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

  • 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.
  • street lighting — the provision of lighting at night in public places to illuminate the streets
  • striking circle — the semicircular area in front of each goal, which an attacking player must have entered before scoring a goal
  • 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
  • subintelligence — below average intelligence
  • 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
  • supporting role — acting: secondary part
  • surgical needle — a needle for suturing.
  • swinging single — an unmarried person who is sexually promiscuous
  • synergistically — pertaining to, characteristic of, or resembling synergy: a synergistic effect.
  • system building — a method of building in which prefabricated components are used to speed the construction of buildings
  • tangible assets — valuable items: cash, property, etc.
  • the anglo-irish — the inhabitants of Ireland of English birth or descent
  • the everlasting — God
  • the saint leger — an annual horse race run at Doncaster since 1776: one of the classics of the flat-racing season
  • thing-in-itself — reality as it is apart from experience; what remains to be postulated after space, time, and all the categories of the understanding are assigned to consciousness. Compare noumenon (def 3).
  • tintagel castle — a ruined castle on a promontory in SW England on the W coast of Cornwall, which is the legendary birthplace of King Arthur
  • training wheels — a pair of small wheels attached one on each side of the rear wheel of a bicycle for stability while one is learning to ride.
  • transgressional — of or relating to transgression
  • troubleshooting — to act or be employed as a troubleshooter: She troubleshoots for a large industrial firm.
  • tunbridge wells — a city in SW Kent, in SE England: mineral springs; resort.
  • understandingly — mental process of a person who comprehends; comprehension; personal interpretation: My understanding of the word does not agree with yours.
  • uninterestingly — in a way that is not interesting
  • universal stage — a small theodolite mounted on the stage of a polarizing microscope and used in the petrographic analysis of rocks.
  • unprogressively — in an unprogressive manner
  • unquestioningly — in manner that accepts something without expressing doubt or uncertainty
  • unrelinquishing — to renounce or surrender (a possession, right, etc.): to relinquish the throne.
  • upsetting lever — the horizontal distance between the center of gravity, acting downward, and the center of buoyancy, acting upward, when they are so placed as to form a couple (upsetting couple) tending to capsize the boat.
  • vaginal dryness — abnormal dryness of the vagina, caused by lack of natural lubrication
  • venus-s--girdle — an iridescent blue-and-green comb jelly, Cestum veneris, having a ribbon-shaped, gelatinous body.
  • vertical angles — one of two opposite and equal angles formed by the intersection of two lines.
  • whistle-blowing — a person who informs on another or makes public disclosure of corruption or wrongdoing.
  • wide-angle lens — A wide-angle lens is a lens which allows you to photograph a wider view than a normal lens.
  • wrestling match — sport: contention by grappling opponent
  • wrist wrestling — a form of arm wrestling in which two contenders interlock thumbs and try to force each other's hands to touch the table on which they are competing.
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