14-letter words containing g, r, t
- sovereign debt — the debt of a national government, esp debt that is issued in a foreign currency
- spanish guitar — acoustic guitar.
- sparring match — a practice boxing match
- speaking terms — if you are on speaking terms with someone, you are quite friendly with them and often talk to them
- spectrological — relating to spectres or spectrology
- spermatogenous — producing spermatozoa.
- spermatogonium — one of the undifferentiated germ cells giving rise to spermatocytes.
- spirit rapping — a form of communication between living persons and the spirits of deceased persons by tapping out messages on a table, board, or the like.
- spirit writing — writing allegedly produced by spirits or supernatural forces.
- spitting cobra — any cobra or cobralike snake, especially the ringhals, that sprays venom at the eyes of approaching animals.
- 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.
- sporting house — Older Use. a brothel.
- spread betting — Spread betting is a form of gambling that involves predicting a range of possible scores or results rather than one particular score or result.
- sprightfulness — the condition or quality of being sprightful
- squeak through — to succeed, get through, survive, etc. by a narrow margin or with difficulty
- st. petersburg — Also called Russian Empire. Russian Rossiya. a former empire in E Europe and N and W Asia: overthrown by the Russian Revolution 1917. Capital: St. Petersburg (1703–1917).
- stabbing board — A stabbing board is a platform in the derrick, on which the derrickhand stands to run in casing.
- staff sergeant — U.S. Air Force. a noncommissioned officer ranking below a technical sergeant and above an airman first class.
- staff training — training to improve the performance or knowledge of the employees or workforce or a company, etc
- 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 designer — someone who designs the physical appearance of the stage, using backdrops, props, etc
- stage director — a person who directs a theatrical production.
- stagflationary — of, caused by, or relating to, stagflation
- staggering bob — a newborn calf.
- staghorn coral — staghorn coral.
- staghorn sumac — a sumac, Rhus typhina, of eastern North America, having leaves that turn scarlet, orange, and purple in the autumn.
- 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.
- standard gauge — a standard of measure or measurement.
- standard grade — (formerly, in Scotland) a type of examination designed to test skills and the application of knowledge, replaced O grade
- standing order — Military. (formerly) a general order always in force in a command and establishing uniform procedures for it; standard operating procedure.
- standing start — the start of a race where participants begin from a standing or upright position
- standing water — still water that has stagnated
- 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
- starting price — gambling odds
- state of grace — grace (def 8d).
- state religion — the official religion of a state as established by law.
- states general — the parliament of the Netherlands, consisting of an upper chamber (First Chamber) and a lower chamber (Second Chamber)
- states' rights — the rights and powers generally conceded to the states, or all those powers claimed for the states under some interpretations of the Constitution
- states-general — the parliament of the Netherlands, consisting of an upper chamber (First Chamber) and a lower chamber (Second Chamber)
- steam cracking — Steam cracking is the main method of breaking down large molecules of hydrocarbons, in which a gaseous or liquid hydrocarbon is diluted with steam and then heated.
- steering wheel — a wheel used by a driver, pilot, or the like, to steer an automobile, ship, etc.
- steganographer — an expert in steganography
- steganographic — of, or pertaining to, steganography
- stick together — be united
- sticky fingers — an inclination or tendency to steal or pilfer
- stigmatiferous — (of a plant) having a stigma
- stinking cedar — an evergreen tree, Torreya taxifolia, of the yew family, native to Florida, having rank-smelling foliage and dark-green, egg-shaped fruit.