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14-letter words containing s, t, r, u, i, n

  • size reduction — Size reduction is a process in which the particle size of a solid is made smaller.
  • ski instructor — sb who teaches skiing
  • slantendicular — slanting (rather than perpendicular or horizontal)
  • 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.
  • smooth-running — operating in a flowing and effective manner, without difficulties or obstructions
  • sodium nitrate — a crystalline, water-soluble compound, NaNO 3 , that occurs naturally as soda niter: used in fertilizers, explosives, and glass, and as a color fixative in processed meats.
  • sodium nitrite — Chemistry. a yellowish or white crystalline compound, NaNO 2 , soluble in water, slightly soluble in alcohol and ether: used in the manufacture of dyes and as a color fixative.
  • solitudinarian — a person who seeks solitude; recluse.
  • somali current — a current of the Indian Ocean, flowing northward along the coast of Somalia in summer and southwestward the rest of the year.
  • son et lumiere — sound-and-light show.
  • south american — a continent in the S part of the Western Hemisphere. About 6,900,000 sq. mi. (17,871,000 sq. km).
  • south carolina — a state in the SE United States, on the Atlantic coast. 31,055 sq. mi. (80,430 sq. km). Capital: Columbia. Abbreviation: SC (for use with zip code), S.C.
  • south georgian — a British island in the S Atlantic, about 800 miles (1290 km) SE of the Falkland Islands. About 1000 sq. mi. (2590 sq. km).
  • southern-fried — coated with flour, egg, and bread crumbs and fried in deep fat: Southern-fried chicken.
  • souvenir sheet — a single stamp or a pair, block, or set of stamps having the same or different designs commemorating a stamp exhibition or other event and having inscriptions in one or all four margins.
  • spanish burton — any of several tackles employing a runner in addition to the fall.
  • spanish guitar — acoustic guitar.
  • spermatogonium — one of the undifferentiated germ cells giving rise to spermatocytes.
  • spiritus lenis — smooth breathing.
  • splinter group — a small organization that becomes separated from or acts apart from an original larger group or a number of other small groups, with which it would normally be united, as because of disagreement.
  • sporting house — Older Use. a brothel.
  • sprightfulness — the condition or quality of being sprightful
  • standard issue — something, such as a rifle, included as standard with military equipment
  • station church — any of the churches in Rome that have been used from ancient times as points of assembly for religious processions
  • steel industry — production of steel
  • straighten out — make straighter
  • string quartet — a musical composition, usually in three or four movements, for four stringed instruments, typically two violins, viola, and cello.
  • string-pulling — the use of one's influence with other people to get things done, often unfairly
  • strontium unit — a unit expressing the concentration of strontium-90 in an organic medium, such as soil, milk, bone, etc, relative to the concentration of calcium in the same medium
  • student driver — someone who is learning to drive
  • 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.
  • subaggregation — a subtotalling
  • subcontracting — outsourcing of contract work
  • subcontrariety — the quality or state of being subcontrary
  • subinfeudatory — a person who holds by subinfeudation.
  • submetacentric — referring to chromosomes which have one long arm and one short arm
  • subminiaturize — to design or manufacture (equipment, especially electronic equipment) of a greatly reduced scale.
  • substantiators — to establish by proof or competent evidence: to substantiate a charge.
  • summer kitchen — an extra kitchen, usually detached from a house, for use in warm weather.
  • sunday painter — a nonprofessional painter, usually unschooled and generally painting during spare time.
  • sunday trading — the fact of opening a shop or business on a Sunday
  • super-rational — beyond the scope or range of reason; intuitional.
  • superannuation — the act of superannuating.
  • superconfident — very or extremely confident, overly confident
  • supercontinent — a hypothetical protocontinent of the remote geologic past that rifted apart to form the continents of today.
  • superefficient — extremely efficient
  • superelevation — bank1 (def 6).
  • supereminently — in a supereminent manner; to a supereminent degree
  • supererogation — to do more than duty requires.
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