14-letter words containing s, y, t
- sphaerocrystal — a spherical crystalline mass
- spiny anteater — echidna.
- spuyten duyvil — ship canal between N Manhattan Island & the mainland, connecting the Hudson & Harlem rivers
- spy-in-the-sky — of or relating to a surveillance camera mounted on an aircraft or orbiting satellite
- st. john's day — the saint's day of St. John the Baptist, celebrated on June 24, being one of the four quarter days in England.
- st. marylebone — former metropolitan borough of London: since 1965, part of Westminster
- stability ball — a firm, very large, usually inflatable ball used in various exercises, chiefly to strengthen the back, pelvis, and abdominal muscles.
- stability pact — an agreement between the member states of the EU which have joined the single currency, the aim of which is to secure the currency's stability by imposing fines on member states whose budget deficits exceed 3 per cent of their gross domestic product
- stagflationary — of, caused by, or relating to, stagflation
- standard money — money made of a metal that has utility and value apart from its use as a unit of monetary exchange.
- stanley dancer — Stanley, 1927–2005, U.S. harness racer and trainer.
- staphylococcus — any of several spherical bacteria of the genus Staphylococcus, occurring in pairs, tetrads, and irregular clusters, certain species of which, as S. aureus, can be pathogenic for humans.
- staphyloplasty — plastic surgery or surgical repair involving the soft palate or the uvula
- start-up money — money that is spent on setting up a new business or other project
- state attorney — (in judicial proceedings) the legal representative of the state.
- statutory body — a body set up by the government to consider evidence and make judgements in some field of activity
- statutory rape — sexual intercourse or other sexual relations with a person under the legal age of consent, which age varies in different states. See also rape1 (def 1).
- stay stitching — a line of stitches made in the seam allowance to prevent the edges from stretching
- stay the night — If you stay the night in a place, you sleep there for one night.
- stay-in strike — sit-down strike.
- steel industry — production of steel
- steely-hearted — hard-hearted
- sticky fingers — an inclination or tendency to steal or pilfer
- stirling cycle — a highly efficient thermodynamic cycle in which air or an inert gas is compressed and expanded
- stony tunguska — one of three rivers in Russia, in central Siberia, that is a tributary of the Yenisei and is 1550 km (960 miles) long
- storming party — a group deployed to make the first assault on a position or building
- strait-lacedly — in a strait-laced manner
- strange to say — surprisingly
- street orderly — street cleaner.
- street railway — a company that operates streetcars or buses.
- stretchability — to draw out or extend (oneself, a body, limbs, wings, etc.) to the full length or extent (often followed by out): to stretch oneself out on the ground.
- strong-eye dog — a dog trained to control sheep by its gaze
- styling mousse — a light foamy substance applied to the hair before styling in order to retain the shape of the style
- styptic pencil — a pencil-shaped stick of a paste containing alum or a similar styptic agent, used to stanch the bleeding of minor cuts.
- subcontrariety — the quality or state of being subcontrary
- subcutaneously — situated or lying under the skin, as tissue.
- subinfeudatory — a person who holds by subinfeudation.
- subjectability — that which forms a basic matter of thought, discussion, investigation, etc.: a subject of conversation.
- substantiality — of ample or considerable amount, quantity, size, etc.: a substantial sum of money.
- substitutivity — the principle that expressions with the same reference can be substituted for one another without affecting the truth-value of any context in which they occur
- suggestibility — subject to or easily influenced by suggestion.
- 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
- supereminently — in a supereminent manner; to a supereminent degree
- supererogatory — going beyond the requirements of duty.
- superfecundity — the quality of being fecund; capacity, especially in female animals, of producing young in great numbers.
- superficiality — being at, on, or near the surface: a superficial wound.
- superintensity — the quality of being extremely intense
- supernaturally — of, relating to, or being above or beyond what is natural; unexplainable by natural law or phenomena; abnormal.
- superseniority — seniority that is granted or held without regard to age or service.