14-letter words containing s, i, n, g, a, b
- disambiguation — to remove the ambiguity from; make unambiguous: In order to disambiguate the sentence “She lectured on the famous passenger ship,” you'll have to write either “lectured on board” or “lectured about.”.
- double spacing — text layout: extra space between lines
- drainage basin — the area drained by a river and all its tributaries. Also called catchment area, drainage area. Compare watershed (def 2).
- dressing table — a table or stand, usually surmounted by a mirror, in front of which a person sits while dressing, applying makeup, etc.
- embarrassingly — In an embarrassing manner.
- extinguishable — Able to be extinguished.
- false beginner — a language student who has some knowledge of a language, but who needs to start again from the beginning
- flabbergasting — to overcome with surprise and bewilderment; astound.
- flotation bags — bags inflated to keep a spacecraft or helicopter afloat and upright when it lands in the sea
- gambling debts — debts acquired as a result of money spent gambling
- gambling house — a building for gambling, especially for a large number of betting games.
- garden rubbish — organic refuse generated by gardening
- give sb a ring — If you give someone a ring, you phone them.
- globalizations — Plural form of globalization.
- grouse-beating — hunting for grouse by trying to drive them towards hunters using flags, sticks, and other devices
- hanging basket — suspended woven container for plants
- hastings banda — Hastings Kamuzu [kah-moo-zoo] /kɑˈmu zu/ (Show IPA), 1906–97, Malawi physician, political leader, and public official: 1st president of Malawi 1966–94.
- king of beasts — the lion.
- lactoglobulins — Plural form of lactoglobulin.
- macroglobulins — Plural form of macroglobulin.
- marriage bonds — the strong feeling of being united that is associated with marriage
- nanopublishing — an inexpensive form of online publishing that uses blogging as a model to reach a specific audience
- negri sembilan — a state in Malaysia, on the SW Malay Peninsula. 2580 sq. mi. (6682 sq. km). Capital: Seremban.
- obligatoriness — The quality or state of being obligatory.
- okavango basin — a river in SW central Africa, rising in central Angola and flowing southeast, then east as part of the border between Angola and Namibia, then southeast across the Caprivi Strip into Botswana to form a great marsh known as the Okavango Basin, Delta or Swamp. Length: about 1600 km (1000 miles)
- rabble-rousing — of, relating to, or characteristic of a rabble-rouser.
- saber rattling — a show or threat of military power, especially as used by a nation to impose its policies on other countries.
- saber-rattling — a show or threat of military power, especially as used by a nation to impose its policies on other countries.
- sabre-rattling — If you describe a threat, especially a threat of military action, as sabre-rattling, you do not believe that the threat will actually be carried out.
- scribbling pad — a notebook or sketchbook
- shabby-looking — appearing old and in bad condition
- shooting brake — station wagon.
- skirting board — fabric for making skirts.
- snowball fight — game: throwing balls of snow
- sounding board — a thin, resonant plate of wood forming part of a musical instrument, and so placed as to enhance the power and quality of the tone.
- spiral binding — a binding, as for a notebook or booklet, in which the pages are fastened together by a spiral of wire or plastic that coils through a series of holes punched along one side of each page and the front and back covers.
- spitting cobra — any cobra or cobralike snake, especially the ringhals, that sprays venom at the eyes of approaching animals.
- spread betting — Spread betting is a form of gambling that involves predicting a range of possible scores or results rather than one particular score or result.
- spring balance — a device in which an object to be weighed is attached to the end of a helical spring, the extension of which indicates the weight of the object on a calibrated scale
- springboarding — a flexible board, projecting over water, from which divers leap or spring.
- square-bashing — drill on a barrack square
- stabbing board — A stabbing board is a platform in the derrick, on which the derrickhand stands to run in casing.
- stage business — business (def 10).
- staggering bob — a newborn calf.
- starting block — a device used by runners, especially sprinters, for increasing their speed off the mark, consisting of a metal or wooden frame, usually secured to the ground at both ends, with adjustable, triangular-shaped blocks on each side for bracing the feet.
- strikebreaking — action directed at breaking up a strike of workers.
- sturmabteilung — a political militia of the Nazi party, organized about 1923 and notorious for its violence and terrorism up to 1934, when it was purged and reorganized as an instrument of physical training and political indoctrination of German men; Brown Shirts.
- subaggregation — a subtotalling
- subcontracting — outsourcing of contract work
- subgenerically — in a subgeneric manner; in a way relating to a subgenus