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15-letter words containing g, r, a, i, n, e

  • stage direction — an instruction written into the script of a play, indicating stage actions, movements of performers, or production requirements.
  • standing charge — fixed energy costs
  • standing orders — Military. (formerly) a general order always in force in a command and establishing uniform procedures for it; standard operating procedure.
  • start something — to cause a disturbance or trouble
  • starting handle — a crank used to start the motor of an automobile.
  • steam reforming — a process in which methane from natural gas is heated, with steam, usually with a catalyst, to produce a mixture of carbon monoxide and hydrogen used in organic synthesis and as a fuel
  • steel engraving — a method of incising letters, designs, etc., on steel.
  • straining piece — (in a queen-post roof) a horizontal beam uniting the tops of the two queen posts, and resisting the thrust of the roof.
  • string variable — data on which arithmetical operations will not be performed
  • 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
  • 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.
  • surgical needle — a needle for suturing.
  • 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.
  • talking picture — Older Use. a motion picture with accompanying synchronized speech, singing, etc.
  • target audience — the target audience of a programme is the group of people that the programme-makers are trying to persuade to watch or listen to it
  • terra incognita — an unknown or unexplored land, region, or subject.
  • tetrasporangium — a sporangium containing four asexual spores.
  • 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 perigordian — the Perigordian culture
  • the saint leger — an annual horse race run at Doncaster since 1776: one of the classics of the flat-racing season
  • the working man — working class people collectively
  • thermal imaging — Thermal imaging is the use of special equipment that can detect the heat produced by people or things and use it to produce images of them.
  • thought reading — mind reading.
  • toilet training — child: process of learning to use toilet
  • tracking device — an electronic security device which allows you to monitor the location of a person or object, esp a vehicle
  • traction engine — a locomotive operating on surfaces other than tracks and pulling heavy loads, as fallen logs.
  • trading partner — a person, organization, or country with whom somebody customarily does business
  • traffic manager — a person who supervises the transportation of goods for an employer.
  • training agency — (in Britain, formerly) an organization providing training and retraining for adult workers
  • training centre — a place where people undergo skills training for work
  • training course — practical programme of study
  • training scheme — a scheme for teaching people skills in a particular field or profession
  • training wheels — a pair of small wheels attached one on each side of the rear wheel of a bicycle for stability while one is learning to ride.
  • transgressional — of or relating to transgression
  • traveling block — (in a hoisting tackle) the block hooked to and moving with the load.
  • travelling wave — a wave carrying energy away from its source
  • treacle pudding — a sponge cake with syrup on top
  • trigger warning — a stated warning that the content of a text, video, etc., may upset or offend some people, especially those who have previously experienced a related trauma: a blog post with a trigger warning for rape.
  • triple integral — an integral in which the integrand involves a function of three variables and which requires three applications of the integration process to evaluate.
  • tumbling barrel — a rotating drum for subjecting materials or small manufactured objects, loosely placed inside, to a tumbling action, as to mix materials or to polish objects by friction with one another or with an abrasive.
  • tungsten rating — a film-speed rating that indicates the relative sensitivity of a particular film stock to light from incandescent lamps with tungsten filaments.
  • ultracentrifuge — a high-speed centrifuge for subjecting sols or solutions to forces many times that of gravity and producing concentration differences depending on the weight of the micelle or molecule.
  • uncategorizable — not able to be categorized or placed into a category
  • uncopyrightable — not able to be copyrighted
  • understandingly — mental process of a person who comprehends; comprehension; personal interpretation: My understanding of the word does not agree with yours.
  • universal stage — a small theodolite mounted on the stage of a polarizing microscope and used in the petrographic analysis of rocks.
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