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15-letter words containing r, i, n, g, e, t

  • strobe lighting — a high-intensity flashing beam of light produced by rapid electrical discharges in a tube or by a perforated disc rotating in front of an intense light source: used in discotheques, etc
  • subject-raising — a rule that moves the subject of a complement clause into the clause in which it is embedded, as in the derivation of He is likely to be late from It is likely that he will be late
  • summer triangle — a group of three first-magnitude stars (Deneb, Vega, and Altair) visible during the summer in the N skies
  • supergiant star — Astronomy. an exceptionally luminous star whose diameter is more than 100 times that of the sun, as Betelgeuse or Antares.
  • supporting role — acting: secondary part
  • svedberg (unit) — a unit of time, equal to 10-13 second, used in determining the rate of sedimentation of a macromolecule in an ultracentrifuge
  • synectics group — a group of people of varied background that meets to attempt creative solutions of problems through the unrestricted exercise of imagination and the correlation of disparate elements.
  • synergistically — pertaining to, characteristic of, or resembling synergy: a synergistic effect.
  • syngeneic graft — a tissue or organ transplanted from one member of a species to another, genetically identical member of the species, as a kidney transplanted from one identical twin to the other.
  • talking picture — Older Use. a motion picture with accompanying synchronized speech, singing, etc.
  • target audience — the target audience of a programme is the group of people that the programme-makers are trying to persuade to watch or listen to it
  • terra incognita — an unknown or unexplored land, region, or subject.
  • tetrasporangium — a sporangium containing four asexual spores.
  • text processing — the handling of alphabetic characters by a computer
  • thanks offering — an offering made as an expression of thanks to God
  • the anglo-irish — the inhabitants of Ireland of English birth or descent
  • the everlasting — God
  • the first thing — even one thing
  • the high ground — a position of moral or ethical superiority in a dispute
  • the other thing — an unexpressed alternative
  • the perigordian — the Perigordian culture
  • the saint leger — an annual horse race run at Doncaster since 1776: one of the classics of the flat-racing season
  • the undersigned — the person or persons who have signed at the foot of a document, statement, etc
  • the working man — working class people collectively
  • thermal imaging — Thermal imaging is the use of special equipment that can detect the heat produced by people or things and use it to produce images of them.
  • thimble-rigging — a sleight-of-hand swindling game in which the operator palms a pellet or pea while appearing to cover it with one of three thimblelike cups, and then, moving the cups about, offers to bet that no one can tell under which cup the pellet or pea lies.
  • thirtysomething — a person in her or his thirties
  • thought reading — mind reading.
  • toilet training — child: process of learning to use toilet
  • tracking device — an electronic security device which allows you to monitor the location of a person or object, esp a vehicle
  • traction engine — a locomotive operating on surfaces other than tracks and pulling heavy loads, as fallen logs.
  • trading partner — a person, organization, or country with whom somebody customarily does business
  • traffic manager — a person who supervises the transportation of goods for an employer.
  • training agency — (in Britain, formerly) an organization providing training and retraining for adult workers
  • training centre — a place where people undergo skills training for work
  • training course — practical programme of study
  • training scheme — a scheme for teaching people skills in a particular field or profession
  • training wheels — a pair of small wheels attached one on each side of the rear wheel of a bicycle for stability while one is learning to ride.
  • transgressional — of or relating to transgression
  • traveling block — (in a hoisting tackle) the block hooked to and moving with the load.
  • travelling wave — a wave carrying energy away from its source
  • treacle pudding — a sponge cake with syrup on top
  • trigger warning — a stated warning that the content of a text, video, etc., may upset or offend some people, especially those who have previously experienced a related trauma: a blog post with a trigger warning for rape.
  • triple integral — an integral in which the integrand involves a function of three variables and which requires three applications of the integration process to evaluate.
  • troubleshooting — to act or be employed as a troubleshooter: She troubleshoots for a large industrial firm.
  • tumbling barrel — a rotating drum for subjecting materials or small manufactured objects, loosely placed inside, to a tumbling action, as to mix materials or to polish objects by friction with one another or with an abrasive.
  • tunbridge wells — a city in SW Kent, in SE England: mineral springs; resort.
  • tungsten rating — a film-speed rating that indicates the relative sensitivity of a particular film stock to light from incandescent lamps with tungsten filaments.
  • turbojet engine — a jet-propulsion engine in which air from the atmosphere is compressed for combustion by a turbine-driven compressor.
  • turquoise green — a light bluish green.
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