15-letter words containing g, i, s
- sausage turning — turning of members to resemble a continuous row of sausages flattened at the ends.
- sauvignon blanc — a white grape grown primarily in France and California.
- savings account — a bank account on which interest is paid, traditionally one for which a bankbook is used to record deposits, withdrawals, and interest payments.
- saviour sibling — a child conceived through IVF and screened for compatibility with a terminally or seriously ill sibling in order to provide organ or cell donations as a form of treatment
- saw-edged knife — a knife with a serrated edge
- scaling circuit — an electronic device or circuit that aggregates electric pulses and gives a single output pulse for a predetermined number of input pulses
- scanning device — any of various devices used in medical diagnosis to obtain an image of an internal organ or part
- scatter diagram — a graphic representation of bivariate data as a set of points in the plane that have Cartesian coordinates equal to corresponding values of the two variates.
- scenic designer — a person whose job is to create the scenery for television, film and stage
- schiffs-reagent — a solution of rosaniline and sulfurous acid in water, used to test for the presence of aldehydes.
- schmitt trigger — a bistable circuit that gives a constant output when the input voltage is above a specified value
- school teaching — School teaching is the work done by teachers in a school.
- schooner-rigged — rigged as a schooner, especially with gaff sails and staysails only.
- scolding bridle — branks.
- scotch highland — any of a breed of small, hardy, usually dun-colored, shaggy-haired beef cattle with long, widespread horns, able to withstand the cold and sparse pasturage of its native western Scottish uplands.
- scottish gaelic — the Gaelic of the Hebrides and the Highlands of Scotland, also spoken as a second language in Nova Scotia.
- scratching post — a block or post of wood, usually covered with carpeting, on which a cat can use its claws.
- screen-printing — a print made by the silkscreen process.
- scrubbing brush — a handheld brush with short stiff bristles, used esp for scrubbing floors
- second blessing — an experience of sanctification coming after conversion.
- secundogeniture — the state of being the second born child
- securicor guard — a guard who works for Securicor
- seeding machine — a machine for sowing seeds
- segregationists — one who favors, encourages, or practices segregation, especially racial segregation.
- self-abnegation — self-denial or self-sacrifice.
- self-afflicting — to distress with mental or bodily pain; trouble greatly or grievously: to be afflicted with arthritis.
- self-committing — to give in trust or charge; consign.
- self-correcting — automatically adjusting to or correcting mistakes, malfunctions, etc.: a self-correcting mechanism.
- self-diagnostic — the diagnosis of one's own malady or illness.
- self-energizing — giving rise to energy or power from within itself or oneself; capable of generating energy or power automatically.
- self-exploiting — to utilize, especially for profit; turn to practical account: to exploit a business opportunity.
- self-flattering — praise and exaggeration of one's own achievements coupled with a denial or glossing over of one's faults or failings; self-congratulation.
- self-forgetting — self-forgetful.
- self-fulfilling — characterized by or bringing about self-fulfillment.
- self-generating — producing from within itself.
- self-generation — production or reproduction of something without the aid of an external agent; spontaneous generation.
- self-glorifying — to cause to be or treat as being more splendid, excellent, etc., than would normally be considered.
- self-immolating — of, relating to, or tending toward self-immolation.
- self-indulgence — indulging one's own desires, passions, whims, etc., especially without restraint.
- self-justifying — offering excuses for oneself, especially in excess of normal demands.
- self-lacerating — to tear roughly; mangle: The barbed wire lacerated his hands.
- self-monitoring — (especially formerly) a student appointed to assist in the conduct of a class or school, as to help take attendance or keep order.
- self-preserving — preservation of oneself from harm or destruction.
- self-rectifying — to make, put, or set right; remedy; correct: He sent them a check to rectify his account.
- self-regulating — adjusting, ruling, or governing itself without outside interference; operating or functioning without externally imposed controls or regulations: a self-regulating economy; the self-regulating market.
- self-regulation — control by oneself or itself, as in an economy, business organization, etc., especially such control as exercised independently of governmental supervision, laws, or the like.
- self-regulative — used for or capable of controlling or adjusting oneself or itself: a self-regulative device.
- self-renouncing — to give up or put aside voluntarily: to renounce worldly pleasures.
- self-respecting — You can use self-respecting with a noun describing a particular type of person to indicate that something is typical of, or necessary for, that type of person.
- self-satisfying — effecting satisfaction to oneself.