11-letter words containing s, i, t, n, g, p
- stipulating — to make an express demand or arrangement as a condition of agreement (often followed by for).
- stockpiling — the activity of acquiring and storing a large quantity of something
- strap hinge — a hinge having a flap, especially a long one, attached to one face of a door or the like.
- strap-hinge — a hinge having a flap, especially a long one, attached to one face of a door or the like.
- stringpiece — a long, usually horizontal piece of timber, beam, etc., for strengthening, connecting, or supporting a framework.
- strongpoint — a fortified defensive position; stronghold.
- superstring — any supersymmetric string theory in which each type of elementary particle is treated as a vibration of a single fundamental string (superstring) at a particular frequency.
- supplanting — to take the place of (another), as through force, scheming, strategy, or the like.
- suppurating — to produce or discharge pus, as a wound; maturate.
- telescoping — an optical instrument for making distant objects appear larger and therefore nearer. One of the two principal forms (refracting telescope) consists essentially of an objective lens set into one end of a tube and an adjustable eyepiece or combination of lenses set into the other end of a tube that slides into the first and through which the enlarged object is viewed directly; the other form (reflecting telescope) has a concave mirror that gathers light from the object and focuses it into an adjustable eyepiece or combination of lenses through which the reflection of the object is enlarged and viewed. Compare radio telescope.
- top slicing — mining of thick orebodies in a series of stopes from top to bottom, the roof being caved with its timbers as each stope is exhausted.
- topdressing — an application of fertiliser to soil
- townscaping — the act of designing a town
- transpiring — to occur; happen; take place.
- transposing — the act of transposing
- trypsinogen — a precursor of trypsin that is secreted by the pancreas and is activated to trypsin in the small intestine.
- turing plus — Systems programming language, a concurrent descendant of Turing. Available from Holt Software Assocs, Toronto <[email protected]>.
- typecasting — the practice of casting an actor repeatedly in the same kind of role, esp because of his or physical appearance or previous success in such roles
- typesetting — the process or action of setting an article, book, or other printed matter into type.
- uprightness — erect or vertical, as in position or posture.
- uptightness — the quality or state of being uptight
- watchspring — the main spring inside a watch