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15-letter words containing a, g, o

  • starting pistol — a pistol used to give the signal to start a race
  • steam generator — steam-producing power plant
  • steam reforming — a process in which methane from natural gas is heated, with steam, usually with a catalyst, to produce a mixture of carbon monoxide and hydrogen used in organic synthesis and as a fuel
  • step on the gas — accelerate, drive faster
  • stereologically — by way of stereology or in a stereological manner
  • stigmatophilist — a person who has stigmatophilia
  • stop at nothing — to be prepared to do anything; be unscrupulous or ruthless
  • storage battery — a voltaic battery consisting of two or more storage cells.
  • storage disease — a metabolic disorder characterized by excessive storage in certain cells of normal metabolic intermediates, as fats, iron, and carbohydrates.
  • straightforward — going or directed straight ahead: a straightforward gaze.
  • subject catalog — a catalog having entries listed by subject only.
  • suborganization — an organization within a larger organization
  • sugarcane borer — the larva of the pyralid moth, Diatraea saccharalis, a serious pest of sugarcane, corn, rice, and sorghums.
  • surgeon general — the chief of medical services in one of the armed forces.
  • swallow-tanager — a tropical American bird, Tersina viridis, related to the true tanagers but with longer, swallowlike wings.
  • swing both ways — to enjoy sexual partners of both sexes
  • syllogistically — of or relating to a syllogism.
  • symptomological — relating to symptomology
  • tactical voting — Tactical voting is the act of voting for a particular person or political party in order to prevent someone else from winning, rather than because you support that person or party.
  • take down a peg — to lower the pride or conceit of; humble or dispirit
  • take lying down — to be in a horizontal, recumbent, or prostrate position, as on a bed or the ground; recline. Antonyms: stand.
  • tarn-et-garonne — a department in S France. 1440 sq. mi. (3730 sq. km). Capital: Montauban.
  • teaching fellow — a holder of a teaching fellowship.
  • technologically — of or relating to technology; relating to science and industry.
  • telephotography — photography of distant objects, using a telephoto lens.
  • teng hsiao-ping — Deng Xiaoping.
  • terra incognita — an unknown or unexplored land, region, or subject.
  • testing station — an establishment licensed to issue warrants of fitness for motor vehicles
  • tetrasporangium — a sporangium containing four asexual spores.
  • thalassographer — a person who studies the sea; an oceanographer
  • thalassographic — relating to thalassography
  • thanatognomonic — signalling the nearness of death
  • thanks offering — an offering made as an expression of thanks to God
  • the anglo-irish — the inhabitants of Ireland of English birth or descent
  • the gift of gab — If someone has the gift of gab, they are able to speak easily and confidently, and to persuade people.
  • the greater dog — the constellation Canis Major
  • the perigordian — the Perigordian culture
  • the working man — working class people collectively
  • the wrong track — the incorrect line of investigation, inquiry, etc
  • theory of games — game theory.
  • thermobarograph — a device that simultaneously records the temperature and pressure of the atmosphere
  • thermogeography — the study of the geographical variation and distribution of temperature.
  • thought pattern — habitual way of thinking
  • thought reading — mind reading.
  • thraco-phrygian — a hypothetical branch of Indo-European implying a special genetic affinity between the meagerly attested Thracian and Phrygian languages.
  • through traffic — traffic which continues on a road or highway rather than crossing onto a different road
  • to carry weight — If a person or their opinion carries weight, they are respected and are able to influence people.
  • to change hands — When something changes hands, its ownership changes, usually because it is sold to someone else.
  • to fly the flag — If you fly the flag, you show that you are proud of your country, or that you support a particular cause, especially when you are in a foreign country or when few other people do.
  • to get ahold of — to manage to find, contact, or obtain someone or something
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