14-letter words containing i, s, o, g, e, n
- spermiogenesis — the development of a spermatozoon from a spermatid.
- 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.
- sponge pudding — a light steamed or baked pudding, spongy in texture, made with various flavourings or fruit
- sporangiophore — a structure bearing sporangia.
- sporangiospore — a spore that is produced within a sporangium.
- sporting house — Older Use. a brothel.
- spring equinox — the time when the sun crosses the plane of the earth's equator, making night and day of approximately equal length all over the earth and occurring about March 21 (vernal equinox or spring equinox) and September 22 (autumnal equinox)
- staggering bob — a newborn calf.
- 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.
- standing order — Military. (formerly) a general order always in force in a command and establishing uniform procedures for it; standard operating procedure.
- 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)
- state religion — the official religion of a state as established by law.
- steganographic — of, or pertaining to, steganography
- stegocephalian — an extinct, pre-Jurassic amphibian
- stepping stone — stone: used to cross water
- stinking roger — any of various plants having an unpleasant odor.
- stock watering — the creation of more new shares in a company than is justified by its assets
- stocking frame — a type of knitting machine
- stopping place — a place where vehicles may stop temporarily
- stopping power — a measure of the effect a substance has on the kinetic energy of a particle passing through it
- straighten out — make straighter
- styling mousse — a light foamy substance applied to the hair before styling in order to retain the shape of the style
- subaggregation — a subtotalling
- suggestion box — receptacle for customers' comments
- sunday opening — the act of allowing shops and businesses to open on a Sunday
- supererogation — to do more than duty requires.
- sweeping score — a line at each end of the rink parallel to the foot score and extending through the center of the tee.
- sweet nothings — terms of endearment
- swinging voter — a person who does not vote consistently for any single political party
- take soundings — to try to find out people's opinions on a subject
- tayside region — a former local government region in E Scotland: formed in 1975 from Angus, Kinross-shire, and most of Perthshire; replaced in 1996 by the council areas of Angus, City of Dundee, and Perth and Kinross
- teleprocessing — computerized processing and transmission of data over the telephone or other long-distance communications systems.
- tendovaginitis — the swelling of both a tendon and its sheath
- tergiversation — to change repeatedly one's attitude or opinions with respect to a cause, subject, etc.; equivocate.
- testing ground — place where sth is tested
- thermostatting — a device, including a relay actuated by thermal conduction or convection, that functions to establish and maintain a desired temperature automatically or signals a change in temperature for manual adjustment.
- throat seizing — cuckold's knot.
- 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'.
- training shoes — running shoes for sports training, esp in contrast to studded or spiked shoes worn for the sport itself
- 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
- under-shooting — to shoot or launch a projectile that strikes under or short of (a target).
- underdiagnosed — to determine the identity of (a disease, illness, etc.) by a medical examination: The doctor diagnosed the illness as influenza.
- unegoistically — pertaining to or of the nature of egoism.
- ungraciousness — the state of being ungracious
- uterogestation — gestation in the womb, i.e. normal pregnancy