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13-letter words containing g, i, l, n

  • stinging-cell — a nematocyst.
  • stingless bee — any of certain social, honey-producing tropical bees of the family Apidae, as of the genus Melipona, having a nonfunctional stinger.
  • stirlingshire — Also called Stirlingshire [stur-ling-sheer, -sher] /ˈstɜr lɪŋˌʃɪər, -ʃər/ (Show IPA). a historic county in central Scotland.
  • stocking loom — a type of knitting machine
  • stone boiling — a primitive method of boiling liquid with heated stones
  • straight-line — (of a machine) having components that are arranged in a row or that move in a straight line when in operation
  • strangulation — Pathology, Surgery. to compress or constrict (a duct, intestine, vessel, etc.) so as to prevent circulation or suppress function.
  • string player — a person who plays an instrument of the violin family.
  • string-puller — a person who uses his or her influence with other people to get things done, often unfairly
  • strong-willed — having a powerful will; resolute.
  • stultifyingly — to make, or cause to appear, foolish or ridiculous.
  • styling brush — a hairbrush used to style or neaten hair
  • subdelegation — a group or body of delegates: Our club sent a delegation to the rally.
  • subtriangular — almost triangular;not quite triangular
  • sucking louse — See under louse (def 1).
  • suffocatingly — to kill by preventing the access of air to the blood through the lungs or analogous organs, as gills; strangle.
  • sulfur spring — a spring the water of which contains naturally occurring sulfur compounds.
  • sunlight peak — a mountain in SW Colorado, in the San Juan Mountains. 14,059 feet (4285 meters).
  • superregional — involving many regions
  • supplementing — something added to complete a thing, supply a deficiency, or reinforce or extend a whole.
  • swashbuckling — characteristic of or behaving in the manner of a swashbuckler.
  • swift-flowing — moving rapidly
  • swimming gala — a competitive event featuring swimming races
  • swimming hole — a place, as in a stream or creek, where there is water deep enough to use for swimming.
  • swimming pool — a tank or large artificial basin, as of concrete, for filling with water for swimming.
  • synallagmatic — relating to a reciprocally binding contract
  • syringomyelia — a disease of the spinal cord in which the nerve tissue is replaced by a cavity filled with fluid.
  • 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.
  • talking point — a fact or feature that aids or supports one side, as in an argument or competition.
  • tangentiality — pertaining to or of the nature of a tangent; being or moving in the direction of a tangent.
  • tantalizingly — having or exhibiting something that provokes or arouses expectation, interest, or desire, especially that which remains unobtainable or beyond one's reach: a tantalizing taste of success.
  • technological — of or relating to technology; relating to science and industry.
  • technologised — to make technological; to modernize or modify with technology.
  • technologized — to make technological; to modernize or modify with technology.
  • telecommuting — working at home by using a computer terminal electronically linked to one's place of employment.
  • 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.
  • telemarketing — selling or advertising by telephone.
  • telerecording — the recording of television signals on tape or, more usually, on film
  • televangelism — Christian preaching on TV
  • televangelist — an evangelist who regularly conducts religious services on television.
  • temporizingly — in a yielding manner
  • thanatologist — a person who engages in the academic study of death and dying
  • the following — the one or ones to be mentioned immediately
  • the highlands — mountainous region occupying nearly all of the N half of Scotland
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