17-letter words containing g, u, s, t
- printing industry — the industry engaged in the business of producing printed matter
- production string — A production string is the series of pipes through which the oil or gas is brought up from the reservoir.
- psycholinguistics — the study of the relationship between language and the cognitive or behavioral characteristics of those who use it.
- publicity-seeking — eager to attract publicity
- pull one's weight — the amount or quantity of heaviness or mass; amount a thing weighs.
- pulsejet (engine) — a jet engine without a compressor or turbine, in which intermittent combustion provides the thrust
- put on the gloves — to box
- quasi-legislative — having the function of making laws: a legislative body.
- request programme — a programme on the radio where listeners can request certain songs or tracks
- ringer's solution — an aqueous solution of the chlorides of sodium, potassium, and calcium in the same concentrations as normal body fluids, used chiefly in the laboratory for sustaining tissue.
- rough puff pastry — a rich flaky pastry made with butter and used for pie-crusts, flans, etc
- sanctions-busting — the deliberate disregarding of sanctions that are in force against a state, organization, etc
- saturation diving — a method of prolonged diving, using an underwater habitat to allow divers to remain in the high-pressure environment of the ocean depths long enough for their body tissues to become saturated with the inert components of the pressurized gas mixture that they breathe: when this condition is reached, the amount of time required for decompression remains the same, whether the dive lasts a day, a week, or a month.
- sawed-off shotgun — rifle with a short barrel
- saxe-coburg-gotha — a member of the present British royal family, from the establishment of the house in 1901 until 1917 when the family name was changed to Windsor.
- self-constituting — to compose; form: mortar constituted of lime and sand.
- self-perpetuating — continuing oneself in office, rank, etc., beyond the normal limit.
- sensitivity group — a group of persons participating in sensitivity training.
- separating funnel — a large funnel having a tap in its output tube, used to separate immiscible liquids
- septicemic plague — an especially dangerous form of plague in which the infecting organisms invade the bloodstream. Compare plague (def 2).
- sexual generation — the gametophyte generation in the alternation of generations in plants that produces a zygote from male and female gametes.
- sheltered housing — accommodation designed esp for the elderly or infirm consisting of a group of individual premises, often with some shared facilities and a caretaker
- shipping industry — the industry concerned with transporting freight, esp by ship
- shouting distance — hailing distance.
- sign in (or out) — to sign a register on arrival (or departure)
- single supplement — A single supplement is an additional sum of money that a hotel charges for one person to stay in a room meant for two people.
- sleeping quarters — the rooms where people sleep in a large building or complex or on a boat etc
- smoothing circuit — a circuit used to remove ripple from the output of a direct current power supply
- social accounting — the analysis of the economy by sectors leading to the calculation and publication of economic statistics, such as gross national product and national income
- sound spectrogram — a graphic representation, produced by a sound spectrograph, of the frequency, intensity, duration, and variation with time of the resonance of a sound or series of sounds.
- south farmingdale — a town on central Long Island, in SE New York.
- south frigid zone — the part of the earth's surface between the Antarctic Circle and the South Pole.
- southern triangle — the constellation Triangulum Australe.
- spiritual healing — faith healing
- squatter's rights — the rights to a property claimed by someone who has occupied it in the owner's absence
- squeegee merchant — a person who attempts to make money by squeegeeing the windscreens of cars that are stopped at traffic lights and then asking for payment
- stand your ground — relating to or denoting a legal principle or law that eliminates the duty to retreat by allowing, as a first response, self-defense by deadly force: We’re proud to represent Florida, the first stand your ground state.
- state legislature — laws of a country
- statutory meeting — company shareholders' discussion
- strange interlude — a play (1928) by Eugene O'Neill.
- stretching course — (in brickwork) a course of stretchers.
- string instrument — a musical instrument that has strings, such as the violin or cello
- stump-jump plough — a plough designed for use on land not cleared of stumps
- stuttgart disease — an often fatal intestinal disease in dogs, caused by any of several spirochetes of the genus Leptospira.
- subject catalogue — a catalogue with entries arranged by subject in a classified sequence
- substantive right — a right, as life, liberty, or property, recognized for its own sake and as part of the natural legal order of society.
- superregeneration — regeneration in which a signal is alternately amplified and quenched at a frequency slightly above the audible range to achieve high sensitivity with a single tube.
- supply management — business purchasing
- teething troubles — Teething troubles are the same as teething problems.
- television lounge — a room in a hotel, guest house, etc where guests may watch television