19-letter words containing o, s, t, e, g
- self-congratulation — the expression or feeling of uncritical satisfaction with oneself or one's own accomplishment, good fortune, etc.; complacency.
- self-congratulatory — the expression or feeling of uncritical satisfaction with oneself or one's own accomplishment, good fortune, etc.; complacency.
- self-levelling foot — (on furniture, washing-machines, etc) a foot that adjusts to let the item in question stand in a steady position
- separation negative — Photography. a black-and-white negative of one of the additive primary colors used to form a color image.
- set one's sights on — to have (a specified goal) in mind; aim for
- sexual stereotyping — the formation or promotion of a fixed general idea or image of how men and women will behave
- sharp-tailed grouse — a grouse, Pedioecetes phasianellus, of prairies and open forests of western North America, similar in size to the prairie chicken but with a more pointed tail.
- shoestring potatoes — potatoes cut into long, very narrow strips and fried crisp in deep fat
- shoestring root rot — oak-root rot.
- shopping facilities — shops or other retail services
- shovelnose sturgeon — a small sturgeon, Scaphirhynchus platorhynchus, of the Mississippi River, having a broad, flat snout.
- sign of aggregation — any of the signs used to indicate grouping in an algebraic expression: vinculum, bar, or raised horizontal line, ; a pair of parentheses, (a + b); a pair of brackets, [ a + b ]; or a pair of braces, { a + b }.
- single edge contact — (hardware) (SEC) The type of cartridge in which a Pentium II is packaged.
- single-cell protein — a protein produced or derived from the culture of a single-celled organism, used as a food supplement or substitute. Abbreviation: SCP.
- smoking compartment — a compartment of a train where smoking is permitted
- social intelligence — the ability to form rewarding relationships with other people
- spaghetti bolognese — Italian dish of pasta and tomato sauce
- spare a thought for — If you spare a thought for an unfortunate person, you make an effort to think sympathetically about them and their bad luck.
- speaking in tongues — a form of glossolalia in which a person experiencing religious ecstasy utters incomprehensible sounds that the speaker believes are a language spoken through him or her by a deity.
- speeding conviction — a conviction for breaking the speed limit while driving a vehicle
- splinterproof glass — glass that is designed not to form sharp splinters should it be shattered
- split-second timing — timing that depends on minute precision
- spotted wintergreen — an evergreen plant, Chimaphila maculata, of central North America, having leaves with mottled-white veins and white, fragrant flowers.
- stand in good stead — the place of a person or thing as occupied by a successor or substitute: The nephew of the queen came in her stead.
- stationary engineer — a person who runs or is licensed to run a stationary engine.
- stick to one's guns — a weapon consisting of a metal tube, with mechanical attachments, from which projectiles are shot by the force of an explosive; a piece of ordnance.
- straightforwardness — going or directed straight ahead: a straightforward gaze.
- streaming potential — the potential produced in the walls of a porous membrane or a capillary tube by forcing a liquid through it.
- street photographer — a paparazzo
- sulfureted hydrogen — hydrogen sulfide.
- suspension geometry — Suspension geometry is the geometric arrangement of the parts of a suspension system, and the value of the lengths and angles within it.
- suspensory ligament — any of several tissues that suspend certain organs or parts of the body, especially the transparent, delicate web of fibrous tissue that supports the crystalline lens.
- taming of the shrew — a comedy (1594?) by Shakespeare.
- teaching fellowship — a fellowship providing a student in a graduate school with free tuition and expenses and stipulating that the student assume some teaching duties in return.
- the finishing touch — If you add the finishing touches to something, you add or do the last things that are necessary to complete it.
- the grapes of wrath — a novel (1939) by John Steinbeck.
- the roaring forties — the areas of ocean between 40° and 50° latitude in the S Hemisphere, noted for gale-force winds
- the social register — a directory, now published annually, of the families who are considered to form the country's social élite
- the song of solomon — a book of the Old Testament consisting of a collection of dramatic love poems traditionally ascribed to Solomon
- the-song-of-solomon — a book of the Bible. Abbreviation: Sol.
- theological virtues — one of the three graces: faith, hope, or charity, infused into the human intellect and will by a special grace of God.
- there is no knowing — one cannot tell
- threshold agreement — an agreement between an employer and employees or their union to increase wages by a specified sum if inflation exceeds a specified level in a specified time
- throw in the sponge — any aquatic, chiefly marine animal of the phylum Porifera, having a porous structure and usually a horny, siliceous or calcareous internal skeleton or framework, occurring in large, sessile colonies.
- thrust augmentation — an increase in the thrust of a jet or rocket engine, as by afterburning or reheating.
- time sharing option — (operating system) (TSO) System software from IBM that provides time-sharing on an IBM mainframe running in an MVS environment.
- to be running short — If you are running short of something or running low on something, you do not have much of it left. If a supply of something is running short or running low, there is not much of it left.
- to be seeing things — to believe one is seeing or hearing something that is not really there
- to get short shrift — If someone or something gets short shrift, they are paid very little attention.
- to give sb a leg up — to help with climbing