14-letter words containing n, e, i, g
- straighten out — make straighter
- strikebreaking — action directed at breaking up a strike of workers.
- striking price — in an option contract, the specified price at which a stock, commodity, etc. may be bought or sold; the price at which an investor can exercise profitably a put or call
- string quartet — a musical composition, usually in three or four movements, for four stringed instruments, typically two violins, viola, and cello.
- 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
- subaggregation — a subtotalling
- subgenerically — in a subgeneric manner; in a way relating to a subgenus
- submachine gun — a lightweight automatic or semiautomatic gun, fired from the shoulder or hip.
- sucking diesel — doing very well; successful
- sugar refinery — place where sugar is processed
- suggestion box — receptacle for customers' comments
- suggestiveness — that suggests; referring to other thoughts, persons, etc.: His recommendation was suggestive of his boss's thinking.
- summer pudding — a pudding made by filling a bread-lined basin with a purée of fruit, leaving it to soak, and then turning it out
- summit meeting — a meeting or conference of heads of state, especially to conduct diplomatic negotiations and ease international tensions.
- sunday opening — the act of allowing shops and businesses to open on a Sunday
- supererogation — to do more than duty requires.
- surpassingness — the fact of surpassing
- 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
- swing the lead — to malinger or make up excuses
- swinging voter — a person who does not vote consistently for any single political party
- switch selling — a system of selling, now illegal in Britain, whereby potential customers are attracted by a special offer on some goods but the salesman's real aim is to sell other more expensive goods instead
- swivel weaving — the process of weaving on a loom equipped with a swivel.
- tablet coating — A tablet coating is a covering over a tablet, used to mask the taste, make it easier to swallow, or protect the active medication inside.
- take a meeting — to attend a business conference
- take soundings — to try to find out people's opinions on a subject
- tanen taunggyi — a mountain range in NW Thailand and SE Burma, rising to a height of 7000 feet (2134 meters).
- tape recording — sound reproduction on cassette
- tariff heading — the description of a product attached to a tariff line
- tax-collecting — the collection of taxes owed by individuals
- 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
- teaching elder — a minister in a Presbyterian church.
- teaching staff — those members of staff in a school, college, or university who teach
- teeth grinding — habitual, purposeless clenching and grinding of the teeth, especially during sleep.
- telangiectasis — chronic dilatation of the capillaries and other small blood vessels.
- teleprocessing — computerized processing and transmission of data over the telephone or other long-distance communications systems.
- televangelical — relating to televangelism
- tenant farming — farming land owned by sb else
- tendovaginitis — the swelling of both a tendon and its sheath
- tenpin bowling — Tenpin bowling is a game in which you roll a heavy ball down a narrow track toward a group of wooden objects and try to knock down as many of them as possible.
- tenzing norgay — 1914–86, Nepalese mountaineer. With Sir Edmund Hillary, he was the first to reach the summit of Mount Everest (1953)
- teratogenicity — the production or induction of malformations or monstrosities, especially of a developing embryo or fetus.
- tergiversation — to change repeatedly one's attitude or opinions with respect to a cause, subject, etc.; equivocate.
- terminological — the system of terms belonging or peculiar to a science, art, or specialized subject; nomenclature: the terminology of botany.
- test marketing — to offer (a new product) for sale, usually in a limited area, in order to ascertain and evaluate consumer response.
- testing ground — place where sth is tested
- text messaging — sending typed mobile phone messages
- the betting is — If you say the betting is that something will happen or is true, you are suggesting that it is very likely to happen or to be true.
- the done thing — If you say that something is the done thing, you mean it is the most socially acceptable way to behave.