13-letter words containing s, i, n, g, u
- speaking tube — a tube for conveying the voice over a somewhat limited distance, as from one part of a building or ship to another.
- spermatangium — the organ that produces spermatia in red algae.
- sphagnicolous — growing in moss
- spinning mule — mule1 (def 7).
- splutteringly — in a spluttering manner
- spot reducing — the usually futile effort to exercise one part of the body, as the thighs, in hopes of reducing the amount of fat stored in that area.
- spring beauty — any American spring plant belonging to the genus Claytonia, of the purslane family, especially C. virginica, having an elongated cluster of white flowers tinged with pink.
- spring squill — a European liliaceous plant Scilla verna, having small blue or purple flowers
- spurious wing — alula (def 1).
- squanderingly — in a squandering manner
- st. augustine — Saint, a.d. 354–430, one of the Latin fathers in the early Christian Church; author; bishop of Hippo in N Africa.
- standing jump — a jump performed from a stationary position without a run-up
- stinking smut — bunt3 .
- stocking unit — A stocking unit is a measurement or number by which items are kept in inventory, for example by dozens, kilograms, or cases.
- straighten up — stand straighter
- strangulation — Pathology, Surgery. to compress or constrict (a duct, intestine, vessel, etc.) so as to prevent circulation or suppress function.
- string course — a horizontal band or course, as of stone, projecting beyond or flush with the face of a building, often molded and sometimes richly carved.
- string-puller — a person who uses his or her influence with other people to get things done, often unfairly
- stultifyingly — to make, or cause to appear, foolish or ridiculous.
- styling brush — a hairbrush used to style or neaten hair
- sub-sovereign — a monarch; a king, queen, or other supreme ruler.
- subastringent — slightly astringent.
- subcontiguous — almost touching; nearly contiguous.
- subdelegation — a group or body of delegates: Our club sent a delegation to the rally.
- subgeneration — a generation within another generation
- subjectifying — to make subjective.
- subtriangular — almost triangular;not quite triangular
- sucking louse — See under louse (def 1).
- suffocatingly — to kill by preventing the access of air to the blood through the lungs or analogous organs, as gills; strangle.
- suggestionism — the art of hypnotic suggestion
- suggestionist — a practitioner of suggestionism
- suggestionize — to treat or influence by the power of suggestion
- sulfur spring — a spring the water of which contains naturally occurring sulfur compounds.
- sunlight peak — a mountain in SW Colorado, in the San Juan Mountains. 14,059 feet (4285 meters).
- superorganism — a form of life composed of mutually interdependent parts that maintain various vital processes.
- superregional — involving many regions
- supplementing — something added to complete a thing, supply a deficiency, or reinforce or extend a whole.
- supreme being — God.
- surfing music — rock-'n'-roll music from California in the early 1960s, characterized by close treble harmonies and with lyrics emphasizing the exhilaration of surfing and beach life.
- swashbuckling — characteristic of or behaving in the manner of a swashbuckler.
- thumb-sucking — a person who habitually sucks a thumb.
- tissue typing — identification of specific genetically linked antigens in tissue in order to minimize antigenic differences between donor and recipient tissue in organ transplantation.
- toothbrushing — the act or method of cleaning the teeth with a toothbrush.
- torsion group — a group in which every element has finite order.
- trout fishing — angling to catch trout
- tumorigenesis — the production or development of tumors.
- tungstic acid — a hydrate of tungsten trioxide, H 2 WO 4 ⋅H 2 O, used in the manufacture of tungsten-lamp filaments.
- unambiguously — plainly, clearly
- unbeseemingly — in an unbeseeming or unbefitting manner
- unconsidering — not reflective or thoughtful