13-letter words containing g, e, n, i, u
- running belay — the clipping of the rope through a karabiner attached to a sling, piton, nut, etc, secured to the mountain: used by a leading climber of a team to reduce the length of a possible fall
- running order — The running order of the items in a broadcast, concert, or show is the order in which the items will come.
- running title — Printing. running head.
- saint-gaudens — Augustus, 1848–1907, U.S. sculptor, born in Ireland.
- saving clause — a clause which denotes a reservation or exception
- self-assuming — taking too much for granted; presumptuous.
- self-doubting — lacking in confidence
- serpiginously — in a serpiginous manner; in the manner characteristic of serpigo
- shelving unit — A shelving unit is a flexible display system which can be moved and adjusted to accommodate different product dimensions.
- sigmund freud — Anna, 1895–1982, British psychoanalyst, born in Austria (daughter of Sigmund Freud).
- sign language — Also called sign. any of several visual-gestural systems of communication, especially employing manual gestures, as used among deaf people.
- signed number — Mathematics. a number preceded by a plus sign (+) to indicate a positive quantity or by a minus sign (−) to indicate a negative quantity.
- 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 sculls — a race for sculls each rowed by one oarsman using a pair of oars.
- 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-figure — relating to numbers below ten
- single-suiter — one-suiter.
- single-tongue — to play (any nonlegato passage) on a wind instrument by obstructing and uncovering the air passage through the lips with the tongue
- single-valued — (of a function) having the property that each element in the domain has corresponding to it exactly one element in the range.
- sitting judge — a presiding judge; a judge in office
- sleeping suit — an all-in-one outfit that babies and young children sleep in
- 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.
- sounding line — 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.
- speaking tube — a tube for conveying the voice over a somewhat limited distance, as from one part of a building or ship to another.
- spermatangium — the organ that produces spermatia in red algae.
- spinning mule — mule1 (def 7).
- splutteringly — in a spluttering manner
- spot reducing — the usually futile effort to exercise one part of the body, as the thighs, in hopes of reducing the amount of fat stored in that area.
- 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.
- 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.
- straighten up — stand straighter
- string course — a horizontal band or course, as of stone, projecting beyond or flush with the face of a building, often molded and sometimes richly carved.
- string-puller — a person who uses his or her influence with other people to get things done, often unfairly
- sub-sovereign — a monarch; a king, queen, or other supreme ruler.
- subastringent — slightly astringent.
- subdelegation — a group or body of delegates: Our club sent a delegation to the rally.
- subgeneration — a generation within another generation
- subjectifying — to make subjective.
- sucking louse — See under louse (def 1).
- suggestionism — the art of hypnotic suggestion
- suggestionist — a practitioner of suggestionism
- suggestionize — to treat or influence by the power of suggestion
- sunlight peak — a mountain in SW Colorado, in the San Juan Mountains. 14,059 feet (4285 meters).
- superorganism — a form of life composed of mutually interdependent parts that maintain various vital processes.
- superregional — involving many regions
- supplementing — something added to complete a thing, supply a deficiency, or reinforce or extend a whole.
- supreme being — God.
- table-turning — the movement of a table attributed by spiritualists to the power of spirits working through a group of persons placing their hands or fingers on the table top