15-letter words containing s, i, n, g, l, e
- public spending — expenditure by central government, local authorities, and public enterprises
- pulsejet engine — a jet engine equipped with valves that continuously open to admit air, then close during combustion, giving a pulsating thrust: used to power the V-1, a German buzz bomb, in World War II.
- pyramid selling — Pyramid selling is a method of selling in which one person buys a supply of a particular product direct from the manufacturer and then sells it to a number of other people at an increased price. These people sell it on to others in a similar way, but eventually the final buyers are only able to sell the product for less than they paid for it.
- queen's english — king's English.
- range paralysis — Marek's disease.
- reading glasses — spectacles
- reality testing — the objective evaluation of situations, defective in certain psychoses, that enable one to distinguish between the external and the internal worlds and between the self and the nonself.
- refuelling stop — a stop made so that fresh fuel can be supplied (to an aircraft, vehicle, etc)
- relapsing fever — one of a group of fevers characterized by relapses, occurring in many tropical countries, and caused by several species of spirochetes transmitted by several species of lice and ticks.
- remonstratingly — in an remonstrating or dissenting manner
- resolving power — Optics. the ability of an optical device to produce separate images of close objects.
- reverse english — Also called reverse side. Billiards. a spinning motion imparted to a cue ball in such a manner as to prevent it from moving in a certain direction. Compare running English.
- reversing falls — a series of rapids in the Saint John River, New Brunswick, Canada, the flow of which regularly reverses itself owing to the force an incoming tide
- reversing light — Reversing lights are the white lights on the back of a motor vehicle which shine when the vehicle is in reverse gear.
- revolving stage — a circular platform divided into segments enabling multiple theater sets to be put in place in advance and in turn rotated into view of the audience.
- rigel kentaurus — Alpha Centauri.
- rigil kentaurus — Astronomy. Alpha Centauri.
- rolling meadows — a city in NE Illinois, near Chicago.
- rolling targets — a series of targets which are reviewed periodically so that they always extend for the same period into the future
- rowland heights — a city in SW California, near Los Angeles.
- royal engineers — a branch of the British army that undertakes the building of fortifications, mines, bridges, and other engineering works
- running english — the giving of English or spin to the cue ball to enable it to bounce in the direction of a certain angle. Compare reverse English (def 1).
- school teaching — School teaching is the work done by teachers in a school.
- scolding bridle — branks.
- second blessing — an experience of sanctification coming after conversion.
- self-abnegation — self-denial or self-sacrifice.
- self-afflicting — to distress with mental or bodily pain; trouble greatly or grievously: to be afflicted with arthritis.
- self-committing — to give in trust or charge; consign.
- self-correcting — automatically adjusting to or correcting mistakes, malfunctions, etc.: a self-correcting mechanism.
- self-diagnostic — the diagnosis of one's own malady or illness.
- self-energizing — giving rise to energy or power from within itself or oneself; capable of generating energy or power automatically.
- self-exploiting — to utilize, especially for profit; turn to practical account: to exploit a business opportunity.
- self-flattering — praise and exaggeration of one's own achievements coupled with a denial or glossing over of one's faults or failings; self-congratulation.
- self-forgetting — self-forgetful.
- self-fulfilling — characterized by or bringing about self-fulfillment.
- self-generating — producing from within itself.
- self-generation — production or reproduction of something without the aid of an external agent; spontaneous generation.
- self-glorifying — to cause to be or treat as being more splendid, excellent, etc., than would normally be considered.
- self-immolating — of, relating to, or tending toward self-immolation.
- self-indulgence — indulging one's own desires, passions, whims, etc., especially without restraint.
- self-justifying — offering excuses for oneself, especially in excess of normal demands.
- self-lacerating — to tear roughly; mangle: The barbed wire lacerated his hands.
- self-monitoring — (especially formerly) a student appointed to assist in the conduct of a class or school, as to help take attendance or keep order.
- self-preserving — preservation of oneself from harm or destruction.
- self-rectifying — to make, put, or set right; remedy; correct: He sent them a check to rectify his account.
- self-regulating — adjusting, ruling, or governing itself without outside interference; operating or functioning without externally imposed controls or regulations: a self-regulating economy; the self-regulating market.
- self-regulation — control by oneself or itself, as in an economy, business organization, etc., especially such control as exercised independently of governmental supervision, laws, or the like.
- self-renouncing — to give up or put aside voluntarily: to renounce worldly pleasures.
- self-respecting — You can use self-respecting with a noun describing a particular type of person to indicate that something is typical of, or necessary for, that type of person.
- self-satisfying — effecting satisfaction to oneself.