15-letter words containing s, i, g, l, a, t
- dinoflagellates — Plural form of dinoflagellate.
- disappointingly — failing to fulfill one's hopes or expectations: a disappointing movie; a disappointing marriage.
- disarticulating — Present participle of disarticulate.
- disenchantingly — In a disenchanting manner.
- disentanglement — Removal of, or extrication from twists, tangles, complications or confusion.
- disestablishing — Present participle of disestablish.
- dishearteningly — In a disheartening manner.
- distinguishable — to mark off as different (often followed by from or by): He was distinguished from the other boys by his height.
- distinguishably — to mark off as different (often followed by from or by): He was distinguished from the other boys by his height.
- distress signal — a signal used, or designed to be used, by persons in peril, for the purpose of summoning aid, indicating their position, etc., as a radio code sign, aerial flare, flag hoist, or the like. Compare distress call (def 1).
- dysteleological — Of or pertaining to dysteleology.
- electrosurgical — Relating to electrosurgery.
- epistemological — Of or pertaining to epistemology or theory of knowledge, as a field of study.
- estuary english — a variety of standard British English in which the pronunciation reflects various features characteristic of London and the Southeast of England
- everlastingness — The state or quality of being everlasting.
- extralinguistic — Outside the realm of linguistics.
- fantasmagorical — Alternative form of phantasmagorical.
- feast of lights — Hanukkah.
- fetal diagnosis — prenatal determination of genetic or chemical abnormalities in a fetus, esp by amniocentesis
- fibrocartilages — Plural form of fibrocartilage.
- filling station — service station (def 1).
- first gentleman — (often initial capital letters) the husband of the U.S. president or a current governor or mayor.
- flashlight fish — any of several fishes, especially Photoblepharon palpebratus, inhabiting deep, dark waters and having light organs that can be closed with a lid.
- flight of ideas — a rapid flow of thought, manifested by accelerated speech with abrupt changes from topic to topic: a symptom of some mental illnesses, especially manic disorder.
- flight sergeant — a noncommissioned officer in the Royal Air Force junior in rank to a master aircrew
- floating island — a dessert consisting of boiled custard with portions of meringue, whipped cream, or whipped egg whites and sometimes jelly floating upon it or around it.
- floating screed — Building Trades. screed (def 3).
- floating supply — the aggregate supply of ready-to-market goods or securities.
- fringe festival — an unofficial, often unconventional, arts festival that is associated with another, larger festival
- fungistatically — in a fungistatic manner
- gallant soldier — a South American plant, Galinsoga parviflora, widely distributed as a weed, having small daisy-like flowers surrounded by silvery scales: family Asteraceae (composites)
- galloping-ghost — Harold ("Red"; "the Galloping Ghost") 1903–1991, U.S. football player.
- gardening tools — tools used for gardening, such as a trowel, spade, rake, etc
- gas oil contact — In a reservoir, gas oil contact is the area containing a mix of gas and oil, below which there is mainly oil and above which there is mainly gas.
- gastric balloon — an inflatable rubber bag placed in the stomach to reduce its capacity as an aid to losing weight
- gastronomically — the art or science of good eating.
- general studies — a school subject that includes a variety of skills and topics (such as comprehension, and current affairs, which may complement the study of A-levels in specific subjects)
- generalisations — Plural form of generalisation.
- generalizations — Plural form of generalization.
- gentlemanliness — like, befitting, or characteristic of a gentleman.
- geostrophically — By means of, or in terms of, geostrophy.
- giant sunflower — a composite plant, Helianthus giganteus, of eastern North America, growing nearly 12 feet (4 meters) high and having very large yellow flower heads.
- gilbert islands — a group of islands in the W Pacific: with Banaba, the Phoenix Islands, and three of the Line Islands they constitute the independent state of Kiribati; until 1975 they formed part of the British colony of Gilbert and Ellice Islands; achieved full independence in 1979. Pop: 82 902 (2005). Area: 295 sq km (114 sq miles)
- girdle traverse — a climb that consists of a complete traverse of a face or crag
- glazier's point — a small, pointed piece of sheet metal, for holding a pane of glass in a sash until the putty has hardened.
- gleichschaltung — the enforcement of standardization and the elimination of all opposition within the political, economic, and cultural institutions of a state
- gluteus maximus — the broad, thick, outermost muscle of the buttocks, involved in the rotation and extension of the thigh.
- go into details — If someone does not go into details about a subject, or does not go into the detail, they mention it without explaining it fully or properly.
- golden starfish — an award given to a bathing beach that meets EU standards of cleanliness
- golgi apparatus — an organelle, consisting of layers of flattened sacs, that takes up and processes secretory and synthetic products from the endoplasmic reticulum and then either releases the finished products into various parts of the cell cytoplasm or secretes them to the outside of the cell.