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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. augustineSaint, 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
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