14-letter words containing g, o, r, i
- springform pan — a metal cake pan with sides that can be unfastened to facilitate releasing the cake when done.
- stabbing board — A stabbing board is a platform in the derrick, on which the derrickhand stands to run in casing.
- staffing ratio — the ratio of the staff or workforce of a place to another group, for example to staff in another department, the ratio of patients to nurses in a hospital, or the ratio of pupils to teachers in a school
- stage director — a person who directs a theatrical production.
- stagflationary — of, caused by, or relating to, stagflation
- staggering bob — a newborn calf.
- stalking horse — If you describe a person or thing as a stalking horse, you mean that it is being used to obtain a temporary advantage so that someone can get what they really want.
- stalking-horse — a horse, or a figure of a horse, behind which a hunter hides in stalking game.
- standing order — Military. (formerly) a general order always in force in a command and establishing uniform procedures for it; standard operating procedure.
- stanovoi range — a mountain range in SE Russia; forms part of the watershed between rivers flowing to the Arctic and the Pacific. Highest peak: Mount Skalisty, 2482 m (8143 ft)
- starting block — a device used by runners, especially sprinters, for increasing their speed off the mark, consisting of a metal or wooden frame, usually secured to the ground at both ends, with adjustable, triangular-shaped blocks on each side for bracing the feet.
- starting point — place where sth begins
- state religion — the official religion of a state as established by law.
- steganographic — of, or pertaining to, steganography
- stick together — be united
- stigmatiferous — (of a plant) having a stigma
- stinking roger — any of various plants having an unpleasant odor.
- stock watering — the creation of more new shares in a company than is justified by its assets
- stocking frame — a type of knitting machine
- stomatogastric — relating to the mouth and stomach or the connections between the mouth and stomach
- stopping power — a measure of the effect a substance has on the kinetic energy of a particle passing through it
- stopping train — a train that stops at local stations as well as the main ones
- storage device — a device used to store digital data or information, as a hard disk or CD.
- storming party — a group deployed to make the first assault on a position or building
- straight arrow — a person who manifests high-minded devotion to clean living and moral righteousness.
- straight joint — a vertical joint in brickwork that is directly above a vertical joint in the course below
- straight poker — one of the original forms of poker in which players are dealt five cards face down, upon which they bet and then have the showdown without drawing any cards.
- straight razor — a razor having a stiff blade made of steel that is hinged to a handle into which it folds.
- straighten out — make straighter
- strike through — cross out
- strip cropping — the growing of different crops on alternate strips of ground that usually follow the contour of the land, a recourse to minimize erosion.
- striped gopher — a ground squirrel marked with stripes, especially the thirteen-lined ground squirrel.
- subaggregation — a subtotalling
- subcontracting — outsourcing of contract work
- sulfinyl group — the bivalent group >SO.
- sunday morning — a poem (1923) by Wallace Stevens.
- supercargoship — a giant cargo ship
- supererogation — to do more than duty requires.
- support buying — buying carried out to support an exchange rate
- surgical shock — a state of shock that can occur during or after surgery
- survivor guilt — feelings of guilt for having survived a catastrophe in which others died.
- sweeping score — a line at each end of the rink parallel to the foot score and extending through the center of the tee.
- swinging voter — a person who does not vote consistently for any single political party
- tape recording — sound reproduction on cassette
- tarpon springs — a town in W Florida.
- tayside region — a former local government region in E Scotland: formed in 1975 from Angus, Kinross-shire, and most of Perthshire; replaced in 1996 by the council areas of Angus, City of Dundee, and Perth and Kinross
- teleprocessing — computerized processing and transmission of data over the telephone or other long-distance communications systems.
- tenzing norgay — 1914–86, Nepalese mountaineer. With Sir Edmund Hillary, he was the first to reach the summit of Mount Everest (1953)
- teratogenicity — the production or induction of malformations or monstrosities, especially of a developing embryo or fetus.
- tergiversation — to change repeatedly one's attitude or opinions with respect to a cause, subject, etc.; equivocate.