15-letter words containing r, i, n, g, e, t
- self-monitoring — (especially formerly) a student appointed to assist in the conduct of a class or school, as to help take attendance or keep order.
- self-rectifying — to make, put, or set right; remedy; correct: He sent them a check to rectify his account.
- self-regulating — adjusting, ruling, or governing itself without outside interference; operating or functioning without externally imposed controls or regulations: a self-regulating economy; the self-regulating market.
- self-regulation — control by oneself or itself, as in an economy, business organization, etc., especially such control as exercised independently of governmental supervision, laws, or the like.
- self-respecting — You can use self-respecting with a noun describing a particular type of person to indicate that something is typical of, or necessary for, that type of person.
- self-supporting — the supporting or maintaining of oneself or itself without reliance on outside aid.
- semi-vegetarian — a person who eats mostly plant foods, dairy products, and eggs, and occasionally chicken, fish, and red meat.
- serve one right — to act as a servant.
- shearing strain — a coefficient of elasticity of a substance, expressing the ratio between the force per unit area (shearing stress) that laterally deforms the substance and the shear (shearing strain) that is produced by this force.
- shearing stress — a force causing two contacting parts or layers to slide upon each other, in opposite directions parallel to the plane of their contact
- shearing-stress — a coefficient of elasticity of a substance, expressing the ratio between the force per unit area (shearing stress) that laterally deforms the substance and the shear (shearing strain) that is produced by this force.
- shopping center — a group of stores within a single architectural plan, supplying most of the basic shopping needs, especially in suburban areas.
- shopping centre — A shopping centre is a specially built area containing a lot of different shops.
- singing teacher — a teacher who gives instruction in how to sing
- single standard — a single set of principles or rules applying to everyone, as a single moral code applying to both men and women, especially in sexual behavior. Compare double standard.
- single-breasted — (of a coat, jacket, etc.) having a front closure directly in the center with only a narrow overlap secured by a single button or row of buttons.
- slab plastering — coarse plastering, as between the studs in a half-timbered wall.
- smoking-concert — a concert where smoking is allowed.
- smoking-related — (of a disease, illness, etc) caused by smoking tobacco, etc
- snapping turtle — either of two large, edible, freshwater turtles of the family Chelydridae, of North and Central America, having a large head and powerful hooked jaws, especially the common snapping turtle, Chelydra serpentina.
- soul-destroying — Activities or situations that are soul-destroying make you depressed, because they are boring or because there is no hope of improvement.
- sounding rocket — a rocket equipped with instruments for making meteorological observations in the upper atmosphere.
- southern blight — a disease of peanuts, tomatoes, and other plants, caused by a fungus, Sclerotium rolfsii, affecting the roots and resulting in rapid wilting.
- southern gothic — a literary genre depicting life in the southern US and featuring grotesque themes and imagery
- southern lights — aurora australis.
- sparkling water — soda water (def 1).
- speech training — training designed to improve spoken skills, such as voice projection
- spermatogenesis — the origin and development of spermatozoa.
- spirit leveling — leveling according to the indications of a spirit level.
- sporting chance — an even or fair opportunity for a favorable outcome in an enterprise, as winning in a game of chance or in any kind of contest: They gave the less experienced players a sporting chance by handicapping the experts.
- spring mattress — a mattress containing an arrangement of spiral springs
- stage direction — an instruction written into the script of a play, indicating stage actions, movements of performers, or production requirements.
- standing charge — fixed energy costs
- standing orders — Military. (formerly) a general order always in force in a command and establishing uniform procedures for it; standard operating procedure.
- start something — to cause a disturbance or trouble
- starting handle — a crank used to start the motor of an automobile.
- steam reforming — a process in which methane from natural gas is heated, with steam, usually with a catalyst, to produce a mixture of carbon monoxide and hydrogen used in organic synthesis and as a fuel
- steel engraving — a method of incising letters, designs, etc., on steel.
- steering column — the shaft that connects the steering wheel to the steering gear assembly of an automotive vehicle.
- sterling silver — of, relating to, or noting British money: The sterling equivalent is #5.50.
- steroidogenesis — the formation of steroids, as by the adrenal cortex, testes, and ovaries.
- sticky-fingered — given to thieving
- stirling engine — an external-combustion engine in which heat from outside the cylinders causes air confined in the cylinders to expand and drive the pistons.
- stocking filler — A stocking filler is a small present that is suitable for putting in a Christmas stocking.
- straining piece — (in a queen-post roof) a horizontal beam uniting the tops of the two queen posts, and resisting the thrust of the roof.
- street fighting — violent and illegal fighting between individuals or groups
- street lighting — the provision of lighting at night in public places to illuminate the streets
- striking circle — the semicircular area in front of each goal, which an attacking player must have entered before scoring a goal
- string together — arrange coherently
- string variable — data on which arithmetical operations will not be performed