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12-letter words containing n, o, s, i, g

  • storage ring — a device for storing charged particles fed from an accelerator, consisting of a set of magnets placed in a ring and adjusted to keep the particles circulating until they are used.
  • storage unit — rented space to store items
  • storm signal — a visual signal, as a flag, giving advance notice of a heavy storm, used especially along coastal areas.
  • storytelling — the telling or writing of stories.
  • string along — a slender cord or thick thread used for binding or tying; line.
  • stringcourse — a horizontal band or course, as of stone, projecting beyond or flush with the face of a building, often molded and sometimes richly carved.
  • stringholder — an oblong piece of wood at the lower end of the body of a viol or other stringed instrument to which the strings are attached.
  • strong drink — alcoholic drink
  • strong point — Bridge. a long suit that contains high cards.
  • strongsville — a town in N Ohio.
  • strongylosis — a disease, especially of horses, caused by an infestation by strongyles and characterized in serious cases by weakness and anemia.
  • stuffing box — a device for preventing leakage of gases or liquids along a moving rod or shaft at the point at which it leaves a cylinder, tank, ship hull, etc.
  • sub-religion — a set of beliefs concerning the cause, nature, and purpose of the universe, especially when considered as the creation of a superhuman agency or agencies, usually involving devotional and ritual observances, and often containing a moral code governing the conduct of human affairs.
  • sugarcoating — the act or process of covering something with sugar.
  • sugaring off — a sweet, crystalline substance, C 1 2 H 2 2 O 1 1 , obtained chiefly from the juice of the sugarcane and the sugar beet, and present in sorghum, maple sap, etc.: used extensively as an ingredient and flavoring of certain foods and as a fermenting agent in the manufacture of certain alcoholic beverages; sucrose. Compare beet sugar, cane sugar.
  • supercooling — to cool (a liquid) below its freezing point without producing solidification or crystallization; undercool.
  • superkingdom — in some systems of biological classification, either of the two major subdivisions, prokaryote or eukaryote, into which all living organisms can be placed
  • superorganic — of or relating to the structure of cultural elements within society conceived as independent of and superior to the individual members of society.
  • supportingly — to bear or hold up (a load, mass, structure, part, etc.); serve as a foundation for.
  • surfboarding — a long, narrow board on which a person stands or lies prone in surfboarding.
  • surroundings — something that surrounds.
  • svga monitor — (hardware, graphics)   A monitor capable of displaying the output of an SVGA card.
  • synecologist — a student of, or expert in, synecology
  • tag question — Also called tag. a short interrogative structure appended to a statement or command, as isn't it in It's raining, isn't it?, are you in You're not going, are you?, or German nicht wahr.
  • talking shop — If you say that a conference or a committee is just a talking shop, you disapprove of it because nothing is achieved as a result of what is discussed.
  • technologies — the branch of knowledge that deals with the creation and use of technical means and their interrelation with life, society, and the environment, drawing upon such subjects as industrial arts, engineering, applied science, and pure science.
  • technologist — a person who specializes in technology.
  • teleshopping — electronic shopping via videotex or other interactive information service.
  • the hoppings — an annual fair in Newcastle
  • top dressing — tennis court
  • topstitching — decorative stitching, usually near and parallel to a seam, sewn so as to be visible on the right side of a garment, shoe, belt, etc.
  • torch singer — a singer, especially a woman, who specializes in singing torch songs.
  • trading post — a store established in an unsettled or thinly settled region by a trader or trading company to obtain furs and local products in exchange for supplies, clothing, other goods, or for cash.
  • transforming — to change in form, appearance, or structure; metamorphose.
  • transmogrify — to change in appearance or form, especially strangely or grotesquely; transform.
  • trapshooting — the sport of shooting at clay pigeons hurled into the air from a trap.
  • ufo sighting — the sighting of a UFO
  • unconsenting — to permit, approve, or agree; comply or yield (often followed by to or an infinitive): He consented to the proposal. We asked her permission, and she consented.
  • underscoring — the practice of drawing or scoring a line or mark under
  • undissolving — not dissolving; remaining in solid form; not melting
  • unforeseeing — not foreseeing
  • ungenerosity — the state of being ungenerous
  • ungraciously — in an ungracious manner
  • ungratuitous — given, done, bestowed, or obtained without charge or payment; free; voluntary.
  • unlovingness — an unloving quality or character
  • unmoralising — not moralising
  • unnourishing — not providing nourishment
  • unpossessing — having no possessions or ownership
  • unprotesting — an expression or declaration of objection, disapproval, or dissent, often in opposition to something a person is powerless to prevent or avoid: a protest against increased taxation.
  • unresponding — to reply or answer in words: to respond briefly to a question.
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