14-letter words containing ser
- senior service — the Royal Navy
- serbo-croatian — a Slavic language spoken in Serbia and Croatia, usually written with Cyrillic letters in Serbia but with Roman letters in Croatia.
- sergeant baker — a large brightly-coloured fish of the genus Latropiscis, found in temperate reef waters of Australasia
- sergeant major — U.S. Army, Air Force, and Marine Corps. a noncommissioned officer serving as chief administrative assistant in a unit headquarters.
- sergiyev posad — a city in the NW Russian Federation in Europe, NE of Moscow.
- serial killing — multiple killings or murders carried out by the same person or persons
- serial line ip — (SLIP) Serial Line Internet Protocol.
- sericitization — the process of transforming into sericite
- series winding — the winding of an electric motor or generator in such a way that the field and armature circuits are connected in series
- serious-minded — characterized by seriousness of intention, purpose, thought, etc.; earnest.
- seroconversion — the process of producing antibodies in response to a specific antigen
- serodiscordant — pertaining to a relationship with one HIV-positive partner and one HIV-negative partner.
- seronegativity — the quality or state of being seronegative
- seropositivity — the quality or state of being seropositive
- serpent bearer — the constellation Ophiuchus.
- serpentiningly — in a winding or sinuous manner
- serra junipero — Miguel José [mee-gel haw-se] /miˈgɛl hɔˈsɛ/ (Show IPA), 1713–84, Spanish Roman Catholic missionary to the Indians in California and Mexico.
- serrated wrack — the seaweed Fucus serratus
- serratirostral — having a serrated beak or bill; sawbilled
- serum globulin — the blood serum component consisting of proteins with a larger molecular weight than serum albumin
- serum sickness — a generalized allergic reaction to a foreign serum or drug, characterized by fever, skin rash, enlarged lymph nodes, and painful joints.
- servant church — the attitude or practices of a church whose avowed purpose is to serve the world.
- 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.
- service a room — If you service a room, you clean it and change the towels and bed linen in it.
- service center — an authorized commercial establishment for repairs and replacement parts for appliances or cars.
- service charge — a fee charged for a service, sometimes in addition to a basic charge.
- service module — (often initial capital letters) U.S. Aerospace. the section of an Apollo spacecraft containing the principal propulsion system, electrical system, water, and other supplies.
- service sector — the sector of the economy that provides services rather than products, etc
- service stripe — a stripe worn on the left sleeve by an enlisted person to indicate a specific period of time served on active duty.
- service tunnel — a tunnel alongside another which is used for services such as maintenance, repairs, etc
- serviceability — capable of or being of service; useful.
- serviette ring — a ring used to hold a cloth serviette or napkin neatly in a cylinder
- servomechanism — an electronic control system in which a hydraulic, pneumatic, or other type of controlling mechanism is actuated and controlled by a low-energy signal.
- short trousers — knee-length trousers formerly worn by small boys
- silent service — the submarine service (usually preceded by the).
- silver service — formal method of serving dinner
- simpson desert — an uninhabited arid region in central Australia, mainly in the Northern Territory. Area: about 145 000 sq km (56 000 sq miles)
- social service — organized welfare efforts carried on under professional auspices by trained personnel.
- staff sergeant — U.S. Air Force. a noncommissioned officer ranking below a technical sergeant and above an airman first class.
- state services — services appointed to commemorate days of national celebration or deliverance such as the accession of a sovereign
- the lesser dog — the constellation Canis Minor
- thorium series — the radioactive series that starts with thorium and ends with a stable isotope of lead of mass number 208.
- timber cruiser — cruiser (def 6).
- triple dresser — a dresser having three drawers across for most of its height.
- trouser pocket — a pocket in a pair of trousers
- two-time loser — a person who has been sentenced to prison twice, especially for a major crime in a state where a third sentence is mandatory life imprisonment.
- unconservative — disposed to preserve existing conditions, institutions, etc., or to restore traditional ones, and to limit change.
- undeservedness — the quality or state of being undeserved
- unicorn chaser — originally a picture of a unicorn posted on a blog site shortly after an offensive or disturbing picture has been posted, as a kind of antidote to the previous post. Now used of a comforting or innocent image, video clip, or topic viewed or contemplated following a previous, disturbing image, video, etc.
- uranium series — the radioactive series that starts with uranium 238 and ends with a stable isotope of lead of mass number 206.