13-letter words containing e, g, l, s, t, o
- self-begotten — a past participle of beget.
- self-doubting — lacking in confidence
- self-ignition — the spontaneous combustion or ignition of something without any external spark or flame
- self-ignorant — lacking in knowledge or training; unlearned: an ignorant man.
- self-loathing — strong dislike or disgust; intense aversion.
- self-soothing — that soothes: a soothing voice.
- selling point — a unique or advantageous feature that appeals to the prospective buyer of a service, product, etc.: A generous discount is the chief selling point of the book club.
- shed light on — something that makes things visible or affords illumination: All colors depend on light.
- short selling — a person, as a speculator, who sells short.
- show the flag — to assert a claim, as to a territory or stretch of water, by military presence
- silver tongue — the characteristic of being skilful at persuading people to believe what they say or to do what they want them to do
- single combat — combat between two persons.
- single mother — a mother who brings up a child or children alone, without a partner.
- single-action — (of a firearm) requiring the cocking of the hammer before firing each shot: a single-action revolver.
- single-storey — (of a building) having only one floor or level
- single-tongue — to play (any nonlegato passage) on a wind instrument by obstructing and uncovering the air passage through the lips with the tongue
- skeletogenous — forming a skeleton, or parts of one
- sleep through — If you sleep through something, it does not wake you up.
- solar heating — to heat (a building) by means of solar energy.
- solidungulate — having a single, undivided hoof on each foot, as a horse.
- sovietologist — Kremlinology.
- staff college — a training centre for executive military personnel
- stalagmometer — an instrument for determining the number of drops, or the weight of each drop, in a given volume of liquid.
- stalagmometry — measurement of drops of liquid using a staktometer
- starring role — a main role; the main role
- state college — a city in central Pennsylvania.
- steering lock — an anti-theft device
- stereological — of, relating to, stereology
- stereoregular — pertaining to stereochemical regularity or having repeating units in a sequential configuration
- sterling bloc — those countries having currencies whose values tend to vary directly with the rise and fall of the value of the pound sterling.
- stone boiling — a primitive method of boiling liquid with heated stones
- stores ledger — a record kept of the amount, type, etc., of raw materials and supplies on hand, as in a manufacturing plant.
- strong-willed — having a powerful will; resolute.
- subcollegiate — of, relating to, or characteristic of subcollege students or a subcollege
- subdelegation — a group or body of delegates: Our club sent a delegation to the rally.
- systematology — the science of systems or their formation.
- technologised — to make technological; to modernize or modify with technology.
- telediagnosis — the detection of a disease by evaluating data transmitted to a receiving station from instruments monitoring a distant patient, as someone in a spacecraft.
- the spotlight — the focus of attention
- toggle switch — a switch in which a projecting knob or arm, moving through a small arc, causes the contacts to open or close an electric circuit suddenly, as commonly used in most homes.
- ugly customer — a hostile or dangerous person.
- uprighteously — in an upright or moral manner
- ustilagineous — belonging to the Ustilaginales, an order of fungi that cause plant disease
- venereologist — the branch of medicine dealing with the study and treatment of venereal, or sexually transmitted, disease.
- vexillologist — the study of flags.
- virgo cluster — a cluster of about 2500 galaxies in the constellation Virgo, the nearest cluster to our galaxy.
- volute spring — a coil spring, conical in shape, extending in the direction of the axis of the coil.
- wellingtonias — Plural form of wellingtonia.