14-letter words containing g, e, t, s
- sprightfulness — the condition or quality of being sprightful
- squeak through — to succeed, get through, survive, etc. by a narrow margin or with difficulty
- st. petersburg — Also called Russian Empire. Russian Rossiya. a former empire in E Europe and N and W Asia: overthrown by the Russian Revolution 1917. Capital: St. Petersburg (1703–1917).
- staff sergeant — U.S. Air Force. a noncommissioned officer ranking below a technical sergeant and above an airman first class.
- stage business — business (def 10).
- stage designer — someone who designs the physical appearance of the stage, using backdrops, props, etc
- stage director — a person who directs a theatrical production.
- staggering bob — a newborn calf.
- stalking horse — If you describe a person or thing as a stalking horse, you mean that it is being used to obtain a temporary advantage so that someone can get what they really want.
- stalking-horse — a horse, or a figure of a horse, behind which a hunter hides in stalking game.
- stalling angle — critical angle (def 2).
- stand the gaff — harsh treatment or criticism: All the gaff he took never made him bitter.
- standard gauge — a standard of measure or measurement.
- standard grade — (formerly, in Scotland) a type of examination designed to test skills and the application of knowledge, replaced O grade
- standing order — Military. (formerly) a general order always in force in a command and establishing uniform procedures for it; standard operating procedure.
- standing water — still water that has stagnated
- stanovoi range — a mountain range in SE Russia; forms part of the watershed between rivers flowing to the Arctic and the Pacific. Highest peak: Mount Skalisty, 2482 m (8143 ft)
- starting price — gambling odds
- state of grace — grace (def 8d).
- state of siege — A state of siege is a situation in which a government or other authority puts restrictions on the movement of people into or out of a country, town, or building.
- state religion — the official religion of a state as established by law.
- states general — the parliament of the Netherlands, consisting of an upper chamber (First Chamber) and a lower chamber (Second Chamber)
- states' rights — the rights and powers generally conceded to the states, or all those powers claimed for the states under some interpretations of the Constitution
- states-general — the parliament of the Netherlands, consisting of an upper chamber (First Chamber) and a lower chamber (Second Chamber)
- stay the night — If you stay the night in a place, you sleep there for one night.
- steam cracking — Steam cracking is the main method of breaking down large molecules of hydrocarbons, in which a gaseous or liquid hydrocarbon is diluted with steam and then heated.
- steeplechasing — a horse race over a turf course furnished with artificial ditches, hedges, and other obstacles over which the horses must jump.
- steering wheel — a wheel used by a driver, pilot, or the like, to steer an automobile, ship, etc.
- steganographer — an expert in steganography
- steganographic — of, or pertaining to, steganography
- stegocephalian — an extinct, pre-Jurassic amphibian
- stegocephalous — having the characteristics of the order Stegocephala
- stepping stone — stone: used to cross water
- stick together — be united
- sticking place — Also called sticking point. the place or point at which something stops and holds firm.
- sticky fingers — an inclination or tendency to steal or pilfer
- stigmatiferous — (of a plant) having a stigma
- stinking cedar — an evergreen tree, Torreya taxifolia, of the yew family, native to Florida, having rank-smelling foliage and dark-green, egg-shaped fruit.
- stinking roger — any of various plants having an unpleasant odor.
- stirling cycle — a highly efficient thermodynamic cycle in which air or an inert gas is compressed and expanded
- stock exchange — a building or place where stocks and other securities are bought and sold.
- 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 angle — the angle formed by two radii of a circle that are drawn to the extremities of an arc equal to one half of the circle; an angle of 180°.
- 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.