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13-letter words containing s, t, a, g, e, i

  • stoppage time — In soccer and some other sports, stoppage time is the period of time that is added to the end of a game because play was stopped during the game as a result of, for example, injuries to players.
  • straight face — a serious or impassive facial expression that conceals one's true feelings about something, especially a desire to laugh.
  • straight time — the time or number of hours established as standard for a specific work period in a particular industry, usually computed on the basis of a workweek and fixed variously from 35 to 40 hours.
  • straight-edge — advocating abstinence from alcohol, cigarettes, drugs, and sex and sometimes advocating vegetarianism.
  • straight-line — (of a machine) having components that are arranged in a row or that move in a straight line when in operation
  • straighten up — stand straighter
  • strategic fit — (in business) the degree to which the activities of different sections of a business or businesses working together complement one another to achieve competitive advantage and business success
  • strategically — pertaining to, characterized by, or of the nature of strategy: strategic movements.
  • string player — a person who plays an instrument of the violin family.
  • stringer bead — a small, usually round object of glass, wood, stone, or the like with a hole through it, often strung with others of its kind in necklaces, rosaries, etc.
  • subastringent — slightly astringent.
  • subcategorize — to split into subcategories
  • subcollegiate — of, relating to, or characteristic of subcollege students or a subcollege
  • subdelegation — a group or body of delegates: Our club sent a delegation to the rally.
  • subgeneration — a generation within another generation
  • sunlight peak — a mountain in SW Colorado, in the San Juan Mountains. 14,059 feet (4285 meters).
  • supergalactic — a system of galaxies.
  • swagger stick — a short, batonlike stick, usually leather-covered, sometimes carried by army officers, soldiers, etc.
  • sweethearting — the granting of unauthorized discounts or the abetting of shoplifting by staff in a shop
  • synthesis gas — any of several gaseous mixtures consisting essentially of carbon monoxide and hydrogen, used in the synthesis of chemical compounds, as ammonia and alcohols.
  • table setting — a set of cutlery, glasses, napkin, etc. for one person, as used on a table
  • taphrogenesis — the process of forming rifts, resulting in regional faulting and subsidence
  • telediagnosis — the detection of a disease by evaluating data transmitted to a receiving station from instruments monitoring a distant patient, as someone in a spacecraft.
  • televangelism — Christian preaching on TV
  • televangelist — an evangelist who regularly conducts religious services on television.
  • tenovaginitis — the inflammation of the sheath around a tendon
  • teratogenesis — the production or induction of malformations or monstrosities, especially of a developing embryo or fetus.
  • tergiversator — to change repeatedly one's attitude or opinions with respect to a cause, subject, etc.; equivocate.
  • the highlands — mountainous region occupying nearly all of the N half of Scotland
  • thermostating — a device, including a relay actuated by thermal conduction or convection, that functions to establish and maintain a desired temperature automatically or signals a change in temperature for manual adjustment.
  • thigh-slapper — a very funny joke, remark, story, or incident.
  • to go apeshit — to become crazy, enraged, or out of control
  • trade figures — a record of how much a country has paid for goods which it has bought from other countries, compared with how much it has been paid for goods which it has sold to other countries
  • training shoe — Training shoes are the same as trainers.
  • transgression — an act of transgressing; violation of a law, command, etc.; sin.
  • transgressive — to violate a law, command, moral code, etc.; offend; sin.
  • understaffing — the condition of being understaffed or of lacking a number of employees
  • understanding — mental process of a person who comprehends; comprehension; personal interpretation: My understanding of the word does not agree with yours.
  • unstigmatized — to set some mark of disgrace or infamy upon: The crime of the father stigmatized the whole family.
  • untrespassing — not trespassing or infringing
  • ustilagineous — belonging to the Ustilaginales, an order of fungi that cause plant disease
  • vegetarianism — the beliefs or practices of a vegetarian.
  • vestal virgin — (in ancient Rome) one of four, later six, virgins consecrated to Vesta and to the tending of the sacred fire on her altar.
  • visiting team — sports team playing away from home ground
  • wasting asset — an unreplaceable business asset of limited life, such as a coal mine or an oil well
  • water-soaking — to soak or saturate with water.
  • watering spot — watering hole
  • wedding feast — a meal served to celebrate a wedding
  • wellingtonias — Plural form of wellingtonia.
  • west germanic — a subbranch of Germanic that includes English, Frisian, Flemish, Dutch, Plattdeutsch, Yiddish, and German. Abbreviation: WGmc.
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