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14-letter words containing t, i, g, r, e, s

  • schiff reagent — a solution of rosaniline and sulfurous acid in water, used to test for the presence of aldehydes.
  • screen editing — the act or process of editing text on screen
  • screen trading — a form of trading on a market or exchange in which the visual display unit of a computer replaces personal contact as in floor trading
  • screening test — a simple test performed on a large number of people to identify those who have or are likely to develop a specified disease
  • security guard — a uniformed guard employed by a bank, airport, office building, etc., to maintain security.
  • segregationist — one who favors, encourages, or practices segregation, especially racial segregation.
  • self-directing — to manage or guide by advice, helpful information, instruction, etc.: He directed the company through a difficult time.
  • self-operating — automatic.
  • self-restoring — to bring back into existence, use, or the like; reestablish: to restore order.
  • self-righteous — confident of one's own righteousness, especially when smugly moralistic and intolerant of the opinions and behavior of others.
  • selling plater — a horse that competes in a selling race; an inferior horse.
  • selling-plater — a horse that competes in a selling race; an inferior horse.
  • semivegetarian — a person who eats mostly plant foods, dairy products, and eggs, and occasionally chicken, fish, and red meat.
  • septuagenarian — of the age of 70 years or between 70 and 80 years old.
  • seronegativity — the quality or state of being seronegative
  • serpentiningly — in a winding or sinuous manner
  • serve sb right — If you say it serves someone right when something unpleasant happens to them, you mean that it is their own fault and you have no sympathy for them.
  • serviette ring — a ring used to hold a cloth serviette or napkin neatly in a cylinder
  • sewing pattern — a guide or diagram that you follow to make clothes or other things using a needle and thread
  • shaker heights — a city in NE Ohio, near Cleveland.
  • sheepdog trial — a competition in which sheepdogs are tested in their tasks
  • shift register — (in digital circuits) a register in which all bits can be shifted one or more positions to the left or to the right
  • shooting brake — station wagon.
  • shooting range — place for practising with guns
  • shooting spree — a series of shootings by a mad person
  • short covering — purchases that close out short sales on stocks or commodities.
  • sigma particle — an unstable hyperon having positive, negative, or zero electric charge and strangeness −1. Symbol: Σ.
  • signature loan — a loan requiring no collateral.
  • signature tune — theme song (def 2).
  • silver-tongued — persuasive; eloquent: a silver-tongued orator.
  • single-hearted — sincere and undivided in feeling or spirit; dedicated; not reflecting mixed emotions: He was single-hearted in his patriotism.
  • single-sticker — a sailboat, esp. a sloop, having only one mast
  • sitting member — a current member of parliament
  • sitting pretty — (of a bird) occupying a nest of eggs for hatching.
  • sitting target — A sitting target is the same as a sitting duck.
  • sleeping berth — a bunk for sleeping on on a train or boat
  • sliding vector — a vector having specified magnitude and lying on a given line.
  • soft margarine — a soft, spreadable margarine that is made with more liquid oils and less hydrogenated oils than hard, block margarine
  • solid geometry — the geometry of solid figures; geometry of three dimensions.
  • sorting office — postal
  • 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).
  • sovereign debt — the debt of a national government, esp debt that is issued in a foreign currency
  • speaking terms — if you are on speaking terms with someone, you are quite friendly with them and often talk to them
  • spectrological — relating to spectres or spectrology
  • spermatogonium — one of the undifferentiated germ cells giving rise to spermatocytes.
  • 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.
  • spread betting — Spread betting is a form of gambling that involves predicting a range of possible scores or results rather than one particular score or result.
  • sprightfulness — the condition or quality of being sprightful
  • stage designer — someone who designs the physical appearance of the stage, using backdrops, props, etc
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