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14-letter words containing t, e, l, i, u

  • sodium sulfite — a white, crystalline, water-soluble solid, Na 2 SO 3 , used chiefly as a food preservative, as a bleaching agent, and as a developer in photography.
  • solicitousness — anxious or concerned (usually followed by about, for, etc., or a clause): solicitous about a person's health.
  • 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.
  • spectacularity — of or like a spectacle; marked by or given to an impressive, large-scale display.
  • spiritualities — church property or revenue or a Church benefice
  • 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.
  • split-pea soup — soup made from split peas
  • sprightfulness — the condition or quality of being sprightful
  • spuyten duyvil — ship canal between N Manhattan Island & the mainland, connecting the Hudson & Harlem rivers
  • steel industry — production of steel
  • stercoricolous — (of an organism) living in dung
  • sterculiaceous — of, relating to, or belonging to the Sterculiaceae, a chiefly tropical family of plants that includes cacao and cola
  • striped muscle — a type of contractile tissue that is marked by transverse striations; it is concerned with moving skeletal parts to which it is usually attached
  • structuralized — to form into or make part of a structure.
  • studio complex — a building containing a room or rooms used to record television or radio programmes, make films, music, etc
  • stuffed animal — soft toy
  • 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.
  • styling mousse — a light foamy substance applied to the hair before styling in order to retain the shape of the style
  • sub-peritoneal — the serous membrane lining the abdominal cavity and investing its viscera.
  • subcontinental — a large, relatively self-contained landmass forming a subdivision of a continent: the subcontinent of India.
  • subjectability — that which forms a basic matter of thought, discussion, investigation, etc.: a subject of conversation.
  • subproletariat — the poorest group within the working class
  • substantialize — to make or become substantial or actual
  • subterrestrial — underground; subterranean.
  • sugar the pill — to make something unpleasant more agreeable by adding something pleasant
  • suggestibility — subject to or easily influenced by suggestion.
  • sulfantimonide — any compound containing an antimonide and a sulfide.
  • sulfuric ether — ether (def 1).
  • sulphacetamide — a topical antibiotic of the sulphonamide group, used to treat eye infections, as well as skin infections including acne
  • super-rational — beyond the scope or range of reason; intuitional.
  • supercelestial — located above the heavens; above the heavens or celestial regions
  • superelevation — bank1 (def 6).
  • supereminently — in a supereminent manner; to a supereminent degree
  • superessential — beyond or above essence; transcending being
  • superficiality — being at, on, or near the surface: a superficial wound.
  • superinflation — hyperinflation.
  • superinsulated — highly insulated
  • superovulation — to produce more than the normal number of ova at one time, as through hormone treatment.
  • supersexuality — the quality of having a strong sexual appetite
  • superstimulate — to stimulate excessively
  • susceptibility — state or character of being susceptible: susceptibility to disease.
  • susceptible of — that gives a chance for; admitting; allowing
  • susceptible to — liable to
  • suspensibility — capable of being suspended.
  • synthetic fuel — fuel in the form of liquid or gas (synthetic natural gas) manufactured from coal or in the form of oil extracted from shale or tar sands.
  • table mountain — a mountain in the Republic of South Africa, near Cape Town. 3550 feet (1080 meters).
  • tableau vivant — tableau (def 3).
  • tatar republic — a constituent republic of W Russia, around the confluence of the Volga and Kama Rivers. Capital: Kazan. Pop: 3 779 800 (2002). Area: 68 000 sq km (26 250 sq miles)
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