14-letter words containing g, r, i, s, l
- signature loan — a loan requiring no collateral.
- silver wedding — a twenty-fifth wedding anniversary.
- silver-tongued — persuasive; eloquent: a silver-tongued orator.
- single bedroom — a bedroom that is intended to accommodate a single bed and occupancy of one person
- single honours — a British university degree course that involves study in a single area
- single premium — a single payment that covers the entire cost of an insurance policy.
- single-hearted — sincere and undivided in feeling or spirit; dedicated; not reflecting mixed emotions: He was single-hearted in his patriotism.
- single-sticker — a sailboat, esp. a sloop, having only one mast
- singular point — a point at which a given function of a complex variable has no derivative but of which every neighborhood contains points at which the function has derivatives.
- slant drilling — Slant drilling is drilling at an angle of usually 30° to 45°.
- sleep learning — the act or process of learning during sleep by listening to recordings repeatedly.
- sleep-learning — the idea that people can learn things while they are asleep
- sleeping berth — a bunk for sleeping on on a train or boat
- sleeping chair — a chair of the 17th century, having a high back, usually adjustable, with deep wings of the same height.
- sleeping porch — a porch enclosed with glass or screening or a room with open sides or a row of windows used for sleeping in the open air.
- sliding vector — a vector having specified magnitude and lying on a given line.
- smuggling ring — a group of people involved in the secret and illegal importing or exporting of prohibited or dutiable goods
- social sharing — the activity of sharing photos, videos, links, etc., on a social-media website, within an interactive application, or through other online channels.
- socioreligious — of, relating to, or signifying the combination or interaction of religious and social factors.
- soldering iron — an instrument for melting and applying solder.
- solid geometry — the geometry of solid figures; geometry of three dimensions.
- soul-searching — the act or process of close and penetrating analysis of oneself, to determine one's true motives and sentiments.
- sparkling wine — a wine that is naturally carbonated by a second fermentation.
- spectrological — relating to spectres or spectrology
- spelling error — an error in the conventionally accepted form of spelling a word
- spiral binding — a binding, as for a notebook or booklet, in which the pages are fastened together by a spiral of wire or plastic that coils through a series of holes punched along one side of each page and the front and back covers.
- splinter group — a small organization that becomes separated from or acts apart from an original larger group or a number of other small groups, with which it would normally be united, as because of disagreement.
- sprightfulness — the condition or quality of being sprightful
- spring balance — a device in which an object to be weighed is attached to the end of a helical spring, the extension of which indicates the weight of the object on a calibrated scale
- spring molding — a molded board, as one forming part of a cornice, placed diagonally and secured at the ends to two surfaces intersecting at a right angle.
- springing line — a horizontal line between the springs of an arch or dome.
- stagflationary — of, caused by, or relating to, stagflation
- 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.
- 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.
- 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 flush — a sequence of five consecutive cards of the same suit.
- straight stall — a narrow, oblong stall in which a horse or other animal cannot turn around.
- straight-laced — strait-laced (sense 2)
- straining sill — (in a roof with a queen post) a compression member lying along the tie beam and separating the feet of the struts.
- strike a light — to ignite something, esp a match, by friction
- string-pulling — the use of one's influence with other people to get things done, often unfairly
- strip lighting — Strip lighting is a method of lighting which uses long tubes rather than light bulbs.
- strip planting — the growing of different crops on alternate strips of ground that usually follow the contour of the land, a recourse to minimize erosion.
- 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