14-letter words containing s, i, t, n, g, p
- quintus prolog — (language, product) A version of Prolog developed by Quintus. Development of Quintus Prolog had transferred to the Swedish Institute of Computer Science by December 1998. Telephone: +1 (800) 542 1283.
- quota sampling — a method of conducting market research in which the sample is selected according to a quota-system based on such factors as age, sex, social class, etc
- rite of spring — French Le Sacre du Printemps. a ballet suite (1913) for orchestra by Igor Stravinsky.
- run up against — If you run up against problems, you suddenly begin to experience them.
- sauropterygian — any of various Mesozoic marine reptiles of the superorder Sauropterygia, including the suborder Plesiosauria.
- self-operating — automatic.
- selling plater — a horse that competes in a selling race; an inferior horse.
- selling-plater — a horse that competes in a selling race; an inferior horse.
- septuagenarian — of the age of 70 years or between 70 and 80 years old.
- serpentiningly — in a winding or sinuous manner
- sewing pattern — a guide or diagram that you follow to make clothes or other things using a needle and thread
- shipping agent — a person or company whose business is to prepare shipping documents, arrange shipping space and insurance, and deal with customs requirements
- shooting party — a social gathering when people shoot game together
- shooting spree — a series of shootings by a mad person
- side-splitting — convulsively uproarious: sidesplitting laughter.
- singular point — a point at which a given function of a complex variable has no derivative but of which every neighborhood contains points at which the function has derivatives.
- sitting pretty — (of a bird) occupying a nest of eggs for hatching.
- sleeping berth — a bunk for sleeping on on a train or boat
- sleeping giant — If you refer to someone or something as a sleeping giant, you mean that they are powerful but they have not yet shown the full extent of their power.
- something's up — something is amiss
- sophisticating — a sophisticated person.
- spanish guitar — acoustic guitar.
- sparring match — a practice boxing match
- speaking terms — if you are on speaking terms with someone, you are quite friendly with them and often talk to them
- spermatogonium — one of the undifferentiated germ cells giving rise to spermatocytes.
- spine-tingling — A spine-tingling film or piece of music is enjoyable because it causes you to feel a strong emotion such as excitement or fear.
- spirit rapping — a form of communication between living persons and the spirits of deceased persons by tapping out messages on a table, board, or the like.
- spirit writing — writing allegedly produced by spirits or supernatural forces.
- spit and image — a person who bears a strong physical resemblance to another, esp to a relative
- spitting cobra — any cobra or cobralike snake, especially the ringhals, that sprays venom at the eyes of approaching animals.
- spitting image — spit1 (def 13).
- splinter group — a small organization that becomes separated from or acts apart from an original larger group or a number of other small groups, with which it would normally be united, as because of disagreement.
- sporting house — Older Use. a brothel.
- spread betting — Spread betting is a form of gambling that involves predicting a range of possible scores or results rather than one particular score or result.
- sprightfulness — the condition or quality of being sprightful
- starting point — place where sth begins
- starting price — gambling odds
- steeplechasing — a horse race over a turf course furnished with artificial ditches, hedges, and other obstacles over which the horses must jump.
- steganographic — of, or pertaining to, steganography
- stegocephalian — an extinct, pre-Jurassic amphibian
- stepping stone — stone: used to cross water
- sticking place — Also called sticking point. the place or point at which something stops and holds firm.
- sticking point — a point, detail, or circumstance causing or likely to cause a stalemate or impasse: The bill would have gone through the Senate quickly but for one sticking point.
- stopping place — a place where vehicles may stop temporarily
- stopping power — a measure of the effect a substance has on the kinetic energy of a particle passing through it
- stopping train — a train that stops at local stations as well as the main ones
- storming party — a group deployed to make the first assault on a position or building
- striking price — in an option contract, the specified price at which a stock, commodity, etc. may be bought or sold; the price at which an investor can exercise profitably a put or call
- string-pulling — the use of one's influence with other people to get things done, often unfairly
- strip cropping — the growing of different crops on alternate strips of ground that usually follow the contour of the land, a recourse to minimize erosion.