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16-letter words containing l, a, g

  • self-lubricating — to apply some oily or greasy substance to (a machine, parts of a mechanism, etc.) in order to diminish friction; oil or grease (something).
  • self-proclaiming — to announce or declare in an official or formal manner: to proclaim war.
  • self-propagating — to cause (an organism) to multiply by any process of natural reproduction from the parent stock.
  • self-replicating — reproducing itself by its own power or inherent nature: self-replicating organisms.
  • self-sacrificing — sacrifice of one's interests, desires, etc., as for duty or the good of another.
  • self-subjugation — the act, fact, or process of subjugating, or bringing under control; enslavement: The subjugation of the American Indians happened across the country.
  • self-terminating — to bring to an end; put an end to: to terminate a contract.
  • self-vindicating — to clear, as from an accusation, imputation, suspicion, or the like: to vindicate someone's honor.
  • self-vulcanizing — to treat (rubber) with sulfur and heat, thereby imparting strength, greater elasticity, durability, etc.
  • semiagricultural — partly engaged in or given over to agriculture
  • settlement agent — A settlement agent is a person who arranges the transfer of securities or real property in a sale.
  • shag pile carpet — a large piece of thick material with a nap of long rough strands that you put on a floor
  • shipping channel — a navigational pathway that a ship uses to travel from one place to another
  • shirring elastic — elastic used for shirring
  • shooting gallery — a place equipped with targets and used for practice in shooting.
  • shopping channel — television station used to sell goods
  • shopping village — a shopping centre that designed to look like a village
  • shugart, alan f. — Alan F. Shugart
  • signal generator — radio
  • singing telegram — a greetings service in which a person is employed to present greetings by singing to the person celebrating
  • single occupancy — a type of travel accommodation, as at a hotel, for one person in a room.
  • single-barrelled — (of a firearm) having a single barrel
  • size enlargement — Size enlargement is a process in which the particle size of a solid is increased.
  • slang dictionary — a specialized dictionary covering the words, phrases, and idioms that reflect the least formal speech of a language. These terms are often metaphorical and playful, and are likely to be evanescent as the spoken language changes from one generation to another. Much slang belongs to specific groups, as the jargon of a particular class, profession, or age group. Some is vulgar. Some slang terms have staying power as slang, but others make a transition into common informal speech, and then into the standard language. An online slang dictionary, such as the Dictionary.com Slang Dictionary, provides immediate information about the meaning and history of a queried term and its appropriateness or lack of appropriateness in a range of social and professional circumstances.
  • slave-making ant — an ant of a species that raids the colonies of other ant species, carrying off larvae and pupae to be reared as slaves.
  • sleeping draught — any drink containing a drug or agent that induces sleep
  • sleeping partner — silent partner.
  • slugging average — a measure of the effectiveness of a batter in making base hits, obtained by dividing the total bases reached by hitting by the number of official times at bat and carrying out the result to three decimal places. A batter making 275 total bases in 500 times at bat has a slugging average of .550.
  • smelting furnace — an industrial oven used to heat ore in order to extract metal
  • social gathering — party, get-together
  • social pathology — a social factor, as poverty, old age, or crime, that tends to increase social disorganization and inhibit personal adjustment.
  • solemn high mass — a Mass sung with the assistance of a deacon and subdeacon.
  • sounding balloon — a balloon carrying instruments aloft to make atmospheric measurements, especially a radiosonde balloon.
  • sparking voltage — the minimum voltage required to produce a spark across a given spark gap.
  • special clearing — (in Britain) the clearing of a cheque through a bank in less than the usual three days, for an additional charge
  • special handling — (in the U.S. Postal Service) the handling of third- and fourth-class mail as first-class upon the payment of a fee.
  • special pleading — Law. pleading that alleges special or new matter in avoidance of the allegations made by the opposite side.
  • spectroheliogram — a photograph of the sun made with a spectroheliograph.
  • speech pathology — the scientific study and treatment of defects, disorders, and malfunctions of speech and voice, as stuttering, lisping, or lalling, and of language disturbances, as aphasia or delayed language acquisition.
  • spelling mistake — error in writing a word
  • spring ephemeral — any of various woodland wildflowers that appear above ground in early spring, flower and fruit, and die in a short two-month period.
  • spring snowflake — a European amaryllidaceous plant, Leucojum vernum, with white nodding bell-shaped flowers
  • springer spaniel — a dog of either of two breeds of medium-sized spaniels, used for flushing and retrieving game.
  • sql access group — (body)   The origanisaton which defined Call-Level Interface, on which ODBC is based. It is now part of X/Open.
  • stamp collecting — Stamp collecting is the hobby of building up a collection of stamps.
  • standard english — the English language in its most widely accepted form, as written and spoken by educated people in both formal and informal contexts, having universal currency while incorporating regional differences.
  • stereoregularity — (of a polymer) the degree to which successive configurations in space along the chain follow a simple rule. Also called tacticity. Compare configuration (def 4).
  • sth rings a bell — If you say that something rings a bell, you mean that it reminds you of something, but you cannot remember exactly what it is.
  • sticking plaster — an adhesive cloth or other material for covering and closing superficial wounds, holding bandages in place, etc.
  • still photograph — a photograph taken from a cinema film which is used for publicity purposes
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