13-letter words containing i, n, g, l, e, s
- single-tongue — to play (any nonlegato passage) on a wind instrument by obstructing and uncovering the air passage through the lips with the tongue
- single-valued — (of a function) having the property that each element in the domain has corresponding to it exactly one element in the range.
- singles chart — a ranked chart of popular music (individual songs, not albums or collections) for a specific period of time
- singlesticker — a vessel, especially a sloop or cutter, having one mast.
- sinking spell — a temporary decline, as in health or market values: Wall Street is over its sinking spell.
- slave trading — trafficking in people
- sleep hygiene — the habits conducive to getting the right amount and quality of sleep
- sleeping area — an area in a room or house where people can sleep
- sleeping pill — a pill or capsule containing a drug for inducing sleep.
- sleeping suit — an all-in-one outfit that babies and young children sleep in
- slide changer — a device for changing the slide displayed in a projector
- sliding scale — a variable scale, especially of industrial costs, as wages, that may be adapted to changes in demand.
- slimming diet — a diet with the aim of losing weight
- slipstreaming — Aeronautics. the airstream pushed back by a revolving aircraft propeller. Compare backwash (def 2), wash (def 31).
- slow-speaking — tending to speak slowly
- solar heating — to heat (a building) by means of solar energy.
- solidungulate — having a single, undivided hoof on each foot, as a horse.
- sounding lead — a line weighted with a lead or plummet (sounding lead) and bearing marks to show the length paid out, used for sounding, as at sea.
- sounding line — a line weighted with a lead or plummet (sounding lead) and bearing marks to show the length paid out, used for sounding, as at sea.
- special agent — an investigator in a law enforcement agency.
- speed dialing — to dial (a telephone number) using speed dial.
- speed walking — power walking.
- spelling book — an elementary textbook or manual to teach spelling
- spelling-book — a person who spells words.
- sphingomyelin — any of the class of phospholipids occurring chiefly in the brain and spinal cord, composed of phosphoric acid, choline, sphingosine, and a fatty acid.
- spinning mule — mule1 (def 7).
- spinning reel — a fishing reel mounted on a spinning rod, having a stationary spool on the side of which is a revolving metal arm that catches the line and winds it onto the spool as a handle is turned, the metal arm being disengaged during casting so the line spirals freely off the spool, carried by the cast lure.
- splutteringly — in a spluttering manner
- sprightliness — animated or vivacious; lively.
- spring a leak — to develop a leak
- spring valley — a city in SW California, near San Diego.
- spring-loaded — (of a machine part) kept normally in a certain position by a spring: a spring-loaded safety valve.
- squanderingly — in a squandering manner
- stained glass — glass that has been colored, enameled, painted, or stained, especially by having pigments baked onto its surface or by having various metallic oxides fused into it, as used in church windows, decorative lampshades, etc.
- stamen blight — a disease of blackberries, characterized by a gray, powdery mass of spores covering the anthers, caused by a fungus, Hapalosphaeria deformans.
- starring role — a main role; the main role
- starting line — marking at beginning of a race
- steering lock — an anti-theft device
- sterling area — those countries having currencies whose values tend to vary directly with the rise and fall of the value of the pound sterling.
- sterling bloc — those countries having currencies whose values tend to vary directly with the rise and fall of the value of the pound sterling.
- stinging-cell — a nematocyst.
- stingless bee — any of certain social, honey-producing tropical bees of the family Apidae, as of the genus Melipona, having a nonfunctional stinger.
- stirlingshire — Also called Stirlingshire [stur-ling-sheer, -sher] /ˈstɜr lɪŋˌʃɪər, -ʃər/ (Show IPA). a historic county in central Scotland.
- stone boiling — a primitive method of boiling liquid with heated stones
- straight-line — (of a machine) having components that are arranged in a row or that move in a straight line when in operation
- string player — a person who plays an instrument of the violin family.
- string-puller — a person who uses his or her influence with other people to get things done, often unfairly
- strong-willed — having a powerful will; resolute.
- subdelegation — a group or body of delegates: Our club sent a delegation to the rally.
- sucking louse — See under louse (def 1).