13-letter words containing g, l, e, n, r
- single-figure — relating to numbers below ten
- 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.
- singles chart — a ranked chart of popular music (individual songs, not albums or collections) for a specific period of time
- singlesticker — a vessel, especially a sloop or cutter, having one mast.
- slave trading — trafficking in people
- sleeping area — an area in a room or house where people can sleep
- slide changer — a device for changing the slide displayed in a projector
- slipstreaming — Aeronautics. the airstream pushed back by a revolving aircraft propeller. Compare backwash (def 2), wash (def 31).
- sloane ranger — a member of a trendy and acquisitive set of largely upper-middle-class young people of London, England.
- solar heating — to heat (a building) by means of solar energy.
- spinning reel — a fishing reel mounted on a spinning rod, having a stationary spool on the side of which is a revolving metal arm that catches the line and winds it onto the spool as a handle is turned, the metal arm being disengaged during casting so the line spirals freely off the spool, carried by the cast lure.
- splutteringly — in a spluttering manner
- sprightliness — animated or vivacious; lively.
- spring a leak — to develop a leak
- spring valley — a city in SW California, near San Diego.
- spring-loaded — (of a machine part) kept normally in a certain position by a spring: a spring-loaded safety valve.
- squanderingly — in a squandering manner
- star-spangled — spangled with stars.
- starring role — a main role; the main role
- starting line — marking at beginning of a race
- steering lock — an anti-theft device
- sterling area — those countries having currencies whose values tend to vary directly with the rise and fall of the value of the pound sterling.
- sterling bloc — those countries having currencies whose values tend to vary directly with the rise and fall of the value of the pound sterling.
- stirlingshire — Also called Stirlingshire [stur-ling-sheer, -sher] /ˈstɜr lɪŋˌʃɪər, -ʃər/ (Show IPA). a historic county in central Scotland.
- straight-line — (of a machine) having components that are arranged in a row or that move in a straight line when in operation
- 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.
- superregional — involving many regions
- syringomyelia — a disease of the spinal cord in which the nerve tissue is replaced by a cavity filled with fluid.
- 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
- telemarketing — selling or advertising by telephone.
- telerecording — the recording of television signals on tape or, more usually, on film
- temple orange — a hybrid fruit, Citrus nobilis, that is a cross between the sweet orange and the tangerine.
- temporizingly — in a yielding manner
- the long term — the time some years ahead, (as opposed to the immediate future)
- thong leather — whang2 (def 2).
- threateningly — tending or intended to menace: threatening gestures.
- thrillingness — the state or quality of being thrilling or exciting
- trailing edge — the rear edge of a propeller blade or airfoil.
- travel agency — a business that accommodates travelers, as by securing tickets, arranging for reservations, and giving information.
- traveling bag — a small bag, as a valise or suitcase, usually made of leather, having an oblong shape, and used chiefly to hold clothes.
- trigger plant — any of several small grasslike plants of the genus Stylidium, having sensitive stamens that are erected when disturbed: family Stylidiaceae
- triple-tongue — to interrupt the wind flow by moving the tongue as if pronouncing t and t and k successively, especially in playing rapid passages or staccato notes on a brass instrument.
- tripping line — a journey or voyage: to win a trip to Paris.
- tropocollagen — the molecular unit which forms collagen, consisting of three polypeptide chains