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

  • selling price — cost at which sth is put up for sale
  • semilegendary — having some historical basis, but legendary in part
  • semireligious — having a somewhat religious character.
  • serial rights — the rights to reprint or publish a serial or as a serial
  • serologically — as pertains to or with respect to serology; in a serological manner
  • serpiginously — in a serpiginous manner; in the manner characteristic of serpigo
  • settling tank — a tank for holding liquid until particles suspended in it settle.
  • sewing circle — a group, especially of women, meeting regularly to sew.
  • sewing needle — Northern U.S. a dragonfly.
  • sexagesimally — into sixtieths
  • shag pile rug — a piece of thick material with a nap of long rough strands that you put on a floor. It is like a carpet but covers a smaller area
  • shed light on — something that makes things visible or affords illumination: All colors depend on light.
  • shelving unit — A shelving unit is a flexible display system which can be moved and adjusted to accommodate different product dimensions.
  • shingle beach — a beach made of a mass of small pieces of rough stone
  • shipping lane — sea lane.
  • shipping line — a business that operates ships, which it may or may not own
  • shivering owl — screech owl.
  • short selling — a person, as a speculator, who sells short.
  • shoulder-high — A shoulder-high object is as high as your shoulders.
  • side-slipping — travelling down a slope in a direction that is not in line with one's skis
  • sidesplitting — convulsively uproarious: sidesplitting laughter.
  • sign language — Also called sign. any of several visual-gestural systems of communication, especially employing manual gestures, as used among deaf people.
  • silver lining — a sign of hope in an unfortunate or gloomy situation; a bright prospect: Every cloud has a silver lining.
  • silver spring — a town in central Maryland, near Washington, D.C.
  • silver tongue — the characteristic of being skilful at persuading people to believe what they say or to do what they want them to do
  • single combat — combat between two persons.
  • single father — a father who brings up a child or children alone, without a partner.
  • single market — a market consisting of a number of nations, esp those of the European Union, in which goods, capital, and currencies can move freely across borders without tariffs or restrictions
  • single mother — a mother who brings up a child or children alone, without a partner.
  • single parent — mother or father without a partner
  • single sculls — a race for sculls each rowed by one oarsman using a pair of oars.
  • single status — a national agreement that aims to avoid unfairness in pay and reward arrangements for employees and to ensure harmonisation of conditions in comparable posts
  • single thread — the execution of an entire task from beginning to end without interruption
  • single ticket — a one-way ticket.
  • single wicket — a rare form of cricket in which only one wicket is used.
  • single-acting — (of a reciprocating engine, pump, etc.) having pistons accomplishing work only in one direction. Compare double-acting (def 1).
  • single-action — (of a firearm) requiring the cocking of the hammer before firing each shot: a single-action revolver.
  • single-barrel — a gun having one barrel, especially a shotgun.
  • single-celled — having or containing a single cell
  • single-decker — A single-decker or a single-decker bus is a bus with only one deck.
  • single-family — designed or suitable for one family of average size: single-family homes.
  • single-figure — relating to numbers below ten
  • single-handed — accomplished or done by one person alone: a single-handed victory; single-handed sailing.
  • single-masted — (of a boat) having a single mast
  • single-minded — having or showing a single aim or purpose: a single-minded program.
  • single-parent — of or noting a family in which a parent brings up a child or children alone, without a partner: a single-parent family; a single-parent household.
  • single-seater — a vehicle that has only one seat
  • single-storey — (of a building) having only one floor or level
  • single-suiter — one-suiter.
  • single-tongue — to play (any nonlegato passage) on a wind instrument by obstructing and uncovering the air passage through the lips with the tongue
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