15-letter words containing g, i, s
- strobe lighting — a high-intensity flashing beam of light produced by rapid electrical discharges in a tube or by a perforated disc rotating in front of an intense light source: used in discotheques, etc
- stumbling block — an obstacle or hindrance to progress, belief, or understanding.
- sub-machine gun — a lightweight automatic or semiautomatic gun, fired from the shoulder or hip.
- subintelligence — below average intelligence
- subject heading — a title or heading of a category, esp in a bibliography or index
- subject-raising — a rule that moves the subject of a complement clause into the clause in which it is embedded, as in the derivation of He is likely to be late from It is likely that he will be late
- subminimum wage — See example at subminimum (def 1).
- suborganization — an organization within a larger organization
- suicide bombing — a terrorist bomb attack in which the perpetrator knows that he or she will be killed in the explosion
- sulfiting agent — sulfite (def 2).
- sulphur springs — a town in NE Texas.
- summer triangle — a group of three first-magnitude stars (Deneb, Vega, and Altair) visible during the summer in the N skies
- supergiant star — Astronomy. an exceptionally luminous star whose diameter is more than 100 times that of the sun, as Betelgeuse or Antares.
- supporting film — a film that accompanies the main feature film in a film programme
- supporting role — acting: secondary part
- suppressor grid — an electrode placed between the screen grid and anode of a valve. Its negative potential, relative to both screen and anode, prevents secondary electrons from the anode reaching the screen
- surgical needle — a needle for suturing.
- surgical spirit — Surgical spirit is a liquid which is used to clean wounds or surgical instruments. It consists mainly of alcohol.
- surgical strike — a military action designed to destroy a particular target without harming other people or damaging other buildings near it
- svedberg (unit) — a unit of time, equal to 10-13 second, used in determining the rate of sedimentation of a macromolecule in an ultracentrifuge
- sweating system — the practice of employing workers in sweatshops.
- swedish massage — a massage employing techniques of manipulation and muscular exercise systematized in Sweden in the 19th century.
- swimming trunks — men's swimsuit shorts
- swing both ways — to enjoy sexual partners of both sexes
- swinging single — an unmarried person who is sexually promiscuous
- syllogistically — of or relating to a syllogism.
- symmetric group — the group of all permutations of a finite set.
- symptomological — relating to symptomology
- synectics group — a group of people of varied background that meets to attempt creative solutions of problems through the unrestricted exercise of imagination and the correlation of disparate elements.
- synergistically — pertaining to, characteristic of, or resembling synergy: a synergistic effect.
- syngeneic graft — a tissue or organ transplanted from one member of a species to another, genetically identical member of the species, as a kidney transplanted from one identical twin to the other.
- system building — a method of building in which prefabricated components are used to speed the construction of buildings
- tamarisk gerbil — gerbil (def 2).
- tangible assets — valuable items: cash, property, etc.
- teng hsiao-ping — Deng Xiaoping.
- terra sigillata — Arretine ware.
- testing station — an establishment licensed to issue warrants of fitness for motor vehicles
- tetrasporangium — a sporangium containing four asexual spores.
- text processing — the handling of alphabetic characters by a computer
- thalassographic — relating to thalassography
- thanks offering — an offering made as an expression of thanks to God
- the anglo-irish — the inhabitants of Ireland of English birth or descent
- the everlasting — God
- the first thing — even one thing
- the saint leger — an annual horse race run at Doncaster since 1776: one of the classics of the flat-racing season
- the undersigned — the person or persons who have signed at the foot of a document, statement, etc
- thing-in-itself — reality as it is apart from experience; what remains to be postulated after space, time, and all the categories of the understanding are assigned to consciousness. Compare noumenon (def 3).
- thirtysomething — a person in her or his thirties
- tiffany setting — a setting, as in a ring, in which the stone is held with prongs.
- tightfistedness — the quality or state of being tightfisted