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

  • sigma particle — an unstable hyperon having positive, negative, or zero electric charge and strangeness −1. Symbol: Σ.
  • signature loan — a loan requiring no collateral.
  • silent partner — a partner taking no active part in the conduct of a business.
  • silky anteater — an arboreal, tropical American anteater, Cyclopes didactylus, about the size of a rat, having a prehensile tail, glossy, golden fur, and two toes on each forelimb.
  • silver nitrate — a white, crystalline, water-soluble, bitter, corrosive, poisonous powder, AgNO 3 , produced by the reaction of silver and dilute nitric acid: used chiefly in the manufacture of photographic emulsions and mirrors, as a laboratory reagent, and in medicine as an antiseptic, astringent, and in the routine prophylaxis of ophthalmia neonatorum.
  • simple-hearted — free of deceit; artless; sincere.
  • single-hearted — sincere and undivided in feeling or spirit; dedicated; not reflecting mixed emotions: He was single-hearted in his patriotism.
  • skeleton draft — a basic or minimum draft or outline
  • skull practice — a meeting for the purpose of discussion, exchange of ideas, solving problems, etc.
  • slantendicular — slanting (rather than perpendicular or horizontal)
  • slate-coloured — like slate in colour
  • slaughterhouse — a building or place where animals are butchered for food; abattoir.
  • slaughterously — murderously
  • slave bracelet — a braceletlike, ornamental circlet or chain worn around the ankle.
  • slide fastener — zipper (def 2).
  • 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.
  • social chapter — The social chapter is an agreement between countries in the European Union concerning workers' rights and working conditions.
  • social charter — a declaration of the rights, minimum wages, maximum hours, etc, of workers in the European Union, later adopted in the Social Chapter
  • social network — a network of friends, colleagues, and other personal contacts: Strong social networks can encourage healthy behaviors.
  • solitary vireo — a vireo, Vireo solitarius, of North and Central America, having the top and sides of the head bluish-gray.
  • somali current — a current of the Indian Ocean, flowing northward along the coast of Somalia in summer and southwestward the rest of the year.
  • south-easterly — A south-easterly point, area, or direction is to the south-east or towards the south-east.
  • southern slavs — one of a group of peoples in eastern, southeastern, and central Europe, including the Russians and Ruthenians (Eastern Slavs) the Bulgars, Serbs, Croats, Slavonians, Slovenes, etc. (Southern Slavs) and the Poles, Czechs, Moravians, Slovaks, etc. (Western Slavs)
  • space platform — space station.
  • spatiotemporal — pertaining to space-time.
  • spectacularity — of or like a spectacle; marked by or given to an impressive, large-scale display.
  • spectra yellow — a vivid yellow color.
  • spectrological — relating to spectres or spectrology
  • sphaerocrystal — a spherical crystalline mass
  • spiritualities — church property or revenue or a Church benefice
  • spironolactone — a steroid, C 2 4 H 3 2 O 4 S, used in combination with other drugs as a diuretic and antihypertensive.
  • splatter movie — a film containing many scenes of violent and gruesome murders.
  • spotted laurel — an evergreen cornaceous shrub, Aucuba japonica, of S and SE Asia, the female of which has yellow-spotted leaves
  • 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.
  • stalking horse — If you describe a person or thing as a stalking horse, you mean that it is being used to obtain a temporary advantage so that someone can get what they really want.
  • stalking-horse — a horse, or a figure of a horse, behind which a hunter hides in stalking game.
  • standard model — a mathematical description of the elementary particles of matter and the fundamental forces by which they interact and behave; a model combining electromagnetic and weak forces.
  • stanley dancer — Stanley, 1927–2005, U.S. harness racer and trainer.
  • 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.
  • startle colour — a bright region of an animal's coloration, normally hidden from view and often part of a design resembling birds' eyes, etc, exposed when the animal is disturbed by a predator
  • state religion — the official religion of a state as established by law.
  • states general — the parliament of the Netherlands, consisting of an upper chamber (First Chamber) and a lower chamber (Second Chamber)
  • states-general — the parliament of the Netherlands, consisting of an upper chamber (First Chamber) and a lower chamber (Second Chamber)
  • stealth bomber — a type of US military aircraft using advanced technology to render it virtually undetectable to sight, radar, or infrared sensors
  • steely-hearted — hard-hearted
  • steer clear of — to guide the course of (something in motion) by a rudder, helm, wheel, etc.: to steer a bicycle.
  • stella polaris — Polaris.
  • sterculiaceous — of, relating to, or belonging to the Sterculiaceae, a chiefly tropical family of plants that includes cacao and cola
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