13-letter words containing e, a, g, l, i
- self-effacing — the act or fact of keeping oneself in the background, as in humility.
- self-ignorant — lacking in knowledge or training; unlearned: an ignorant man.
- self-loathing — strong dislike or disgust; intense aversion.
- self-managing — to bring about or succeed in accomplishing, sometimes despite difficulty or hardship: She managed to see the governor. How does she manage it on such a small income?
- self-negating — to deny the existence, evidence, or truth of: an investigation tending to negate any supernatural influences.
- self-pleasing — giving pleasure; agreeable; gratifying: a pleasing performance.
- self-standing — An object or structure that is self-standing is not supported by other objects or structures.
- self-starting — starter (def 3).
- self-training — the education, instruction, or discipline of a person or thing that is being trained: He's in training for the Olympics.
- semilegendary — having some historical basis, but legendary in part
- serial rights — the rights to reprint or publish a serial or as a serial
- serologically — as pertains to or with respect to serology; in a serological manner
- settling tank — a tank for holding liquid until particles suspended in it settle.
- sexagesimally — into sixtieths
- shag pile rug — a piece of thick material with a nap of long rough strands that you put on a floor. It is like a carpet but covers a smaller area
- shingle beach — a beach made of a mass of small pieces of rough stone
- shipping lane — sea lane.
- sign language — Also called sign. any of several visual-gestural systems of communication, especially employing manual gestures, as used among deaf people.
- single combat — combat between two persons.
- single father — a father who brings up a child or children alone, without a partner.
- single market — a market consisting of a number of nations, esp those of the European Union, in which goods, capital, and currencies can move freely across borders without tariffs or restrictions
- single parent — mother or father without a partner
- single status — a national agreement that aims to avoid unfairness in pay and reward arrangements for employees and to ensure harmonisation of conditions in comparable posts
- single thread — the execution of an entire task from beginning to end without interruption
- single-acting — (of a reciprocating engine, pump, etc.) having pistons accomplishing work only in one direction. Compare double-acting (def 1).
- single-action — (of a firearm) requiring the cocking of the hammer before firing each shot: a single-action revolver.
- single-barrel — a gun having one barrel, especially a shotgun.
- single-family — designed or suitable for one family of average size: single-family homes.
- single-handed — accomplished or done by one person alone: a single-handed victory; single-handed sailing.
- single-masted — (of a boat) having a single mast
- single-parent — of or noting a family in which a parent brings up a child or children alone, without a partner: a single-parent family; a single-parent household.
- single-seater — a vehicle that has only one seat
- single-valued — (of a function) having the property that each element in the domain has corresponding to it exactly one element in the range.
- singles chart — a ranked chart of popular music (individual songs, not albums or collections) for a specific period of time
- slave trading — trafficking in people
- sleeping area — an area in a room or house where people can sleep
- slide changer — a device for changing the slide displayed in a projector
- sliding scale — a variable scale, especially of industrial costs, as wages, that may be adapted to changes in demand.
- slip carriage — a railway car detached from a moving train as it passes through a station.
- slipstreaming — Aeronautics. the airstream pushed back by a revolving aircraft propeller. Compare backwash (def 2), wash (def 31).
- slow-speaking — tending to speak slowly
- social gospel — a movement in America, chiefly in the early part of the 20th century, stressing the social teachings of Jesus and their applicability to public life.
- solar heating — to heat (a building) by means of solar energy.
- solidungulate — having a single, undivided hoof on each foot, as a horse.
- sounding lead — a line weighted with a lead or plummet (sounding lead) and bearing marks to show the length paid out, used for sounding, as at sea.
- space biology — exobiology.
- spaghettilike — resembling spaghetti
- special agent — an investigator in a law enforcement agency.
- speed dialing — to dial (a telephone number) using speed dial.
- speed walking — power walking.