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15-letter words containing s, i, e, g

  • starting handle — a crank used to start the motor of an automobile.
  • states' righter — a person who opposes U.S. federal intervention in affairs of the separate states, supporting this position by a strict interpretation of the Constitution of the U.S.
  • 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
  • steamed pudding — a traditional pudding containing fat, sugar, eggs, flour, and other ingredients, which is steamed
  • 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.
  • stephen hawking — Stephen William, born 1942, English mathematician and theoretical physicist.
  • stereologically — by way of stereology or in a stereological manner
  • 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
  • stinging nettle — a bristly, stinging Eurasian nettle, Urtica dioica, naturalized in North America, having forked clusters of greenish flowers, the young foliage sometimes cooked and eaten like spinach by the Scots.
  • 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.
  • stoke newington — former metropolitan borough of London, now part of Hackney
  • 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.
  • street fighting — violent and illegal fighting between individuals or groups
  • street lighting — the provision of lighting at night in public places to illuminate the streets
  • strike the flag — to relinquish command, esp of a ship
  • striking circle — the semicircular area in front of each goal, which an attacking player must have entered before scoring a goal
  • string together — arrange coherently
  • string variable — data on which arithmetical operations will not be performed
  • 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
  • sub-machine gun — a lightweight automatic or semiautomatic gun, fired from the shoulder or hip.
  • subintelligence — below average intelligence
  • 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
  • subminimum wage — See example at subminimum (def 1).
  • suicide bombing — a terrorist bomb attack in which the perpetrator knows that he or she will be killed in the explosion
  • 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.
  • supporting role — acting: secondary part
  • suppressor grid — an electrode placed between the screen grid and anode of a valve. Its negative potential, relative to both screen and anode, prevents secondary electrons from the anode reaching the screen
  • surgical needle — a needle for suturing.
  • surgical strike — a military action designed to destroy a particular target without harming other people or damaging other buildings near it
  • svedberg (unit) — a unit of time, equal to 10-13 second, used in determining the rate of sedimentation of a macromolecule in an ultracentrifuge
  • sweating system — the practice of employing workers in sweatshops.
  • swedish massage — a massage employing techniques of manipulation and muscular exercise systematized in Sweden in the 19th century.
  • swinging single — an unmarried person who is sexually promiscuous
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • system building — a method of building in which prefabricated components are used to speed the construction of buildings
  • tamarisk gerbil — gerbil (def 2).
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