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13-letter words containing s, t, r, e, i, n

  • self-oriented — the Orient, the countries of Asia, especially East Asia. (formerly) the countries to the E of the Mediterranean.
  • self-righting — able to or designed to right itself or oneself after falling or capsizing.
  • self-starting — starter (def 3).
  • self-steering — maintaining a course without constant human action
  • self-training — the education, instruction, or discipline of a person or thing that is being trained: He's in training for the Olympics.
  • semiconductor — a substance, as silicon or germanium, with electrical conductivity intermediate between that of an insulator and a conductor: a basic component of various kinds of electronic circuit element (semiconductor device) used in communications, control, and detection technology and in computers.
  • semimenstrual — (esp of tides) occurring twice monthly
  • semipermanent — not quite permanent.
  • semisedentary — partially or somewhat sedentary
  • sempstressing — the profession of being a seamstress
  • senior editor — chief publishing manager
  • senior master — a male teacher in a senior position
  • senior moment — a brief lapse in memory or a moment of confusion, especially in an older person.
  • sensitometric — of or relating to sensitometry
  • septentrional — northern; boreal
  • septentriones — the seven stars of the Plough, the Great Bear
  • sequestration — removal or separation; banishment or exile.
  • serendipitist — an aptitude for making desirable discoveries by accident.
  • serendipitous — come upon or found by accident; fortuitous: serendipitous scientific discoveries.
  • sergeant fish — cobia
  • serialization — to publish in serial form.
  • serving hatch — a small hatch or opening in a kitchen wall used to serve food through to an adjoining room
  • sesquiterpene — (originally) any of a class of monocyclic hydrocarbons of the formula C 10 H 16 , obtained from plants.
  • seventy-first — next after the seventieth; being the ordinal number for 71.
  • seventy-third — next after the seventy-second; being the ordinal number for 73.
  • sex chromatin — Barr body.
  • sheet erosion — Geology. erosion by sheets of running water, rather than by streams.
  • ship decanter — a glass decanter with a very wide base.
  • short selling — a person, as a speculator, who sells short.
  • shub-internet — /shuhb in't*r-net/ (MUD, from H. P. Lovecraft's evil fictional deity "Shub-Niggurath", the Black Goat with a Thousand Young) The harsh personification of the Internet, Beast of a Thousand Processes, Eater of Characters, Avatar of Line Noise, and Imp of Call Waiting; the hideous multi-tendriled entity formed of all the manifold connections of the net. A sect of MUDders worships Shub-Internet, sacrificing objects and praying for good connections. To no avail - its purpose is malign and evil, and is the cause of all network slowdown. Often heard as in "Freela casts a tac nuke at Shub-Internet for slowing her down." (A forged response often follows along the lines of: "Shub-Internet gulps down the tac nuke and burps happily.") Also cursed by users of FTP and telnet when the system slows down. The dread name of Shub-Internet is seldom spoken aloud, as it is said that repeating it three times will cause the being to wake, deep within its lair beneath the Pentagon.
  • side entrance — an entrance at the side of a building
  • sight reading — the act or skill of performing unfamiliar written music, or of translating something written in a foreign language, readily on sight, without previous study
  • silent barter — dumb barter.
  • silent butler — a small receptacle having a handle and a hinged lid, used for collecting the contents of ashtrays, crumbs from a dinner table, etc., for disposal.
  • silent killer — a disease that has no obvious symptoms or indications
  • silver tongue — the characteristic of being skilful at persuading people to believe what they say or to do what they want them to do
  • 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 mother — a mother who brings up a child or children alone, without a partner.
  • 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
  • single-storey — (of a building) having only one floor or level
  • single-suiter — one-suiter.
  • singles chart — a ranked chart of popular music (individual songs, not albums or collections) for a specific period of time
  • singlesticker — a vessel, especially a sloop or cutter, having one mast.
  • sinterability — the capacity to be sintered
  • sirloin steak — cut of beef
  • sister-in-law — the sister of one's husband or wife.
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