15-letter words containing s, a, g, e, t
- 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.
- straight matter — the body text of an article, story, etc., as distinguished from the title, subhead, and other display matter.
- straight ticket — a ballot on which all votes have been cast for candidates of the same party.
- straight-backed — having a straight, usually high, back: a straight-backed chair.
- straining piece — (in a queen-post roof) a horizontal beam uniting the tops of the two queen posts, and resisting the thrust of the roof.
- stranger danger — the potential or perceived risk posed by unknown people to children and about which it may be advisable to warn them
- strike the flag — to relinquish command, esp of a ship
- string variable — data on which arithmetical operations will not be performed
- structural gene — cistron.
- subject catalog — a catalog having entries listed by subject only.
- subject heading — a title or heading of a category, esp in a bibliography or index
- 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
- sulfiting agent — sulfite (def 2).
- 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.
- surgical strike — a military action designed to destroy a particular target without harming other people or damaging other buildings near it
- swallow-tanager — a tropical American bird, Tersina viridis, related to the true tanagers but with longer, swallowlike wings.
- sweating system — the practice of employing workers in sweatshops.
- 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.
- syntax language — a metalanguage used to refer to the grammatical or other formal features of an object language.
- tamarisk gerbil — gerbil (def 2).
- tangible assets — valuable items: cash, property, etc.
- teng hsiao-ping — Deng Xiaoping.
- terra sigillata — Arretine ware.
- testing station — an establishment licensed to issue warrants of fitness for motor vehicles
- tetrasporangium — a sporangium containing four asexual spores.
- thalassographer — a person who studies the sea; an oceanographer
- 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 saint leger — an annual horse race run at Doncaster since 1776: one of the classics of the flat-racing season
- theory of games — game theory.
- tiffany setting — a setting, as in a ring, in which the stone is held with prongs.
- tiglath-pileser — died 727 b.c, king of Assyria 745–727.
- tintagel castle — a ruined castle on a promontory in SW England on the W coast of Cornwall, which is the legendary birthplace of King Arthur
- tissue-matching — identification of specific genetically linked antigens in tissue in order to minimize antigenic differences between donor and recipient tissue in organ transplantation.
- to change hands — When something changes hands, its ownership changes, usually because it is sold to someone else.
- to sow gapeseed — to stare in a gaping manner instead of attending to business
- toughened glass — glass that has been made stronger using chemical or thermal treatments so that it will not break easily
- 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.
- transfer lounge — the place in an airport where you wait for a transfer from one flight to another
- transgressional — of or relating to transgression
- tungsten rating — a film-speed rating that indicates the relative sensitivity of a particular film stock to light from incandescent lamps with tungsten filaments.
- ultra-religious — of, relating to, or concerned with religion: a religious holiday.
- ulysses s grant — Cary (Archibald Leach) 1904–86, U.S. actor, born in England.
- understandingly — mental process of a person who comprehends; comprehension; personal interpretation: My understanding of the word does not agree with yours.