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15-letter words containing r, o, t, g

  • southern gothic — a literary genre depicting life in the southern US and featuring grotesque themes and imagery
  • southern lights — aurora australis.
  • spark generator — an alternating-current power source with a condenser discharging across a spark gap.
  • spermatogenesis — the origin and development of spermatozoa.
  • spill your guts — If someone spills their guts, they tell you everything about something secret or private.
  • 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.
  • squeeze through — to press forcibly together; compress.
  • stage direction — an instruction written into the script of a play, indicating stage actions, movements of performers, or production requirements.
  • staggered hours — a system of working in which the employees of an organization do not all arrive and leave at the same time, but have large periods of overlap
  • stamford bridge — a village in N England, east of York: site of a battle (1066) in which King Harold of England defeated his brother Tostig and King Harald Hardrada of Norway, three weeks before the Battle of Hastings
  • 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.
  • star of courage — a Canadian award for bravery
  • 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 generator — steam-producing power plant
  • 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.
  • stereologically — by way of stereology or in a stereological manner
  • 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.
  • storage battery — a voltaic battery consisting of two or more storage cells.
  • storage disease — a metabolic disorder characterized by excessive storage in certain cells of normal metabolic intermediates, as fats, iron, and carbohydrates.
  • straightforward — going or directed straight ahead: a straightforward gaze.
  • 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
  • supergovernment — a centralized organization formed by a group of governments to enforce justice or maintain peace.
  • supporting film — a film that accompanies the main feature film in a film programme
  • supporting role — acting: secondary part
  • surge protector — a small device to protect a computer, telephone, television set, or the like from damage by high-voltage electrical surges.
  • swallow-tanager — a tropical American bird, Tersina viridis, related to the true tanagers but with longer, swallowlike wings.
  • symmetric group — the group of all permutations of a finite set.
  • 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.
  • tarn-et-garonne — a department in S France. 1440 sq. mi. (3730 sq. km). Capital: Montauban.
  • telephotography — photography of distant objects, using a telephoto lens.
  • 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
  • thalassographer — a person who studies the sea; an oceanographer
  • thalassographic — relating to thalassography
  • 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 greater dog — the constellation Canis Major
  • 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 underground — an electric passenger railway operated in underground tunnels
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