13-letter words containing g, e, t, a
- slipstreaming — Aeronautics. the airstream pushed back by a revolving aircraft propeller. Compare backwash (def 2), wash (def 31).
- solar heating — to heat (a building) by means of solar energy.
- solidungulate — having a single, undivided hoof on each foot, as a horse.
- south georgia — a British island in the S Atlantic, about 800 miles (1290 km) SE of the Falkland Islands. About 1000 sq. mi. (2590 sq. km).
- space heating — the heating of a limited area, as a room, by means of a heater (space heater) within the area.
- spaghettilike — resembling spaghetti
- 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.
- spectrography — a spectroscope for photographing or producing a representation of a spectrum.
- speed skating — ice skating as a form of racing, usually on an oval course and against other competitors or the clock.
- spermatangium — the organ that produces spermatia in red algae.
- spermatogenic — relating to the development of spermatozoa
- 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.
- 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 college — a training centre for executive military personnel
- 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).
- stage whisper — a loud whisper on a stage, meant to be heard by the audience.
- 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.
- 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
- 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.
- stargazey pie — a Cornish fish pie served with the head of the fish protruding through the crust
- 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
- state college — a city in central Pennsylvania.
- 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
- sterculia gum — karaya gum.
- stereographer — a person who takes stereoscopic photographs.
- stereological — of, relating to, stereology
- stereoregular — pertaining to stereochemical regularity or having repeating units in a sequential configuration
- 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.
- stock footage — film containing stock shots.