14-letter words containing s, t, a, g, e
- steeplechasing — a horse race over a turf course furnished with artificial ditches, hedges, and other obstacles over which the horses must jump.
- steganographer — an expert in steganography
- steganographic — of, or pertaining to, steganography
- stegocephalian — an extinct, pre-Jurassic amphibian
- stegocephalous — having the characteristics of the order Stegocephala
- sticking place — Also called sticking point. the place or point at which something stops and holds firm.
- stigmatiferous — (of a plant) having a stigma
- stinking cedar — an evergreen tree, Torreya taxifolia, of the yew family, native to Florida, having rank-smelling foliage and dark-green, egg-shaped fruit.
- stock exchange — a building or place where stocks and other securities are bought and sold.
- stock watering — the creation of more new shares in a company than is justified by its assets
- stockbrokerage — a stockbroker's work or business
- stocking frame — a type of knitting machine
- stopping place — a place where vehicles may stop temporarily
- storage device — a device used to store digital data or information, as a hard disk or CD.
- storage heater — an electrical device capable of accumulating and radiating heat generated by off-peak electricity
- straight angle — the angle formed by two radii of a circle that are drawn to the extremities of an arc equal to one half of the circle; an angle of 180°.
- straight poker — one of the original forms of poker in which players are dealt five cards face down, upon which they bet and then have the showdown without drawing any cards.
- straight-ahead — not deviating from what is usual or expected; conventional or traditional; standard: a straight-ahead novel with a happy ending.
- straight-faced — a serious or impassive facial expression that conceals one's true feelings about something, especially a desire to laugh.
- straight-laced — strait-laced (sense 2)
- straighten out — make straighter
- straightjacket — to put in or as in a straitjacket: Her ambition was straitjacketed by her family.
- strange to say — surprisingly
- strike a light — to ignite something, esp a match, by friction
- strikebreaking — action directed at breaking up a strike of workers.
- string quartet — a musical composition, usually in three or four movements, for four stringed instruments, typically two violins, viola, and cello.
- sturgeon's law — "Ninety percent of everything is crap". Derived from a quote by science fiction author Theodore Sturgeon, who once said, "Sure, 90% of science fiction is crud. That's because 90% of everything is crud." Oddly, when Sturgeon's Law is cited, the final word is almost invariably changed to "crap". Compare Ninety-Ninety Rule. Though this maxim originated in SF fandom, most hackers recognise it and are all too aware of its truth.
- sturmabteilung — a political militia of the Nazi party, organized about 1923 and notorious for its violence and terrorism up to 1934, when it was purged and reorganized as an instrument of physical training and political indoctrination of German men; Brown Shirts.
- subaggregation — a subtotalling
- sugar diabetes — diabetes mellitus
- sugar the pill — to make something unpleasant more agreeable by adding something pleasant
- summer tanager — a tanager, Piranga rubra, of the south and central U.S., the male of which is rose-red, the female olive-green above and yellow below.
- supererogation — to do more than duty requires.
- supererogatory — going beyond the requirements of duty.
- suprasegmental — above, beyond, or in addition to a segment.
- swing the lead — to malinger or make up excuses
- sync-generator — an electronic generator that supplies synchronizing pulses to television scanning and transmitting equipment.
- system program — a program, as an operating system, compiler, or utility program, that controls some aspect of the operation of a computer (opposed to application program).
- take soundings — to try to find out people's opinions on a subject
- tate galleries — two art galleries in London, the original Tate Gallery (1897), now Tate Britain, and Tate Modern, created in the former Bankside power station in 2000
- tayside region — a former local government region in E Scotland: formed in 1975 from Angus, Kinross-shire, and most of Perthshire; replaced in 1996 by the council areas of Angus, City of Dundee, and Perth and Kinross
- teaching staff — those members of staff in a school, college, or university who teach
- telangiectasis — chronic dilatation of the capillaries and other small blood vessels.
- tendovaginitis — the swelling of both a tendon and its sheath
- tensor bandage — a wide elasticized bandage that supports injured joints
- tergiversation — to change repeatedly one's attitude or opinions with respect to a cause, subject, etc.; equivocate.
- tergiversatory — to change repeatedly one's attitude or opinions with respect to a cause, subject, etc.; equivocate.
- test marketing — to offer (a new product) for sale, usually in a limited area, in order to ascertain and evaluate consumer response.
- texas longhorn — one of a breed of long-horned beef cattle of the southwestern U.S., developed from cattle introduced into North America from Spain and valued for disease resistance, fecundity, and a historical association with the old West: now rare.
- text messaging — sending typed mobile phone messages