17-letter words containing s, p, u, n, g
- queen of puddings — a pudding made of moist but firm breadcrumb and custard mixture topped with jam and meringue
- school playground — school's outdoor recreation area
- self-perpetuating — continuing oneself in office, rank, etc., beyond the normal limit.
- self-priming pump — A self-priming pump is a pump that will clear its passages of air and start pumping.
- sensitivity group — a group of persons participating in sensitivity training.
- separating funnel — a large funnel having a tap in its output tube, used to separate immiscible liquids
- shipping industry — the industry concerned with transporting freight, esp by ship
- single supplement — A single supplement is an additional sum of money that a hotel charges for one person to stay in a room meant for two people.
- sleeping quarters — the rooms where people sleep in a large building or complex or on a boat etc
- sliding vane pump — A sliding vane pump is a pump in which the vanes (=flat parts) are the main sealing element between the suction and discharge areas.
- sound spectrogram — a graphic representation, produced by a sound spectrograph, of the frequency, intensity, duration, and variation with time of the resonance of a sound or series of sounds.
- spiritual healing — faith healing
- spread your wings — if you spread your wings, you do something new and rather difficult or move to a new place, because you feel more confident in your abilities than you used to and you want to gain wider experience
- superregeneration — regeneration in which a signal is alternately amplified and quenched at a frequency slightly above the audible range to achieve high sensitivity with a single tube.
- supply management — business purchasing
- suspension bridge — a bridge having a deck suspended from cables anchored at their extremities and usually raised on towers.
- the night's a pup — it's early yet
- the upper regions — the sky; heavens
- till eulenspiegel — a legendary German peasant of the 14th century whose practical jokes yielded many stories.
- top-security wing — a wing of a prison, mental hospital, etc that has a very high level of precautions against escape
- vanity publishing — the practice of the author of a book paying all or most of the costs of its publication
- washing-up liquid — Washing-up liquid is a thick soapy liquid which you add to hot water to clean dirty dishes.
- yorkshire pudding — a pudding made of an unsweetened batter of flour, salt, eggs, and milk, baked under meat as it roasts to catch the drippings or baked separately with a small amount of meat drippings.