15-letter words containing s, i, n, t, r
- spratly islands — a widely-scattered group of uninhabited islets and reefs in the S South China Sea, the subject of territorial claims wholly or in part by six neighbouring nations
- spring mattress — a mattress containing an arrangement of spiral springs
- spring training — a program of physical exercise, practice, and exhibition games followed by a baseball team in the late winter and early spring, before the start of the regular season.
- stage direction — an instruction written into the script of a play, indicating stage actions, movements of performers, or production requirements.
- stain resistant — (of a fabric, carpet, surface, etc) designed or having added chemicals in order to be resistant to being stained or marked
- stamping ground — a habitual or favorite haunt.
- standard lining — a system for aligning type so that all fonts of the same point size have a common baseline.
- standardization — to bring to or make of an established standard size, weight, quality, strength, or the like: to standardize manufactured parts.
- standing charge — fixed energy costs
- standing orders — Military. (formerly) a general order always in force in a command and establishing uniform procedures for it; standard operating procedure.
- star attraction — the main or most popular attraction, as of a tourist destination, etc
- star connection — a connection used in a polyphase electrical device or system of devices in which the windings each have one end connected to a common junction, the star point, and the other end to a separate terminal
- start something — to cause a disturbance or trouble
- starting blocks — the rigid blocks adjustable at an angle and mounted on a track against which a runner's shoes are placed to aid in starting
- starting handle — a crank used to start the motor of an automobile.
- starting pistol — a pistol used to give the signal to start a race
- starting salary — an employee's initial rate of pay
- starting stalls — a line of stalls in which horses are enclosed at the start of a race and from which they are released by the simultaneous springing open of retaining barriers at the front of each stall
- starvation diet — insufficient food to stay alive
- station officer — a person who is in charge of a fire station
- stationary wave — standing wave.
- steam reforming — a process in which methane from natural gas is heated, with steam, usually with a catalyst, to produce a mixture of carbon monoxide and hydrogen used in organic synthesis and as a fuel
- steel engraving — a method of incising letters, designs, etc., on steel.
- steering column — the shaft that connects the steering wheel to the steering gear assembly of an automotive vehicle.
- sterling silver — of, relating to, or noting British money: The sterling equivalent is #5.50.
- steroidogenesis — the formation of steroids, as by the adrenal cortex, testes, and ovaries.
- sticky-fingered — given to thieving
- stillson wrench — a large wrench having adjustable jaws that tighten as the pressure on the handle is increased
- stilpnosiderite — a resinous variety of limonite with a black-brown colour
- 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.
- stomping ground — a habitual or favorite haunt.
- stony meteorite — any of various meteorites composed mainly of rock-forming silicates, especially olivine, plagioclase, and pyroxene, and classified as achondrites or chondrites.
- storm insurance — insurance cover against damage caused by windstorms
- straight-acting — (of a gay person) having the mannerisms of a heterosexual person: used esp by gay people of other gay people
- straining piece — (in a queen-post roof) a horizontal beam uniting the tops of the two queen posts, and resisting the thrust of the roof.
- strait of canso — a channel in Canada, between the Nova Scotia mainland and S Cape Breton Island
- strait of tiran — a strait between the Gulf of Aqaba and the Red Sea. Length: 16 km (10 miles). Width: 8 km (5 miles)
- streamline flow — the flow of a fluid past an object such that the velocity at any fixed point in the fluid is constant or varies in a regular manner.
- street accident — a traffic accident
- street fighting — violent and illegal fighting between individuals or groups
- street lighting — the provision of lighting at night in public places to illuminate the streets
- street ministry — the vocation of a church worker, clergyman, or the like who frequents public places in an attempt to help runaways, prostitutes, or others on the margins of society.
- stress position — an enforced body position, applied esp in the interrogation of detainees, which causes the victim pain by concentrating a large amount of his or her weight on a small number of muscles, joints, etc
- stretch a point — a sharp or tapering end, as of a dagger.
- striking circle — the semicircular area in front of each goal, which an attacking player must have entered before scoring a goal
- string together — arrange coherently
- 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
- strontium oxide — a white insoluble solid substance used in making strontium salts and purifying sugar. Formula: SrO