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13-letter words containing g, e, t, a

  • stone massage — a form of massage using heated smooth stones
  • stoppage time — In soccer and some other sports, stoppage time is the period of time that is added to the end of a game because play was stopped during the game as a result of, for example, injuries to players.
  • storage organ — any swollen plant part in which food is stored, as fruit, root, or tuber.
  • store baggage — If a hotel stores baggage, it puts a guest's baggage in a storage room until it is needed by the guest.
  • store manager — sb who runs a shop
  • straight face — a serious or impassive facial expression that conceals one's true feelings about something, especially a desire to laugh.
  • straight time — the time or number of hours established as standard for a specific work period in a particular industry, usually computed on the basis of a workweek and fixed variously from 35 to 40 hours.
  • straight-edge — advocating abstinence from alcohol, cigarettes, drugs, and sex and sometimes advocating vegetarianism.
  • straight-line — (of a machine) having components that are arranged in a row or that move in a straight line when in operation
  • straighten up — stand straighter
  • strange quark — a quark having electric charge −1/3 times the elementary charge and strangeness −1; it is more massive than the up and down quarks.
  • stranger rape — sexual assault by an assailant upon a person he or she does not know.
  • strategic fit — (in business) the degree to which the activities of different sections of a business or businesses working together complement one another to achieve competitive advantage and business success
  • strategically — pertaining to, characterized by, or of the nature of strategy: strategic movements.
  • string player — a person who plays an instrument of the violin family.
  • stringer bead — a small, usually round object of glass, wood, stone, or the like with a hole through it, often strung with others of its kind in necklaces, rosaries, etc.
  • strong safety — the defensive back assigned to cover the area across from the strong side of the opponent's offensive line and primarily responsible for defending against pass plays.
  • strong waters — an archaic name for alcoholic drink
  • student grant — a grant of money awarded to somebody to fund their studying at a university or college
  • sub-aggregate — formed by the conjunction or collection of particulars into a whole mass or sum; total; combined: the aggregate amount of indebtedness.
  • subastringent — slightly astringent.
  • subcategorize — to split into subcategories
  • subcollegiate — of, relating to, or characteristic of subcollege students or a subcollege
  • subdelegation — a group or body of delegates: Our club sent a delegation to the rally.
  • subgeneration — a generation within another generation
  • sunlight peak — a mountain in SW Colorado, in the San Juan Mountains. 14,059 feet (4285 meters).
  • superdelegate — a party leader or elected public official chosen as an uncommitted delegate to a national political convention.
  • supergalactic — a system of galaxies.
  • swagger stick — a short, batonlike stick, usually leather-covered, sometimes carried by army officers, soldiers, etc.
  • sweated goods — goods that are made by exploited labour
  • sweethearting — the granting of unauthorized discounts or the abetting of shoplifting by staff in a shop
  • synthesis gas — any of several gaseous mixtures consisting essentially of carbon monoxide and hydrogen, used in the synthesis of chemical compounds, as ammonia and alcohols.
  • systematology — the science of systems or their formation.
  • table dancing — Table dancing is a type of entertainment in a bar or club in which a woman who is wearing very few clothes dances in a sexy way close to a customer or group of customers.
  • table setting — a set of cutlery, glasses, napkin, etc. for one person, as used on a table
  • table-rapping — the sounds of knocking or tapping made without any apparent physical agency while a group of people sit round a table, and attributed by spiritualists to the spirit of a dead person using this as a means of communication with the living
  • 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
  • tale of genji — a novel (1001–20?) by Lady Murasaki, dealing with Japanese court life.
  • talking chief — a noble who serves as public spokesperson for the chief in some Polynesian tribes.
  • tangent plane — tangent (def 4).
  • tangentiality — pertaining to or of the nature of a tangent; being or moving in the direction of a tangent.
  • tangoreceptor — a receptor stimulated by touch.
  • taphrogenesis — the process of forming rifts, resulting in regional faulting and subsidence
  • taranaki gate — a rough-and-ready gate in a fence made from wire and battens
  • target market — intended customers
  • team teaching — a system whereby two or more teachers pool their skills, knowledge, etc, to teach combined classes
  • technological — of or relating to technology; relating to science and industry.
  • telediagnosis — the detection of a disease by evaluating data transmitted to a receiving station from instruments monitoring a distant patient, as someone in a spacecraft.
  • telegenically — having physical qualities or characteristics that televise well; videogenic.
  • telegrammatic — a message or communication sent by telegraph; a telegraphic dispatch.
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