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18-letter words containing n, a, g, i, s

  • shape-note singing — a traditional style of a capella singing using shape-note notation.
  • shipping container — a large, strong container, usually of metal, used to store goods in during shipment
  • shunting operation — an operation in which rail coaches are manoeuvred
  • sign of the zodiac — one of the twelve constellations along the path of the ecliptic.
  • significance level — (in the statistical test of a hypothesis) the maximum probability of a Type I error for all distributions consistent with the null hypothesis.
  • significant symbol — a verbal or nonverbal gesture, as a word or smile, that has acquired a conventionalized meaning.
  • ski-mountaineering — a combination of the sports of skiing and mountaineering, for example by climbing up a mountain then skiing down it
  • skin friction drag — aerodynamic resistance or drag due to the contact of moving air with the surface of an airplane, a glider, etc.
  • sleeping policeman — a bump built across roads, esp in housing estates, to deter motorists from speeding
  • snake in the grass — a treacherous person, especially one who feigns friendship.
  • social bookmarking — the practice of saving bookmarked Web pages to a public website as a way to share the links with other Internet users: Social bookmarking is a tool that allows you to add tags and comments to your bookmarks.
  • social engineering — the application of the findings of social science to the solution of actual social problems.
  • societal marketing — marketing that takes into account society's long-term welfare
  • sociotechnological — of, relating to, or signifying the combination or interaction of social and technological factors.
  • soft touch sealing — Soft touch sealing is a copolymer seal for a tank, with characteristics designed for softness, used instead of a metal seal to help avoid fire when sparks are generated.
  • solemn (high) mass — a highly ceremonial Mass with parts of the text sung by the celebrant, with a deacon and subdeacon assisting at the ceremonies, and with choir singing and organ music
  • solid-fuel heating — heating that uses solid fuel, such as coal or coke
  • something to spare — a surplus of something
  • spackling compound — spackle
  • spaghetti junction — an interchange, usually between motorways, in which there are a large number of underpasses and overpasses and intersecting roads used by a large volume of high-speed traffic
  • specimen signature — a signature to be compared to an original signature in order to verify someone's identity
  • spherical triangle — a triangle formed by arcs of great circles of a sphere.
  • spread one's wings — to make full use of one's abilities
  • standard of living — a grade or level of subsistence and comfort in everyday life enjoyed by a community, class, or individual: The well-educated generally have a high standard of living.
  • standing committee — a permanent committee, as of a legislature, society, etc., intended to consider all matters pertaining to a designated subject.
  • station management — (networking)   (SMT) Station Management One of the 4 key FDDI component layers. SMT is an overlay function that handles the management of the FDDI ring. It handles neighbor identification, fault detection and reconfiguration, insertion and de-insertion from the ring, and traffic statistics monitoring.
  • stepping-off place — jumping-off place (def 2).
  • stinking chamomile — mayweed.
  • stirling's formula — a relation that approximates the value of n factorial (n!), expressed as .
  • strait of magellan — a strait between the mainland of S South America and Tierra del Fuego, linking the S Pacific with the S Atlantic. Length: 600 km (370 miles). Width: up to 32 km (20 miles)
  • strathclyde region — a former local government region in W Scotland: formed in 1975 from Glasgow, Renfrewshire, Lanarkshire, Buteshire, Dunbartonshire, and parts of Argyllshire, Ayrshire, and Stirlingshire; replaced in 1996 by the council areas of Glasgow, Renfrewshire, East Renfrewshire, Inverclyde, North Lanarkshire, South Lanarkshire, Argyll and Bute, East Dunbartonshire, West Dunbartonshire, North Ayrshire, South Ayrshire, and East Ayrshire
  • strong interaction — the interaction between gluons and between gluons and quarks that is responsible for the strong force.
  • subliminal message — a message passed to the human mind without the mind being consciously aware of it, as, for example, in advertising
  • submaxillary gland — submandibular gland.
  • sugarloaf mountain — a mountain in SE Brazil in Rio de Janeiro, at the entrance to Guanabara Bay. 1280 feet (390 meters).
  • summary proceeding — a mode of trial authorized by statute to be held before a judge without the usual full hearing.
  • super giant slalom — a slalom race in which the course is longer and has more widely spaced gates than in a giant slalom.
  • supporting actress — an actress playing a supporting role
  • surgical appliance — a specialized device used by somebody to relieve a particular medical condition
  • sustaining program — a radio or television program without a commercial sponsor.
  • swarm intelligence — the collective behaviour of a group of animals, esp social insects such as ants, bees, and termites, that are each following very basic rules
  • swedish gymnastics — a system of passive and active exercising of muscles and joints
  • sweptwing aircraft — an aircraft which has wings that are swept (usually) backwards
  • sympathetic string — a thin wire string, as in various obsolete musical instruments, designed to vibrate sympathetically with the bowed or plucked strings to reinforce the sound.
  • system-programming — a program, as an operating system, compiler, or utility program, that controls some aspect of the operation of a computer (opposed to application program).
  • teaching assistant — a graduate student in a college or university who is the recipient of a teaching fellowship. Abbreviation: TA.
  • technical sergeant — a noncommissioned officer ranking below a master sergeant and above a staff sergeant.
  • the damage is done — If you say 'the damage is done', you mean that it is too late now to prevent the harmful effects of something that has already happened.
  • the intelligentsia — the educated or intellectual people in a society or community
  • the magnolia state — a nickname referring to Mississippi
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