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15-letter words containing a, s, g

  • straight ticket — a ballot on which all votes have been cast for candidates of the same party.
  • straight-acting — (of a gay person) having the mannerisms of a heterosexual person: used esp by gay people of other gay people
  • straight-backed — having a straight, usually high, back: a straight-backed chair.
  • straightforward — going or directed straight ahead: a straightforward gaze.
  • straining piece — (in a queen-post roof) a horizontal beam uniting the tops of the two queen posts, and resisting the thrust of the roof.
  • stranger danger — the potential or perceived risk posed by unknown people to children and about which it may be advisable to warn them
  • strike the flag — to relinquish command, esp of a ship
  • string variable — data on which arithmetical operations will not be performed
  • structural gene — cistron.
  • sturm und drang — a style or movement of German literature of the latter half of the 18th century: characterized chiefly by impetuosity of manner, exaltation of individual sensibility and intuitive perception, opposition to established forms of society and thought, and extreme nationalism.
  • sub-machine gun — a lightweight automatic or semiautomatic gun, fired from the shoulder or hip.
  • subject catalog — a catalog having entries listed by subject only.
  • subject heading — a title or heading of a category, esp in a bibliography or index
  • subject-raising — a rule that moves the subject of a complement clause into the clause in which it is embedded, as in the derivation of He is likely to be late from It is likely that he will be late
  • subminimum wage — See example at subminimum (def 1).
  • 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.
  • sulfiting agent — sulfite (def 2).
  • summer triangle — a group of three first-magnitude stars (Deneb, Vega, and Altair) visible during the summer in the N skies
  • supergiant star — Astronomy. an exceptionally luminous star whose diameter is more than 100 times that of the sun, as Betelgeuse or Antares.
  • surface grammar — grammar understood at the level of normal communication, rather than at the underlying level of 'deep' semantic and syntactic analysis
  • surgeon general — the chief of medical services in one of the armed forces.
  • surgical needle — a needle for suturing.
  • surgical spirit — Surgical spirit is a liquid which is used to clean wounds or surgical instruments. It consists mainly of alcohol.
  • surgical strike — a military action designed to destroy a particular target without harming other people or damaging other buildings near it
  • swallow-tanager — a tropical American bird, Tersina viridis, related to the true tanagers but with longer, swallowlike wings.
  • sweating system — the practice of employing workers in sweatshops.
  • swedish massage — a massage employing techniques of manipulation and muscular exercise systematized in Sweden in the 19th century.
  • swing both ways — to enjoy sexual partners of both sexes
  • syllogistically — of or relating to a syllogism.
  • symptomological — relating to symptomology
  • synergistically — pertaining to, characteristic of, or resembling synergy: a synergistic effect.
  • syngeneic graft — a tissue or organ transplanted from one member of a species to another, genetically identical member of the species, as a kidney transplanted from one identical twin to the other.
  • syntax language — a metalanguage used to refer to the grammatical or other formal features of an object language.
  • tamarisk gerbil — gerbil (def 2).
  • tangible assets — valuable items: cash, property, etc.
  • teng hsiao-ping — Deng Xiaoping.
  • terra sigillata — Arretine ware.
  • 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
  • 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 everlasting — God
  • the saint leger — an annual horse race run at Doncaster since 1776: one of the classics of the flat-racing season
  • theory of games — game theory.
  • tiffany setting — a setting, as in a ring, in which the stone is held with prongs.
  • tiglath-pileser — died 727 b.c, king of Assyria 745–727.
  • tintagel castle — a ruined castle on a promontory in SW England on the W coast of Cornwall, which is the legendary birthplace of King Arthur
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