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14-letter words containing ine

  • rowing machine — an exercise machine having a mechanism with two oarlike handles, foot braces, and a sliding seat, allowing the user to go through the motions of rowing in a racing shell.
  • scatterbrained — a person incapable of serious, connected thought.
  • scrimmage line — line of scrimmage.
  • seine-et-marne — a department in N France. 2290 sq. mi. (5930 sq. km). Capital: Melun.
  • seine-maritime — a department in NW France. 2449 sq. mi. (6340 sq. km). Capital: Rouen.
  • seine-st-denis — a department in N France. 91 sq. mi. (236 sq. km). Capital: Bobigny.
  • self-contained — containing in oneself or itself all that is necessary; independent.
  • serial line ip — (SLIP) Serial Line Internet Protocol.
  • sewing machine — any of various foot-operated or electric machines for sewing or making stitches, ranging from machines with a shuttle for a spool of thread and a needle for sewing garments to industrial machines for sewing leather, book pages together, etc.
  • shadow cabinet — (in the British Parliament) a group of prominent members of the opposition who are expected to hold positions in the cabinet when their party assumes power.
  • sherry vinegar — a gourmet wine vinegar produced in the Jerez region of S Spain
  • shortleaf pine — a pine, Pinus echinata, of the southern U.S., having short, flexible leaves.
  • siegfried line — a zone of fortifications in W Germany facing the Maginot Line, constructed in the years preceding World War II.
  • simple machine — machine (def 3b).
  • single-engined — (of an aircraft) having only one engine
  • sistine chapel — the chapel of the pope in the Vatican at Rome, built for Pope Sixtus IV and decorated with frescoes by Michelangelo and others.
  • slide magazine — a piece of equipment that holds slides and pushes them into a projector
  • soft margarine — a soft, spreadable margarine that is made with more liquid oils and less hydrogenated oils than hard, block margarine
  • sound engineer — A sound engineer is a person who works in a recording studio or for a radio or television company, and whose job it is to alter and balance the levels of different sounds as they are recorded.
  • sowing machine — a machine that scatters seeds on land so that they may grow
  • space medicine — the branch of aviation medicine dealing with the effects on humans of flying outside the earth's atmosphere.
  • spanish guinea — a republic in W equatorial Africa, comprising the mainland province of Río Muni and the island province of Bioko: formerly a Spanish colony. 10,824 sq. mi. (28,034 sq. km). Capital: Malabo.
  • sparkling wine — a wine that is naturally carbonated by a second fermentation.
  • spine-chilling — very frightening or horrifying.
  • spine-tingling — A spine-tingling film or piece of music is enjoyable because it causes you to feel a strong emotion such as excitement or fear.
  • springing line — a horizontal line between the springs of an arch or dome.
  • st. catharines — a city in SE Ontario, in SE Canada.
  • stage business — business (def 10).
  • state medicine — socialized medicine.
  • subcontinental — a large, relatively self-contained landmass forming a subdivision of a continent: the subcontinent of India.
  • submachine gun — a lightweight automatic or semiautomatic gun, fired from the shoulder or hip.
  • sugar refinery — place where sugar is processed
  • sunshine state — Florida (used as a nickname).
  • supercontinent — a hypothetical protocontinent of the remote geologic past that rifted apart to form the continents of today.
  • supereminently — in a supereminent manner; to a supereminent degree
  • supermasculine — highly masculine
  • telephone line — phone connection
  • ten-metre line — a dashed line on a rugby field ten metres away from the halfway line; the ball must be kicked beyond this to begin play
  • the capitoline — the most important of the Seven Hills of Rome. The temple of Jupiter was on the southern summit and the ancient citadel on the northern summit
  • the grenadines — a chain of about 600 islets in the Caribbean, part of the Windward Islands, extending for about 100 km (60 miles) between St Vincent and Grenada and divided administratively between the two states. Largest island: Carriacou
  • the guillotine — a device for beheading persons, consisting of a weighted blade set between two upright posts
  • the inevitable — something that is unavoidable
  • thetford mines — a city in S Quebec, in E Canada: asbestos mining.
  • ticket machine — automated ticket dispenser
  • toilet trained — If a child is toilet trained, he or she has learned to use the toilet.
  • toluidine blue — a dark green powder, C15H16N3SCl·ZnCl2, used in dyeing textiles, as a biological stain, as a coagulant in medicine, etc.
  • tontine period — the stipulated period during which a tontine life assurance system is in operation
  • transitoriness — not lasting, enduring, permanent, or eternal.
  • transmasculine — noting or relating to a person who was born female but whose gender identity is more male than female.
  • travel-stained — dirty or soiled as a result of travelling
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