15-letter words containing g, u, n, i, t
- self-supporting — the supporting or maintaining of oneself or itself without reliance on outside aid.
- self-sustaining — self-supporting.
- shotgun wedding — a wedding occasioned or precipitated by pregnancy.
- shunting engine — switch engine.
- single-cut file — a file with teeth in one direction only: used for filing soft material
- sit in judgment — To sit in judgment means to decide whether or not someone is guilty of doing something wrong.
- situs picketing — common situs picketing.
- sleeping beauty — a beautiful princess, the heroine of a popular fairy tale, awakened from a charmed sleep by the kiss of the prince who is her true love.
- snapping turtle — either of two large, edible, freshwater turtles of the family Chelydridae, of North and Central America, having a large head and powerful hooked jaws, especially the common snapping turtle, Chelydra serpentina.
- solution mining — removal of a soluble mineral by dissolving it and leaching it out, as in the Frasch process.
- soul-destroying — Activities or situations that are soul-destroying make you depressed, because they are boring or because there is no hope of improvement.
- sound-and-light — combining sound effects or music with unusual lighting displays: to promote a product with a spectacular sound-and-light presentation.
- sounding rocket — a rocket equipped with instruments for making meteorological observations in the upper atmosphere.
- south kingstown — a town in S central Rhode Island.
- southern blight — a disease of peanuts, tomatoes, and other plants, caused by a fungus, Sclerotium rolfsii, affecting the roots and resulting in rapid wilting.
- southern gothic — a literary genre depicting life in the southern US and featuring grotesque themes and imagery
- southern lights — aurora australis.
- stamping ground — a habitual or favorite haunt.
- steamed pudding — a traditional pudding containing fat, sugar, eggs, flour, and other ingredients, which is steamed
- steering column — the shaft that connects the steering wheel to the steering gear assembly of an automotive vehicle.
- stomping ground — a habitual or favorite haunt.
- stumbling block — an obstacle or hindrance to progress, belief, or understanding.
- subintelligence — below average intelligence
- subject heading — a title or heading of a category, esp in a bibliography or index
- 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
- suborganization — an organization within a larger organization
- sulfiting agent — sulfite (def 2).
- 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.
- supporting film — a film that accompanies the main feature film in a film programme
- supporting role — acting: secondary part
- svedberg (unit) — a unit of time, equal to 10-13 second, used in determining the rate of sedimentation of a macromolecule in an ultracentrifuge
- swimming trunks — men's swimsuit shorts
- synectics group — a group of people of varied background that meets to attempt creative solutions of problems through the unrestricted exercise of imagination and the correlation of disparate elements.
- system building — a method of building in which prefabricated components are used to speed the construction of buildings
- 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
- tetrasporangium — a sporangium containing four asexual spores.
- the high ground — a position of moral or ethical superiority in a dispute
- the undersigned — the person or persons who have signed at the foot of a document, statement, etc
- thought reading — mind reading.
- tissue-matching — identification of specific genetically linked antigens in tissue in order to minimize antigenic differences between donor and recipient tissue in organ transplantation.
- to pull strings — If you pull strings, you use your influence with other people in order to get something done, often unfairly.
- tongue in cheek — Anatomy. the usually movable organ in the floor of the mouth in humans and most vertebrates, functioning in eating, in tasting, and, in humans, in speaking.
- tongue-in-cheek — Anatomy. the usually movable organ in the floor of the mouth in humans and most vertebrates, functioning in eating, in tasting, and, in humans, in speaking.
- toucan crossing — a place where people who are walking and cyclists can both cross a busy road together. They press a button at the side of the road, which operates traffic lights to stop the traffic
- trading account — an account similar to a traditional bank account, holding cash and securities, and administered by an investment dealer
- training course — practical programme of study
- training ground — an area where people prepare for sporting competitions, with activities primarily concentrating on skills and fitness
- training manual — instructional book