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13-letter words containing a, g, r, e, t, i

  • stereological — of, relating to, stereology
  • sterling area — those countries having currencies whose values tend to vary directly with the rise and fall of the value of the pound sterling.
  • straight face — a serious or impassive facial expression that conceals one's true feelings about something, especially a desire to laugh.
  • straight time — the time or number of hours established as standard for a specific work period in a particular industry, usually computed on the basis of a workweek and fixed variously from 35 to 40 hours.
  • straight-edge — advocating abstinence from alcohol, cigarettes, drugs, and sex and sometimes advocating vegetarianism.
  • straight-line — (of a machine) having components that are arranged in a row or that move in a straight line when in operation
  • straighten up — stand straighter
  • strategic fit — (in business) the degree to which the activities of different sections of a business or businesses working together complement one another to achieve competitive advantage and business success
  • strategically — pertaining to, characterized by, or of the nature of strategy: strategic movements.
  • string player — a person who plays an instrument of the violin family.
  • stringer bead — a small, usually round object of glass, wood, stone, or the like with a hole through it, often strung with others of its kind in necklaces, rosaries, etc.
  • subastringent — slightly astringent.
  • subcategorize — to split into subcategories
  • subgeneration — a generation within another generation
  • supergalactic — a system of galaxies.
  • swagger stick — a short, batonlike stick, usually leather-covered, sometimes carried by army officers, soldiers, etc.
  • sweethearting — the granting of unauthorized discounts or the abetting of shoplifting by staff in a shop
  • table-rapping — the sounds of knocking or tapping made without any apparent physical agency while a group of people sit round a table, and attributed by spiritualists to the spirit of a dead person using this as a means of communication with the living
  • table-turning — the movement of a table attributed by spiritualists to the power of spirits working through a group of persons placing their hands or fingers on the table top
  • taphrogenesis — the process of forming rifts, resulting in regional faulting and subsidence
  • taranaki gate — a rough-and-ready gate in a fence made from wire and battens
  • telegrammatic — a message or communication sent by telegraph; a telegraphic dispatch.
  • telemarketing — selling or advertising by telephone.
  • teratogenesis — the production or induction of malformations or monstrosities, especially of a developing embryo or fetus.
  • tergiversator — to change repeatedly one's attitude or opinions with respect to a cause, subject, etc.; equivocate.
  • the argentine — Argentina
  • the far right — the more extreme supporters or advocates of social, political, or economic conservatism or reaction, based generally on a belief that things are better left unchanged
  • the hermitage — an art museum in St Petersburg, originally a palace built by Catherine the Great
  • the high road — the principal road from one place to another
  • the third age — old age, esp when viewed as an opportunity for travel, further education, etc
  • thermostating — a device, including a relay actuated by thermal conduction or convection, that functions to establish and maintain a desired temperature automatically or signals a change in temperature for manual adjustment.
  • thigh-slapper — a very funny joke, remark, story, or incident.
  • third reading — the final step in the consideration of a legislative bill before it is put to a vote.
  • thread blight — a fungal disease of woody plants, characterized by thick, threadlike strands of mycelium on the undersides of the leaves and branches.
  • threateningly — tending or intended to menace: threatening gestures.
  • tidal barrage — a barrier that traps water at high tide, creating a tidal basin
  • tracing paper — a thin, transparent paper for making tracings.
  • trade figures — a record of how much a country has paid for goods which it has bought from other countries, compared with how much it has been paid for goods which it has sold to other countries
  • trailing edge — the rear edge of a propeller blade or airfoil.
  • training shoe — Training shoes are the same as trainers.
  • transgression — an act of transgressing; violation of a law, command, etc.; sin.
  • transgressive — to violate a law, command, moral code, etc.; offend; sin.
  • traveling bag — a small bag, as a valise or suitcase, usually made of leather, having an oblong shape, and used chiefly to hold clothes.
  • tread lightly — to proceed with delicacy or tact
  • trigger guard — safety feature on a gun
  • trigger happy — ready to fire a gun at the least provocation, regardless of the situation or probable consequences: a trigger-happy hunter.
  • trigger plant — any of several small grasslike plants of the genus Stylidium, having sensitive stamens that are erected when disturbed: family Stylidiaceae
  • trigger-happy — ready to fire a gun at the least provocation, regardless of the situation or probable consequences: a trigger-happy hunter.
  • trotting race — a horse race using trotters.
  • troublemaking — a person who causes difficulties, distress, worry, etc., for others, especially one who does so habitually as a matter of malice.
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