13-letter words containing n, u, g
- sponge rubber — a light, spongy rubber, usually prepared by bubbling carbon dioxide through or whipping air into latex, used for padding, insulation, gaskets, etc.; foam rubber.
- sports ground — an area of land where sports are played
- spot reducing — the usually futile effort to exercise one part of the body, as the thighs, in hopes of reducing the amount of fat stored in that area.
- spring beauty — any American spring plant belonging to the genus Claytonia, of the purslane family, especially C. virginica, having an elongated cluster of white flowers tinged with pink.
- spring squill — a European liliaceous plant Scilla verna, having small blue or purple flowers
- sprung rhythm — a poetic rhythm characterized by the use of strongly accented syllables, often in juxtaposition, accompanied by an indefinite number of unaccented syllables in each foot, of which the accented syllable is the essential component.
- spurious wing — alula (def 1).
- squanderingly — in a squandering manner
- st. augustine — Saint, a.d. 354–430, one of the Latin fathers in the early Christian Church; author; bishop of Hippo in N Africa.
- standing jump — a jump performed from a stationary position without a run-up
- steganopodous — belonging to the Stegandopodes or having all four toes webbed together
- stinking smut — bunt3 .
- stocking unit — A stocking unit is a measurement or number by which items are kept in inventory, for example by dozens, kilograms, or cases.
- straighten up — stand straighter
- strange quark — a quark having electric charge −1/3 times the elementary charge and strangeness −1; it is more massive than the up and down quarks.
- strangulation — Pathology, Surgery. to compress or constrict (a duct, intestine, vessel, etc.) so as to prevent circulation or suppress function.
- string course — a horizontal band or course, as of stone, projecting beyond or flush with the face of a building, often molded and sometimes richly carved.
- string-puller — a person who uses his or her influence with other people to get things done, often unfairly
- student grant — a grant of money awarded to somebody to fund their studying at a university or college
- stultifyingly — to make, or cause to appear, foolish or ridiculous.
- styling brush — a hairbrush used to style or neaten hair
- sub-sovereign — a monarch; a king, queen, or other supreme ruler.
- subastringent — slightly astringent.
- subcontiguous — almost touching; nearly contiguous.
- subdelegation — a group or body of delegates: Our club sent a delegation to the rally.
- subgeneration — a generation within another generation
- subgovernment — the political direction and control exercised over the actions of the members, citizens, or inhabitants of communities, societies, and states; direction of the affairs of a state, community, etc.; political administration: Government is necessary to the existence of civilized society.
- subjectifying — to make subjective.
- subtriangular — almost triangular;not quite triangular
- sucking louse — See under louse (def 1).
- suffocatingly — to kill by preventing the access of air to the blood through the lungs or analogous organs, as gills; strangle.
- suggestionism — the art of hypnotic suggestion
- suggestionist — a practitioner of suggestionism
- suggestionize — to treat or influence by the power of suggestion
- sulfur spring — a spring the water of which contains naturally occurring sulfur compounds.
- sunken garden — a formal garden set below the main level of the ground surrounding it.
- sunlight peak — a mountain in SW Colorado, in the San Juan Mountains. 14,059 feet (4285 meters).
- superorganism — a form of life composed of mutually interdependent parts that maintain various vital processes.
- superregional — involving many regions
- superstrength — great strength
- supersurgeons — highly skilled surgeon
- supplementing — something added to complete a thing, supply a deficiency, or reinforce or extend a whole.
- supreme being — God.
- surfing music — rock-'n'-roll music from California in the early 1960s, characterized by close treble harmonies and with lyrics emphasizing the exhilaration of surfing and beach life.
- swashbuckling — characteristic of or behaving in the manner of a swashbuckler.
- table-turning — the movement of a table attributed by spiritualists to the power of spirits working through a group of persons placing their hands or fingers on the table top
- tanjungkarang — a city in Indonesia, in S Sumatra on the Sunda Strait; merged with Telukbetung to form the city of Bandar Lampung
- tanjungpandan — a town on NW Billiton, in central Indonesia.
- teeing ground — tee2 (def 1a).
- telecommuting — working at home by using a computer terminal electronically linked to one's place of employment.