14-letter words containing l, o, n, g, e, s
- shooting lodge — a country house providing accommodation for a shooting party during the shooting season
- signature loan — a loan requiring no collateral.
- silver-tongued — persuasive; eloquent: a silver-tongued orator.
- singing lesson — taught class in how to sing
- single bedroom — a bedroom that is intended to accommodate a single bed and occupancy of one person
- single honours — a British university degree course that involves study in a single area
- sleeping porch — a porch enclosed with glass or screening or a room with open sides or a row of windows used for sleeping in the open air.
- sliding vector — a vector having specified magnitude and lying on a given line.
- social evening — a social gathering for the purpose of promoting companionship, communal activities, etc
- soldering iron — an instrument for melting and applying solder.
- something else — sth different
- something like — of the same form, appearance, kind, character, amount, etc.: I cannot remember a like instance.
- soul-searching — the act or process of close and penetrating analysis of oneself, to determine one's true motives and sentiments.
- speaking clock — a telephone service that gives a precise verbal statement of the correct time
- spelling error — an error in the conventionally accepted form of spelling a word
- 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.
- 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.
- state religion — the official religion of a state as established by law.
- stegocephalian — an extinct, pre-Jurassic amphibian
- stopping place — a place where vehicles may stop temporarily
- 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.
- styling mousse — a light foamy substance applied to the hair before styling in order to retain the shape of the style
- sugared almond — Sugared almonds are nuts which have been covered with a hard sweet coating.
- teleprocessing — computerized processing and transmission of data over the telephone or other long-distance communications systems.
- texas longhorn — one of a breed of long-horned beef cattle of the southwestern U.S., developed from cattle introduced into North America from Spain and valued for disease resistance, fecundity, and a historical association with the old West: now rare.
- thoughtfulness — showing consideration for others; considerate.
- tongue-lashing — severe scolding
- 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
- unegoistically — pertaining to or of the nature of egoism.
- vaulting horse — a padded, somewhat cylindrical floor-supported apparatus, braced horizontally at an adjustable height, used for hand support and pushing off in vaulting.
- villein socage — land held by a tenant who rendered to a lord specified duties of a servile nature.
- vitellogenesis — the process by which the yolk is formed and accumulated in the ovum.
- west glamorgan — a county in S Wales. 315 sq. mi. (815 sq. km).
- whistleblowing — The disclosure to the public or to authorities, usually by an employee, of wrongdoing in a company or government department.
- white gasoline — unleaded and uncracked gasoline, designed especially for use in motorboats.
- wrestling hold — a way of holding someone in the sport of wrestling