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

  • single currency — a currency that is common to different countries
  • 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.
  • sinkiang uighur — an autonomous region in NW China, bordering Tibet, Mongolia, Kazakhstan, Kirghizia, Tadzhikistan, Pakistan, and India: formerly a province. 635,830 sq. mi. (1,646,800 sq. km). Capital: Ürümqi.
  • slab plastering — coarse plastering, as between the studs in a half-timbered wall.
  • slavonian grebe — a N Eurasian or N American grebe with reddish underside and a black and gold crest; Podiceps auritus
  • sliver building — a very narrow skyscraper designed in response to restriction of the building site or zoning, frequently containing only a single apartment per floor or comparably limited office space.
  • 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.
  • sneezing powder — a powder used to make people sneeze as a practical joke
  • social drinking — the practice of drinking alcohol occasionally and usually only in social situations
  • social-drinking — a person who drinks alcoholic beverages usually in the company of others and is in control of his or her drinking.
  • 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).
  • spawning ground — a place where fish deposit their eggs for fertilization
  • speech training — training designed to improve spoken skills, such as voice projection
  • spelling reform — an attempt to change the spelling of English words to make it conform more closely to pronunciation.
  • spermatogenesis — the origin and development of spermatozoa.
  • spherical angle — an angle formed by arcs of great circles of a sphere.
  • 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.
  • spread sampling — the selection of a corpus for statistical analysis by selecting a number of short passages at random throughout the work and considering their aggregation
  • spring mattress — a mattress containing an arrangement of spiral springs
  • spring training — a program of physical exercise, practice, and exhibition games followed by a baseball team in the late winter and early spring, before the start of the regular season.
  • spring-cleaning — a complete cleaning of a place, as a home, done traditionally in the spring of the year.
  • 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.
  • standard lining — a system for aligning type so that all fonts of the same point size have a common baseline.
  • 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 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 handle — a crank used to start the motor of an automobile.
  • starting pistol — a pistol used to give the signal to start a race
  • starting salary — an employee's initial rate of pay
  • starting stalls — a line of stalls in which horses are enclosed at the start of a race and from which they are released by the simultaneous springing open of retaining barriers at the front of each stall
  • 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.
  • stomping ground — a habitual or favorite haunt.
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