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13-letter words containing s, a, n, g, r

  • storage organ — any swollen plant part in which food is stored, as fruit, root, or tuber.
  • store manager — sb who runs a shop
  • stork parking — spaces reserved in a parking lot for cars driven by pregnant women or new mothers.
  • storm warning — a showing of storm signals.
  • straight-line — (of a machine) having components that are arranged in a row or that move in a straight line when in operation
  • straighten up — stand straighter
  • strange quark — a quark having electric charge −1/3 times the elementary charge and strangeness −1; it is more massive than the up and down quarks.
  • stranger rape — sexual assault by an assailant upon a person he or she does not know.
  • strangulation — Pathology, Surgery. to compress or constrict (a duct, intestine, vessel, etc.) so as to prevent circulation or suppress function.
  • string player — a person who plays an instrument of the violin family.
  • stringer bead — a small, usually round object of glass, wood, stone, or the like with a hole through it, often strung with others of its kind in necklaces, rosaries, etc.
  • strong safety — the defensive back assigned to cover the area across from the strong side of the opponent's offensive line and primarily responsible for defending against pass plays.
  • strong waters — an archaic name for alcoholic drink
  • student grant — a grant of money awarded to somebody to fund their studying at a university or college
  • subastringent — slightly astringent.
  • subgeneration — a generation within another generation
  • subtriangular — almost triangular;not quite triangular
  • sunken garden — a formal garden set below the main level of the ground surrounding it.
  • superorganism — a form of life composed of mutually interdependent parts that maintain various vital processes.
  • superregional — involving many regions
  • swedenborgian — of or relating to Emanuel Swedenborg, his religious doctrines, or the body of followers adhering to these doctrines and constituting the Church of the New Jerusalem, or New Church.
  • sweethearting — the granting of unauthorized discounts or the abetting of shoplifting by staff in a shop
  • swimming crab — any of numerous, chiefly marine crabs, especially of the family Portunidae, having the legs adapted for swimming.
  • syringomyelia — a disease of the spinal cord in which the nerve tissue is replaced by a cavity filled with fluid.
  • tansy ragwort — a European composite plant, Senecio jacobaea, naturalized in North America, having numerous yellow flowers.
  • taphrogenesis — the process of forming rifts, resulting in regional faulting and subsidence
  • teratogenesis — the production or induction of malformations or monstrosities, especially of a developing embryo or fetus.
  • texas rangers — a member of the Texas state police force or, especially formerly, of the mounted state police.
  • thermostating — 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.
  • toasting fork — a long-handled fork used for cooking or toasting frankfurters, marshmallows, bread, etc., usually over an open fire.
  • tracking shot — dolly shot.
  • trading stamp — a stamp with a certain value given as a premium by a retailer to a customer, specified quantities of these stamps being exchangeable for various articles.
  • training ship — a ship equipped for training novices in seamanship, as for naval service.
  • training shoe — Training shoes are the same as trainers.
  • trainspotting — hobby: observing trains
  • transgendered — transgender (defs 1, 2).
  • transgression — an act of transgressing; violation of a law, command, etc.; sin.
  • transgressive — to violate a law, command, moral code, etc.; offend; sin.
  • transmisogyny — discrimination or prejudice against transgender women.
  • transshipping — to transfer from one ship, truck, freight car, or other conveyance to another.
  • trash farming — cultivation by leaving stubble, etc, on the surface of the soil to serve as a mulch
  • trash-talking — disparaging or boastful language used especially to demoralize or intimidate opponents: trash-talking in the locker room.
  • understaffing — the condition of being understaffed or of lacking a number of employees
  • understanding — mental process of a person who comprehends; comprehension; personal interpretation: My understanding of the word does not agree with yours.
  • undiscouraged — to deprive of courage, hope, or confidence; dishearten; dispirit.
  • undistracting — not distracting; not showy or ostentatious
  • unscavengered — lacking the qualities of having been scavenged
  • untrespassing — not trespassing or infringing
  • vaginal smear — a smear sample taken from vaginal mucous for cytological analysis
  • vanilla sugar — sugar which has been infused with vanilla
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