14-letter words containing g, r, i, s, l, e
- stalking-horse — a horse, or a figure of a horse, behind which a hunter hides in stalking game.
- state religion — the official religion of a state as established by law.
- steering wheel — a wheel used by a driver, pilot, or the like, to steer an automobile, ship, etc.
- stirling cycle — a highly efficient thermodynamic cycle in which air or an inert gas is compressed and expanded
- straight angle — the angle formed by two radii of a circle that are drawn to the extremities of an arc equal to one half of the circle; an angle of 180°.
- straight-laced — strait-laced (sense 2)
- strike a light — to ignite something, esp a match, by friction
- sturmabteilung — a political militia of the Nazi party, organized about 1923 and notorious for its violence and terrorism up to 1934, when it was purged and reorganized as an instrument of physical training and political indoctrination of German men; Brown Shirts.
- subgenerically — in a subgeneric manner; in a way relating to a subgenus
- sugar the pill — to make something unpleasant more agreeable by adding something pleasant
- tate galleries — two art galleries in London, the original Tate Gallery (1897), now Tate Britain, and Tate Modern, created in the former Bankside power station in 2000
- teleprocessing — computerized processing and transmission of data over the telephone or other long-distance communications systems.
- thermal spring — a spring whose temperature is higher than the mean temperature of ground water in the area.
- to strike gold — If you strike gold, you find, do, or produce something that brings you a lot of money or success.
- transit lounge — a waiting room at an international airport used mainly by passengers transferring from one flight to another without presenting themselves to customs or immigration officials
- trysting place — a place for a meeting, especially a secret meeting of lovers; rendezvous.
- turning chisel — a chisel used for shaping work on a lathe.
- undespairingly — in an undespairing manner
- unrightfulness — the quality of being unjust or unrightful
- vaulting horse — a padded, somewhat cylindrical floor-supported apparatus, braced horizontally at an adjustable height, used for hand support and pushing off in vaulting.
- venus's girdle — an iridescent blue-and-green comb jelly, Cestum veneris, having a ribbon-shaped, gelatinous body.
- venus's-girdle — an iridescent blue-and-green comb jelly, Cestum veneris, having a ribbon-shaped, gelatinous body.
- vestal virgins — (in ancient Rome) one of four, later six, virgins consecrated to Vesta and to the tending of the sacred fire on her altar.
- walking papers — notice of dismissal
- weather signal — a visual signal, as a light or flag, indicating a weather forecast.
- webliographies — Plural form of webliography.
- welfare rights — legal entitlements to financial and other benefits
- wrangel island — an island in the Arctic Ocean, off the coast of the extreme NE of Russia: administratively part of Russia; mountainous and mostly tundra. Area: about 7300 sq km (2800 sq miles)
- wrestling hold — a way of holding someone in the sport of wrestling
- yield strength — the stress necessary to produce a given inelastic strain in a material.