentences. A definite sentence has exactly one positive literal in each clause and this literal is selected to be resolved upon, i.e. replaced in the goal clause by the conjunction of negative literals which form the body of the clause.
- slide fastener — zipper (def 2).
- 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)
- sliding vector — a vector having specified magnitude and lying on a given line.