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15-letter words containing g, e, n, t, i

  • speeding ticket — notice of traffic violation
  • spermatogenesis — the origin and development of spermatozoa.
  • spirit leveling — leveling according to the indications of a spirit level.
  • sporting chance — an even or fair opportunity for a favorable outcome in an enterprise, as winning in a game of chance or in any kind of contest: They gave the less experienced players a sporting chance by handicapping the experts.
  • spring mattress — a mattress containing an arrangement of spiral springs
  • stacking swivel — a metal swivel attached to the stock of a military rifle for use in hooking three rifles together to form a stack.
  • stage direction — an instruction written into the script of a play, indicating stage actions, movements of performers, or production requirements.
  • standing charge — fixed energy costs
  • standing orders — Military. (formerly) a general order always in force in a command and establishing uniform procedures for it; standard operating procedure.
  • start something — to cause a disturbance or trouble
  • starting handle — a crank used to start the motor of an automobile.
  • steam reforming — a process in which methane from natural gas is heated, with steam, usually with a catalyst, to produce a mixture of carbon monoxide and hydrogen used in organic synthesis and as a fuel
  • steamed pudding — a traditional pudding containing fat, sugar, eggs, flour, and other ingredients, which is steamed
  • steel engraving — a method of incising letters, designs, etc., on steel.
  • steering column — the shaft that connects the steering wheel to the steering gear assembly of an automotive vehicle.
  • stephen hawkingStephen William, born 1942, English mathematician and theoretical physicist.
  • sterling silver — of, relating to, or noting British money: The sterling equivalent is #5.50.
  • steroidogenesis — the formation of steroids, as by the adrenal cortex, testes, and ovaries.
  • sticky-fingered — given to thieving
  • stinging nettle — a bristly, stinging Eurasian nettle, Urtica dioica, naturalized in North America, having forked clusters of greenish flowers, the young foliage sometimes cooked and eaten like spinach by the Scots.
  • stirling engine — an external-combustion engine in which heat from outside the cylinders causes air confined in the cylinders to expand and drive the pistons.
  • stocking filler — A stocking filler is a small present that is suitable for putting in a Christmas stocking.
  • stoke newington — former metropolitan borough of London, now part of Hackney
  • straining piece — (in a queen-post roof) a horizontal beam uniting the tops of the two queen posts, and resisting the thrust of the roof.
  • street fighting — violent and illegal fighting between individuals or groups
  • street lighting — the provision of lighting at night in public places to illuminate the streets
  • striking circle — the semicircular area in front of each goal, which an attacking player must have entered before scoring a goal
  • string together — arrange coherently
  • string variable — data on which arithmetical operations will not be performed
  • strobe lighting — a high-intensity flashing beam of light produced by rapid electrical discharges in a tube or by a perforated disc rotating in front of an intense light source: used in discotheques, etc
  • subintelligence — below average intelligence
  • subject heading — a title or heading of a category, esp in a bibliography or index
  • subject-raising — a rule that moves the subject of a complement clause into the clause in which it is embedded, as in the derivation of He is likely to be late from It is likely that he will be late
  • sulfiting agent — sulfite (def 2).
  • summer triangle — a group of three first-magnitude stars (Deneb, Vega, and Altair) visible during the summer in the N skies
  • supergiant star — Astronomy. an exceptionally luminous star whose diameter is more than 100 times that of the sun, as Betelgeuse or Antares.
  • supporting role — acting: secondary part
  • svedberg (unit) — a unit of time, equal to 10-13 second, used in determining the rate of sedimentation of a macromolecule in an ultracentrifuge
  • sweating system — the practice of employing workers in sweatshops.
  • synectics group — a group of people of varied background that meets to attempt creative solutions of problems through the unrestricted exercise of imagination and the correlation of disparate elements.
  • synergistically — pertaining to, characteristic of, or resembling synergy: a synergistic effect.
  • syngeneic graft — a tissue or organ transplanted from one member of a species to another, genetically identical member of the species, as a kidney transplanted from one identical twin to the other.
  • system building — a method of building in which prefabricated components are used to speed the construction of buildings
  • take lying down — to be in a horizontal, recumbent, or prostrate position, as on a bed or the ground; recline. Antonyms: stand.
  • talking machine — Older Use. a phonograph.
  • talking picture — Older Use. a motion picture with accompanying synchronized speech, singing, etc.
  • tangible assets — valuable items: cash, property, etc.
  • target audience — the target audience of a programme is the group of people that the programme-makers are trying to persuade to watch or listen to it
  • teaching fellow — a holder of a teaching fellowship.
  • technologically — of or relating to technology; relating to science and industry.
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