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14-letter words containing s, a, g, e, t

  • the everglades — a subtropical marshy region of Florida, south of Lake Okeechobee: contains the Everglades National Park established to preserve the flora and fauna of the swamps. Area: over 13 000 sq km (5000 sq miles)
  • the game is up — If you say the game is up, you mean that someone's secret plans or activities have been revealed and therefore must stop because they cannot succeed.
  • the grenadines — a chain of about 600 islets in the Caribbean, part of the Windward Islands, extending for about 100 km (60 miles) between St Vincent and Grenada and divided administratively between the two states. Largest island: Carriacou
  • the last laugh — the final success in an argument, situation, etc, after previous defeat
  • the red guards — a radical political movement of civilian youths in China, who were mobilized by Mao Zedong in 1966 and 1967, during the Cultural Revolution
  • thermal spring — a spring whose temperature is higher than the mean temperature of ground water in the area.
  • thermostatting — a device, including a relay actuated by thermal conduction or convection, that functions to establish and maintain a desired temperature automatically or signals a change in temperature for manual adjustment.
  • thomas younger — Thomas Coleman ("Cole") 1844–1916, U.S. outlaw, associated with Jesse James.
  • threaded glass — glass decorated with a pattern produced by variegated glass filaments.
  • throat seizing — cuckold's knot.
  • thrust bearing — a bearing designed to absorb thrusts parallel to the axis of revolution.
  • time signature — a numerical or other indication at the beginning of a piece showing the meter.
  • to gather dust — If you say that something is gathering dust, you mean that it has been left somewhere and nobody is using it or doing anything with it.
  • tongue-lashing — severe scolding
  • trading estate — industrial area
  • training shoes — running shoes for sports training, esp in contrast to studded or spiked shoes worn for the sport itself
  • transfer agent — a person, bank, or trust company officially designated to act for a corporation in executing and recording the transfers of its stock from one legal owner to another.
  • transit lounge — a waiting room at an international airport used mainly by passengers transferring from one flight to another without presenting themselves to customs or immigration officials
  • trysting place — a place for a meeting, especially a secret meeting of lovers; rendezvous.
  • understandings — mental process of a person who comprehends; comprehension; personal interpretation: My understanding of the word does not agree with yours.
  • understrapping — subordinate or inferior
  • unegoistically — pertaining to or of the nature of egoism.
  • unhesitatingly — without hesitation; not delayed by uncertainty: an unhesitating decision.
  • upper tunguska — any of three tributaries of the Yenisei River in the central Russian Federation in Asia: the (Lower Tunguska) 2000 miles (3220 km) long; the (Upper Tunguska) or the lower course of the Angara, 1151 miles (1855 km) long; and the (Stony Tunguska) about 975 miles (1570 km) long.
  • uterogestation — gestation in the womb, i.e. normal pregnancy
  • vat-registered — (of a company or individual) registered as being liable to pay VAT
  • vaulting horse — a padded, somewhat cylindrical floor-supported apparatus, braced horizontally at an adjustable height, used for hand support and pushing off in vaulting.
  • vegetable dish — a dish designed to serve vegetables from
  • vegetable silk — a fine, glossy fiber, similar to silk cotton, from the seeds of a spiny Brazilian tree, Chorisia speciosa.
  • vegetable soup — soup made with vegetables
  • venetian glass — ornamental glassware of the type made at Venice, especially that from the island of Murano.
  • vestal virgins — (in ancient Rome) one of four, later six, virgins consecrated to Vesta and to the tending of the sacred fire on her altar.
  • wage restraint — an agreement not to demand or pay large wage increases
  • washington pie — a Boston cream pie with raspberry jam instead of custard between the layers.
  • watertightness — constructed or fitted so tightly as to be impervious to water: The ship had six watertight compartments.
  • weather signal — a visual signal, as a light or flag, indicating a weather forecast.
  • weatherglasses — Plural form of weatherglass.
  • weightwatchers — a person who is dieting to control his or her weight.
  • welfare rights — legal entitlements to financial and other benefits
  • weltanschauung — a comprehensive conception or image of the universe and of humanity's relation to it.
  • west glamorgan — a county in S Wales. 315 sq. mi. (815 sq. km).
  • west virginian — a state in the E United States. 24,181 sq. mi. (62,629 sq. km). Capital: Charleston. Abbreviation: WV (for use with zip code), W.Va.
  • white gasoline — unleaded and uncracked gasoline, designed especially for use in motorboats.
  • winning streak — several consecutive wins
  • xenodiagnostic — of or relating to xenodiagnosis
  • zooflagellates — Plural form of zooflagellate.
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