14-letter words containing g, u, n, s, t, i
- shouting match — a loud, often abusive quarrel or argument.
- shutting stile — the stile of a door or shutter that closes against the frame of the opening.
- signature loan — a loan requiring no collateral.
- signature tune — theme song (def 2).
- silver-tongued — persuasive; eloquent: a silver-tongued orator.
- 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.
- smooth-running — operating in a flowing and effective manner, without difficulties or obstructions
- something's up — something is amiss
- south georgian — a British island in the S Atlantic, about 800 miles (1290 km) SE of the Falkland Islands. About 1000 sq. mi. (2590 sq. km).
- spanish guitar — acoustic guitar.
- spermatogonium — one of the undifferentiated germ cells giving rise to spermatocytes.
- 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.
- sprightfulness — the condition or quality of being sprightful
- stage business — business (def 10).
- straighten out — make straighter
- string quartet — a musical composition, usually in three or four movements, for four stringed instruments, typically two violins, viola, and cello.
- string-pulling — the use of one's influence with other people to get things done, often unfairly
- 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.
- styling mousse — a light foamy substance applied to the hair before styling in order to retain the shape of the style
- subaggregation — a subtotalling
- subcontracting — outsourcing of contract work
- suggestion box — receptacle for customers' comments
- suggestiveness — that suggests; referring to other thoughts, persons, etc.: His recommendation was suggestive of his boss's thinking.
- summit meeting — a meeting or conference of heads of state, especially to conduct diplomatic negotiations and ease international tensions.
- sunday trading — the fact of opening a shop or business on a Sunday
- supererogation — to do more than duty requires.
- supplicatingly — in a pleading manner
- support buying — buying carried out to support an exchange rate
- take soundings — to try to find out people's opinions on a subject
- testing ground — place where sth is tested
- thrust bearing — a bearing designed to absorb thrusts parallel to the axis of revolution.
- thunder thighs — thick-set upper legs
- time signature — a numerical or other indication at the beginning of a piece showing the meter.
- time-consuming — (of an action) requiring or wasting much time.
- to be bursting — to want desperately to urinate
- tongue twister — a word or sequence of words difficult to pronounce, especially rapidly, because of alliteration or a slight variation of consonant sounds, as “She sells seashells by the seashore.”.
- tongue-lashing — severe scolding
- tongue-twister — A tongue-twister is a sentence or expression which is very difficult to say properly, especially when you try to say it quickly. An example of a tongue-twister is 'Red leather, yellow leather'.
- 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
- tunguska basin — large coal basin in central Siberia, between the Yenisei & Lena rivers: it is drained by three rivers, the Lower Tunguska, Stony Tunguska, & Upper Tunguska (usually called the Angara River), which flow west into the Yenisei
- turkish angora — a long-haired breed of cat, similar to the Persian
- turning chisel — a chisel used for shaping work on a lathe.
- un-distracting — to draw away or divert, as the mind or attention: The music distracted him from his work.
- under-shooting — to shoot or launch a projectile that strikes under or short of (a target).
- understandings — mental process of a person who comprehends; comprehension; personal interpretation: My understanding of the word does not agree with yours.
- understrapping — subordinate or inferior
- unegoistically — pertaining to or of the nature of egoism.
- unenterprising — lacking in business initiative
- unextinguished — to put out (a fire, light, etc.); put out the flame of (something burning or lighted): to extinguish a candle.