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14-letter words containing s, t, a, c

  • securitization — the use of such securities as eurobonds to enable investors to lend directly to borrowers with a minimum of risk but without using banks as intermediaries
  • security guard — a uniformed guard employed by a bank, airport, office building, etc., to maintain security.
  • segmental arch — a shallow arch not including a complete semicircle
  • self-actualize — to undergo self-actualization.
  • self-actuating — to incite or move to action; impel; motivate: actuated by selfish motives.
  • self-contained — containing in oneself or itself all that is necessary; independent.
  • self-dedicated — wholly committed to something, as to an ideal, political cause, or personal goal: a dedicated artist.
  • self-replicate — (of a computer virus, etc) to reproduce itself
  • semantic field — an area of human experience or perception, as color, that is delimited and subcategorized by a set of interrelated vocabulary items in a language.
  • semi-automatic — partly automatic.
  • semi-nocturnal — active at night (opposed to diurnal): nocturnal animals.
  • semi-realistic — interested in, concerned with, or based on what is real or practical: a realistic estimate of costs; a realistic planner.
  • semicentennial — of or relating to a fiftieth anniversary.
  • semielliptical — a half ellipse, usually one containing both ends of the major axis.
  • semito-hamitic — a former name for the Afro-Asiatic family of languages
  • serbo-croatian — a Slavic language spoken in Serbia and Croatia, usually written with Cyrillic letters in Serbia but with Roman letters in Croatia.
  • sericitization — the process of transforming into sericite
  • serodiscordant — pertaining to a relationship with one HIV-positive partner and one HIV-negative partner.
  • serrated wrack — the seaweed Fucus serratus
  • servant church — the attitude or practices of a church whose avowed purpose is to serve the world.
  • serviceability — capable of or being of service; useful.
  • settle a claim — If an insurer settles a claim it pays money to a policyholder for the occurrence of a loss or risk against which they were insured.
  • settle a score — to avenge a wrong
  • shadow cabinet — (in the British Parliament) a group of prominent members of the opposition who are expected to hold positions in the cabinet when their party assumes power.
  • shalach manoth — the practice of giving gifts to one another or to the needy on Purim.
  • sharp practice — You can use sharp practice to refer to an action or a way of behaving, especially in business or professional matters, that you think is clever but dishonest.
  • sheva brachoth — the seven blessings said during the marriage service and repeated at the celebration thereafter
  • shooting match — a contest in marksmanship.
  • shoulder patch — a cloth emblem worn on the upper part of a sleeve of a uniform typically as identification of the organization to which the wearer is assigned.
  • shouting match — a loud, often abusive quarrel or argument.
  • shower curtain — waterproof sheet around a shower
  • sick and tired — afflicted with ill health or disease; ailing.
  • sickle feather — one of the paired, elongated, sickle-shaped, middle feathers of the tail of the rooster.
  • sigma particle — an unstable hyperon having positive, negative, or zero electric charge and strangeness −1. Symbol: Σ.
  • 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.
  • simchath torah — a Jewish festival, celebrated on the 23rd day of Tishri, being the 9th day of Sukkoth, that marks the completion of the annual cycle of the reading of the Torah in the synagogue and the beginning of the new cycle.
  • simplification — to make less complex or complicated; make plainer or easier: to simplify a problem.
  • simplistically — characterized by extreme simplism; oversimplified: a simplistic notion of good and bad.
  • sistine chapel — the chapel of the pope in the Vatican at Rome, built for Pope Sixtus IV and decorated with frescoes by Michelangelo and others.
  • skull practice — a meeting for the purpose of discussion, exchange of ideas, solving problems, etc.
  • slalom descent — a winding descent
  • slanging match — A slanging match is an angry quarrel in which people insult each other.
  • slantendicular — slanting (rather than perpendicular or horizontal)
  • slate-coloured — like slate in colour
  • slave bracelet — a braceletlike, ornamental circlet or chain worn around the ankle.
  • slit fricative — a fricative, as (f) or (th), in which the tongue is relatively flat, with air channeled over it through a shallow slit.
  • slurry reactor — A slurry reactor is a reactor in which contact is achieved by suspending a solid in a liquid.
  • smart sanction — a sanction intended to affect only a particular area of a country's activities or economy
  • smoking jacket — a loose-fitting jacket for men, often of a heavy fabric and trimmed with braid, worn indoors, especially as a lounging jacket.
  • sobriety coach — a person who is employed to help another to refrain from drinking alcohol
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