14-letter words containing l, g, u
- smuggling ring — a group of people involved in the secret and illegal importing or exporting of prohibited or dutiable goods
- social dumping — the practice of allowing employers to lower wages and reduce employees' benefits in order to attract and retain employment and investment
- social housing — Social housing is housing which is provided for rent or sale at a fairly low cost by housing associations and local councils.
- socioreligious — of, relating to, or signifying the combination or interaction of religious and social factors.
- soul-searching — the act or process of close and penetrating analysis of oneself, to determine one's true motives and sentiments.
- sounding-block — a small block of wood for rapping with a gavel.
- 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.
- sprightfulness — the condition or quality of being sprightful
- stegocephalous — having the characteristics of the order Stegocephala
- straight flush — a sequence of five consecutive cards of the same suit.
- string-pulling — the use of one's influence with other people to get things done, often unfairly
- sturgeon's law — "Ninety percent of everything is crap". Derived from a quote by science fiction author Theodore Sturgeon, who once said, "Sure, 90% of science fiction is crud. That's because 90% of everything is crud." Oddly, when Sturgeon's Law is cited, the final word is almost invariably changed to "crap". Compare Ninety-Ninety Rule. Though this maxim originated in SF fandom, most hackers recognise it and are all too aware of its truth.
- 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
- subgenerically — in a subgeneric manner; in a way relating to a subgenus
- sucking diesel — doing very well; successful
- sugar the pill — to make something unpleasant more agreeable by adding something pleasant
- sugared almond — Sugared almonds are nuts which have been covered with a hard sweet coating.
- suggestibility — subject to or easily influenced by suggestion.
- sulfinyl group — the bivalent group >SO.
- sulfuryl group — the bivalent group, SO 2 , derived from sulfuric acid.
- sulphur spring — a natural hot spring containing sulphur, believed to have curative properties
- supplicatingly — in a pleading manner
- suprasegmental — above, beyond, or in addition to a segment.
- surgical shock — a state of shock that can occur during or after surgery
- survivor guilt — feelings of guilt for having survived a catastrophe in which others died.
- telegraph buoy — a buoy placed over an underwater telegraph cable.
- thaumaturgical — pertaining to a thaumaturge or to thaumaturgy.
- the blue angel — a legendary German expressionist film of 1930, the first major German sound film, starring Marlene Dietrich
- the guillotine — a device for beheading persons, consisting of a weighted blade set between two upright posts
- the ivy league — a group of eight universities (Brown, Columbia, Cornell, Dartmouth College, Harvard, Princeton, the University of Pennsylvania, and Yale) that have similar academic and social prestige in the US to Oxford and Cambridge in Britain
- the last laugh — the final success in an argument, situation, etc, after previous defeat
- theologoumenon — a theological assertion or statement not derived from divine revelation
- thermoregulate — to maintain regular temperature, esp regular body temperature
- thought police — a group of people with totalitarian views on a given subject, who constantly monitor others for any deviation from prescribed thinking
- thoughtfulness — showing consideration for others; considerate.
- three-pin plug — an electrical plug with three pins or metal projections to fit into a socket
- to go belly-up — (of a company) to not have enough money to pay its debts
- to sleep rough — When people sleep or live rough, they sleep out of doors, usually because they have no home.
- tongue-lashing — severe scolding
- torture flight — a flight used to carry out extraordinary rendition
- trade language — a lingua franca, especially one used primarily for trade and conducting business.
- 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
- traumatologist — a branch of surgery dealing with major wounds caused by accidents or violence.
- tubal ligation — a method of permanent sterilization for women, involving the surgical sealing of the fallopian tubes to prevent the ovum from passing from the ovary to the uterus.
- tungsten steel — an alloy steel containing tungsten.
- turning chisel — a chisel used for shaping work on a lathe.
- turning circle — the smallest circle in which a vehicle can turn
- tutorial group — a small grouping of students given intensive tuition by a tutor
- twilight hours — the period in which there occurs soft diffused light due to the sun being just below the horizon, esp following sunset