15-letter words containing r, i, n, g, t, o
- 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.
- spermatogenesis — the origin and development of spermatozoa.
- 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.
- stage direction — an instruction written into the script of a play, indicating stage actions, movements of performers, or production requirements.
- stamping ground — a habitual or favorite haunt.
- 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 blocks — the rigid blocks adjustable at an angle and mounted on a track against which a runner's shoes are placed to aid in starting
- starting pistol — a pistol used to give the signal to start a race
- 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
- steering column — the shaft that connects the steering wheel to the steering gear assembly of an automotive vehicle.
- steroidogenesis — the formation of steroids, as by the adrenal cortex, testes, and ovaries.
- stocking filler — A stocking filler is a small present that is suitable for putting in a Christmas stocking.
- stomping ground — a habitual or favorite haunt.
- string together — arrange coherently
- 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
- suborganization — an organization within a larger organization
- supporting film — a film that accompanies the main feature film in a film programme
- supporting role — acting: secondary part
- 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.
- 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 high ground — a position of moral or ethical superiority in a dispute
- the other thing — an unexpressed alternative
- the perigordian — the Perigordian culture
- the working man — working class people collectively
- thirtysomething — a person in her or his thirties
- thought reading — mind reading.
- thraco-phrygian — a hypothetical branch of Indo-European implying a special genetic affinity between the meagerly attested Thracian and Phrygian languages.
- to pull strings — If you pull strings, you use your influence with other people in order to get something done, often unfairly.
- toilet training — child: process of learning to use toilet
- toucan crossing — a place where people who are walking and cyclists can both cross a busy road together. They press a button at the side of the road, which operates traffic lights to stop the traffic
- traction engine — a locomotive operating on surfaces other than tracks and pulling heavy loads, as fallen logs.
- trading account — an account similar to a traditional bank account, holding cash and securities, and administered by an investment dealer
- trading company — a company that is owned by the people who have bought shares in that company
- trading profits — profits made from the buying and selling of goods and services
- training course — practical programme of study
- training ground — an area where people prepare for sporting competitions, with activities primarily concentrating on skills and fitness
- training school — a school that provides training in some art, profession, or vocation.
- transfiguration — the act of transfiguring.
- transgressional — of or relating to transgression
- traveling block — (in a hoisting tackle) the block hooked to and moving with the load.
- troubleshooting — to act or be employed as a troubleshooter: She troubleshoots for a large industrial firm.