13-letter words containing g, n, e, i, s
- stepparenting — parenting within a stepfamily
- steppingstone — a stone, or one of a line of stones, in shallow water, a marshy place, or the like, that is stepped on in crossing.
- stereognostic — the ability to determine the shape and weight of an object by touching or lifting it.
- 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.
- steroidogenic — of or pertaining to steroidogenesis
- stewing steak — Stewing steak is beef which is suitable for cooking slowly in a stew.
- stinging tree — any of various Australian trees and shrubs of the genus Dendrocnide with rigid stinging hairs
- 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.
- stockbreeding — the breeding and raising of livestock for marketing or exhibition.
- 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
- straighten up — stand straighter
- strengthening — to make stronger; give strength to.
- string course — a horizontal band or course, as of stone, projecting beyond or flush with the face of a building, often molded and sometimes richly carved.
- string player — a person who plays an instrument of the violin family.
- string theory — a slender cord or thick thread used for binding or tying; line.
- string-puller — a person who uses his or her influence with other people to get things done, often unfairly
- stringentness — the quality or state of being stringent
- stringer bead — a small, usually round object of glass, wood, stone, or the like with a hole through it, often strung with others of its kind in necklaces, rosaries, etc.
- strong-minded — having a forceful and independent mind.
- strong-willed — having a powerful will; resolute.
- sub-sovereign — a monarch; a king, queen, or other supreme ruler.
- subastringent — slightly astringent.
- subdelegation — a group or body of delegates: Our club sent a delegation to the rally.
- subgeneration — a generation within another generation
- subjectifying — to make subjective.
- sucking louse — See under louse (def 1).
- suggestionism — the art of hypnotic suggestion
- suggestionist — a practitioner of suggestionism
- suggestionize — to treat or influence by the power of suggestion
- sunlight peak — a mountain in SW Colorado, in the San Juan Mountains. 14,059 feet (4285 meters).
- superorganism — a form of life composed of mutually interdependent parts that maintain various vital processes.
- superregional — involving many regions
- supplementing — something added to complete a thing, supply a deficiency, or reinforce or extend a whole.
- supreme being — God.
- swedenborgian — of or relating to Emanuel Swedenborg, his religious doctrines, or the body of followers adhering to these doctrines and constituting the Church of the New Jerusalem, or New Church.
- sweethearting — the granting of unauthorized discounts or the abetting of shoplifting by staff in a shop
- swimming hole — a place, as in a stream or creek, where there is water deep enough to use for swimming.
- switch engine — a locomotive for switching rolling stock in a yard.
- synthesis gas — any of several gaseous mixtures consisting essentially of carbon monoxide and hydrogen, used in the synthesis of chemical compounds, as ammonia and alcohols.
- syringomyelia — a disease of the spinal cord in which the nerve tissue is replaced by a cavity filled with fluid.
- szent-gyorgyi — Albert [al-bert;; Hungarian ol-bert] /ˈæl bərt;; Hungarian ˈɒl bɛrt/ (Show IPA), 1893–1986, U.S. biochemist, born in Hungary: Nobel Prize in medicine 1937.
- table setting — a set of cutlery, glasses, napkin, etc. for one person, as used on a table
- taphrogenesis — the process of forming rifts, resulting in regional faulting and subsidence
- technologised — to make technological; to modernize or modify with technology.
- 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.
- televangelism — Christian preaching on TV