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13-letter words containing e, n, s, a, g

  • 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 heating — the heating of a limited area, as a room, by means of a heater (space heater) within the area.
  • speaking part — a part in which the character speaks scripted dialogue
  • speaking tube — a tube for conveying the voice over a somewhat limited distance, as from one part of a building or ship to another.
  • speaking type — a device on a medal or coin that has a punning reference to a person or thing.
  • special agent — an investigator in a law enforcement agency.
  • specimen page — a page regarded as typical of pages of its type, esp one produced by a typesetter or designer to show an example of the typesetting for a book
  • speech making — act of addressing the public formally
  • speechreading — the act or process of determining the intended meaning of a speaker by utilizing all visual clues accompanying speech attempts, as lip movements, facial expressions, and bodily gestures, used especially by people with impaired hearing.
  • speed dialing — to dial (a telephone number) using speed dial.
  • speed reading — a method of reading faster than normal, esp by skimming
  • speed skating — ice skating as a form of racing, usually on an oval course and against other competitors or the clock.
  • speed walking — power walking.
  • sperm washing — a technique that separates sperm from the seminal fluid, used especially for isolating active sperm for artificial insemination.
  • spermatangium — the organ that produces spermatia in red algae.
  • spermatogenic — relating to the development of spermatozoa
  • spine-bashing — to rest; loaf.
  • spring a leak — to develop a leak
  • spring beauty — any American spring plant belonging to the genus Claytonia, of the purslane family, especially C. virginica, having an elongated cluster of white flowers tinged with pink.
  • spring valley — a city in SW California, near San Diego.
  • spring-loaded — (of a machine part) kept normally in a certain position by a spring: a spring-loaded safety valve.
  • springboarded — a flexible board, projecting over water, from which divers leap or spring.
  • spying charge — an accusation of having taken part in espionage
  • squanderingly — in a squandering manner
  • st. augustine — Saint, a.d. 354–430, one of the Latin fathers in the early Christian Church; author; bishop of Hippo in N Africa.
  • staff meeting — company gathering of employees
  • stage manager — a person responsible for the technical details of a theatrical production, assisting the director during rehearsal, supervising the lighting, costuming, setting, prompting, etc., and assuming full responsibility for the stage during a performance of a play.
  • stage setting — setting (def 6).
  • stagecoachman — the driver or operator of a stagecoach
  • staghorn fern — any of several epiphytic Old World ferns of the genus Platycerium, having broad, often antlerlike leaves and cultivated as a houseplant.
  • stained glass — glass that has been colored, enameled, painted, or stained, especially by having pigments baked onto its surface or by having various metallic oxides fused into it, as used in church windows, decorative lampshades, etc.
  • stamen blight — a disease of blackberries, characterized by a gray, powdery mass of spores covering the anthers, caused by a fungus, Hapalosphaeria deformans.
  • standing joke — If something is a standing joke among a group of people, they often make jokes about it.
  • standing wave — a wave in a medium in which each point on the axis of the wave has an associated constant amplitude ranging from zero at the nodes to a maximum at the antinodes.
  • star-spangled — spangled with stars.
  • starring role — a main role; the main role
  • starting gate — any of various types of movable barriers for lining up and giving an equal start to the entries in a horse or dog race.
  • starting line — marking at beginning of a race
  • starting rate — (in Britain) a rate of income tax below the basic rate
  • station agent — a person who manages a small railroad station.
  • staying power — ability or strength to last or endure; endurance; stamina.
  • steam heating — a heating system utilizing steam circulated through radiators and pipes.
  • steering gear — the apparatus or mechanism for steering a ship, automobile, bicycle, airplane, etc.
  • steganography — the practice of concealing messages in such a way that only the sender and the recipient know that there is a message
  • steganopodous — belonging to the Stegandopodes or having all four toes webbed together
  • stepparenting — parenting within a stepfamily
  • sterling area — those countries having currencies whose values tend to vary directly with the rise and fall of the value of the pound sterling.
  • stewing steak — Stewing steak is beef which is suitable for cooking slowly in a stew.
  • stone massage — a form of massage using heated smooth stones
  • storage organ — any swollen plant part in which food is stored, as fruit, root, or tuber.
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