14-letter words containing g, e, l, a, s, t
- single-hearted — sincere and undivided in feeling or spirit; dedicated; not reflecting mixed emotions: He was single-hearted in his patriotism.
- slamming stile — doorstop (def 2).
- slaughterhouse — a building or place where animals are butchered for food; abattoir.
- slaughterously — murderously
- sleeping giant — If you refer to someone or something as a sleeping giant, you mean that they are powerful but they have not yet shown the full extent of their power.
- smelling salts — a preparation for smelling, essentially of ammonium carbonate with some agreeable scent, used as a stimulant and restorative.
- snifting valve — a valve for releasing small quantities of steam, compressed air, or condensate, as from the cylinder of a steam engine.
- sovietological — of or relating to Sovietology
- spectrological — relating to spectres or spectrology
- 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.
- stalling angle — critical angle (def 2).
- state religion — the official religion of a state as established by law.
- states general — the parliament of the Netherlands, consisting of an upper chamber (First Chamber) and a lower chamber (Second Chamber)
- states-general — the parliament of the Netherlands, consisting of an upper chamber (First Chamber) and a lower chamber (Second Chamber)
- steeplechasing — a horse race over a turf course furnished with artificial ditches, hedges, and other obstacles over which the horses must jump.
- stegocephalian — an extinct, pre-Jurassic amphibian
- stegocephalous — having the characteristics of the order Stegocephala
- sticking place — Also called sticking point. the place or point at which something stops and holds firm.
- stopping place — a place where vehicles may stop temporarily
- straight angle — the angle formed by two radii of a circle that are drawn to the extremities of an arc equal to one half of the circle; an angle of 180°.
- straight-laced — strait-laced (sense 2)
- strike a light — to ignite something, esp a match, by friction
- sturgeon's law — "Ninety percent of everything is crap". Derived from a quote by science fiction author Theodore Sturgeon, who once said, "Sure, 90% of science fiction is crud. That's because 90% of everything is crud." Oddly, when Sturgeon's Law is cited, the final word is almost invariably changed to "crap". Compare Ninety-Ninety Rule. Though this maxim originated in SF fandom, most hackers recognise it and are all too aware of its truth.
- sturmabteilung — a political militia of the Nazi party, organized about 1923 and notorious for its violence and terrorism up to 1934, when it was purged and reorganized as an instrument of physical training and political indoctrination of German men; Brown Shirts.
- sugar the pill — to make something unpleasant more agreeable by adding something pleasant
- suprasegmental — above, beyond, or in addition to a segment.
- swing the lead — to malinger or make up excuses
- tate galleries — two art galleries in London, the original Tate Gallery (1897), now Tate Britain, and Tate Modern, created in the former Bankside power station in 2000
- telangiectasis — chronic dilatation of the capillaries and other small blood vessels.
- texas longhorn — one of a breed of long-horned beef cattle of the southwestern U.S., developed from cattle introduced into North America from Spain and valued for disease resistance, fecundity, and a historical association with the old West: now rare.
- the everglades — a subtropical marshy region of Florida, south of Lake Okeechobee: contains the Everglades National Park established to preserve the flora and fauna of the swamps. Area: over 13 000 sq km (5000 sq miles)
- the last laugh — the final success in an argument, situation, etc, after previous defeat
- thermal spring — a spring whose temperature is higher than the mean temperature of ground water in the area.
- threaded glass — glass decorated with a pattern produced by variegated glass filaments.
- tongue-lashing — severe scolding
- transit lounge — a waiting room at an international airport used mainly by passengers transferring from one flight to another without presenting themselves to customs or immigration officials
- trysting place — a place for a meeting, especially a secret meeting of lovers; rendezvous.
- unegoistically — pertaining to or of the nature of egoism.
- unhesitatingly — without hesitation; not delayed by uncertainty: an unhesitating decision.
- vaulting horse — a padded, somewhat cylindrical floor-supported apparatus, braced horizontally at an adjustable height, used for hand support and pushing off in vaulting.
- vegetable dish — a dish designed to serve vegetables from
- vegetable silk — a fine, glossy fiber, similar to silk cotton, from the seeds of a spiny Brazilian tree, Chorisia speciosa.
- vegetable soup — soup made with vegetables
- venetian glass — ornamental glassware of the type made at Venice, especially that from the island of Murano.
- vestal virgins — (in ancient Rome) one of four, later six, virgins consecrated to Vesta and to the tending of the sacred fire on her altar.
- weather signal — a visual signal, as a light or flag, indicating a weather forecast.
- weatherglasses — Plural form of weatherglass.
- welfare rights — legal entitlements to financial and other benefits
- weltanschauung — a comprehensive conception or image of the universe and of humanity's relation to it.