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14-letter words containing a, t, o, n, i, g

  • saint george's — one of the Windward Islands, in the E West Indies.
  • saint gotthard — a mountain range in S Switzerland; a part of the Alps; highest peak, 10,490 feet (3195 meters).
  • sanguification — hematopoiesis.
  • sauropterygian — any of various Mesozoic marine reptiles of the superorder Sauropterygia, including the suborder Plesiosauria.
  • schizognathous — (of birds) having a separation in the vomer and maxillo-palatine bones, having a cleft-palate
  • schoolteaching — the profession of a schoolteacher.
  • segregationist — one who favors, encourages, or practices segregation, especially racial segregation.
  • self-operating — automatic.
  • seronegativity — the quality or state of being seronegative
  • shooting brake — station wagon.
  • shooting guard — the player responsible for attempting long-range shots
  • shooting match — a contest in marksmanship.
  • shooting party — a social gathering when people shoot game together
  • shooting range — place for practising with guns
  • shouting match — a loud, often abusive quarrel or argument.
  • signature loan — a loan requiring no collateral.
  • 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.
  • skirting board — fabric for making skirts.
  • smoking jacket — a loose-fitting jacket for men, often of a heavy fabric and trimmed with braid, worn indoors, especially as a lounging jacket.
  • smooth-talking — A smooth-talking man talks very confidently in a way that is likely to persuade people, but may not be sincere or honest.
  • snowball fight — game: throwing balls of snow
  • social tagging — the practice of generating electronic tags or keywords by users rather than specialists as a way to classify and describe online content: Social tagging can enhance students' access to online collections of art.
  • soft margarine — a soft, spreadable margarine that is made with more liquid oils and less hydrogenated oils than hard, block margarine
  • sophisticating — a sophisticated person.
  • sorting tracks — the part of a railroad yard used for the final sorting of cars from a classification yard.
  • south georgian — a British island in the S Atlantic, about 800 miles (1290 km) SE of the Falkland Islands. About 1000 sq. mi. (2590 sq. km).
  • spermatogonium — one of the undifferentiated germ cells giving rise to spermatocytes.
  • spitting cobra — any cobra or cobralike snake, especially the ringhals, that sprays venom at the eyes of approaching animals.
  • stabbing board — A stabbing board is a platform in the derrick, on which the derrickhand stands to run in casing.
  • staffing ratio — the ratio of the staff or workforce of a place to another group, for example to staff in another department, the ratio of patients to nurses in a hospital, or the ratio of pupils to teachers in a school
  • stagflationary — of, caused by, or relating to, stagflation
  • staggering bob — a newborn calf.
  • stalking horse — If you describe a person or thing as a stalking horse, you mean that it is being used to obtain a temporary advantage so that someone can get what they really want.
  • stalking-horse — a horse, or a figure of a horse, behind which a hunter hides in stalking game.
  • standing order — Military. (formerly) a general order always in force in a command and establishing uniform procedures for it; standard operating procedure.
  • stanovoi range — a mountain range in SE Russia; forms part of the watershed between rivers flowing to the Arctic and the Pacific. Highest peak: Mount Skalisty, 2482 m (8143 ft)
  • starting block — a device used by runners, especially sprinters, for increasing their speed off the mark, consisting of a metal or wooden frame, usually secured to the ground at both ends, with adjustable, triangular-shaped blocks on each side for bracing the feet.
  • starting point — place where sth begins
  • state religion — the official religion of a state as established by law.
  • steganographic — of, or pertaining to, steganography
  • stegocephalian — an extinct, pre-Jurassic amphibian
  • stigmatization — to set some mark of disgrace or infamy upon: The crime of the father stigmatized the whole family.
  • stock watering — the creation of more new shares in a company than is justified by its assets
  • stocking frame — a type of knitting machine
  • stopping place — a place where vehicles may stop temporarily
  • stopping train — a train that stops at local stations as well as the main ones
  • storming party — a group deployed to make the first assault on a position or building
  • straight joint — a vertical joint in brickwork that is directly above a vertical joint in the course below
  • straighten out — make straighter
  • subaggregation — a subtotalling
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