14-letter words starting with si
- single-engined — (of an aircraft) having only one engine
- 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
- singular point — a point at which a given function of a complex variable has no derivative but of which every neighborhood contains points at which the function has derivatives.
- sinistrorsally — in a sinistrorsal manner
- siphonapterous — belonging or pertaining to the insect order Siphonaptera, comprising the fleas.
- siraj-ud-daula — 1728?–57, nawab of Bengal 1756–57.
- 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.
- sit-down money — social security benefits
- 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.
- sitting tenant — A sitting tenant is a person who rents a house or flat as their home and has a legal right to live there.
- situation room — a room at a military or political headquarters where the latest information on a military or political situation is channeled.
- situationalism — the theory that behavior is chiefly response to immediate situations.
- situs inversus — a congenital defect in which an organ is on the side opposite from its normal position.
- sivananda yoga — a gentle form of yoga which concentrates on breathing control, stretching, and silent meditation
- six-eight time — a form of compound duple time in which there are six quaver beats to the bar, indicated by the time signature 68
- sixteenth note — a note having one sixteenth of the time value of a whole note; semiquaver.
- sixteenth rest — a rest equal in time value to a sixteenth note.
- size reduction — Size reduction is a process in which the particle size of a solid is made smaller.