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14-letter words containing g, e, t, o

  • stock watering — the creation of more new shares in a company than is justified by its assets
  • stockbrokerage — a stockbroker's work or business
  • stocking frame — a type of knitting machine
  • stopping place — a place where vehicles may stop temporarily
  • stopping power — a measure of the effect a substance has on the kinetic energy of a particle passing through it
  • storage device — a device used to store digital data or information, as a hard disk or CD.
  • storage heater — an electrical device capable of accumulating and radiating heat generated by off-peak electricity
  • straight poker — one of the original forms of poker in which players are dealt five cards face down, upon which they bet and then have the showdown without drawing any cards.
  • straighten out — make straighter
  • strange to say — surprisingly
  • strike through — cross out
  • striped gopher — a ground squirrel marked with stripes, especially the thirteen-lined ground squirrel.
  • strong-eye dog — a dog trained to control sheep by its gaze
  • 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.
  • styling mousse — a light foamy substance applied to the hair before styling in order to retain the shape of the style
  • sub-government — the political direction and control exercised over the actions of the members, citizens, or inhabitants of communities, societies, and states; direction of the affairs of a state, community, etc.; political administration: Government is necessary to the existence of civilized society.
  • subaggregation — a subtotalling
  • suggestion box — receptacle for customers' comments
  • supererogation — to do more than duty requires.
  • supererogatory — going beyond the requirements of duty.
  • surgeon's knot — a knot resembling a reef knot, used by surgeons for tying ligatures and the like.
  • sweet nothings — terms of endearment
  • swinging voter — a person who does not vote consistently for any single political party
  • sync-generator — an electronic generator that supplies synchronizing pulses to television scanning and transmitting equipment.
  • system program — a program, as an operating system, compiler, or utility program, that controls some aspect of the operation of a computer (opposed to application program).
  • tablet coating — A tablet coating is a covering over a tablet, used to mask the taste, make it easier to swallow, or protect the active medication inside.
  • take soundings — to try to find out people's opinions on a subject
  • tape recording — sound reproduction on cassette
  • tax-collecting — the collection of taxes owed by individuals
  • tayside region — a former local government region in E Scotland: formed in 1975 from Angus, Kinross-shire, and most of Perthshire; replaced in 1996 by the council areas of Angus, City of Dundee, and Perth and Kinross
  • telegraph buoy — a buoy placed over an underwater telegraph cable.
  • telegraph pole — A telegraph pole is a tall wooden pole with telephone wires attached to it, connecting several different buildings to the telephone system.
  • telephotograph — a photograph taken with a telephoto lens.
  • teleprocessing — computerized processing and transmission of data over the telephone or other long-distance communications systems.
  • ten-gallon hat — a broad-brimmed hat with a high crown, worn especially in the western and southwestern U.S.; cowboy hat.
  • tendovaginitis — the swelling of both a tendon and its sheath
  • tenpin bowling — Tenpin bowling is a game in which you roll a heavy ball down a narrow track toward a group of wooden objects and try to knock down as many of them as possible.
  • tensor bandage — a wide elasticized bandage that supports injured joints
  • tenzing norgay — 1914–86, Nepalese mountaineer. With Sir Edmund Hillary, he was the first to reach the summit of Mount Everest (1953)
  • teratogenicity — the production or induction of malformations or monstrosities, especially of a developing embryo or fetus.
  • tergiversation — to change repeatedly one's attitude or opinions with respect to a cause, subject, etc.; equivocate.
  • tergiversatory — to change repeatedly one's attitude or opinions with respect to a cause, subject, etc.; equivocate.
  • terminological — the system of terms belonging or peculiar to a science, art, or specialized subject; nomenclature: the terminology of botany.
  • terotechnology — a branch of technology that utilizes management, financial, and engineering expertise in the installation and efficient operation and maintenance of equipment and machinery
  • testing ground — place where sth is tested
  • tetragrammaton — the Hebrew word for God, consisting of the four letters yod, he, vav, and he, transliterated consonantally usually as YHVH, now pronounced as Adonai or Elohim in substitution for the original pronunciation forbidden since the 2nd or 3rd century b.c.
  • 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 atomic age — the current historical period, initiated by the development of the first atomic bomb towards the end of World War II and now marked by a balance of power between nations possessing the hydrogen bomb and the use of nuclear power as a source of energy
  • the done thing — If you say that something is the done thing, you mean it is the most socially acceptable way to behave.
  • the footlights — the theater, or acting as a profession
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