7-Letter Words Containing: SIE__

• socks and stockings and tights collectively (the British include underwear)

• a strainer for separating lumps from powdered material or grading particles

• examine in order to test suitability

• check and sort carefully

• separate by passing through a sieve or other straining device to separate out coarser elements

• distinguish and separate out

• surround so as to force to give up

• cause to feel distressed or worried

• harass, as with questions or requests

• a tradesman who sells hosiery and (in England) knitwear

• In the International System of Units, the derived unit of radiation dose; the dose received in one hour at a distance of 1 cm from a point source of 1 mg of radium in a 0.5 mm thick platinum enclosure. Symbol: Sv

• actively or fully engaged or occupied

• overcrowded or cluttered with detail

• intrusive in a meddling or offensive manner

• crowded with or characterized by much activity

• (of facilities such as telephones or lavatories) unavailable for use by anyone else or indicating unavailability; (`engaged' is a British term for a busy telephone line)

• keep busy with

• engineer who was a brother of Ernst Werner von Siemens and who moved to England (1823-1883)

• a unit of conductance equal to the reciprocal of an ohm

• German electrical engineer (1816-1892)

• a padded cloth covering to keep a teapot warm

• enjoying or affording comforting warmth and shelter especially in a small space