13-letter words containing s, t, a, g, n
- star-spangled — spangled with stars.
- starring role — a main role; the main role
- starting gate — any of various types of movable barriers for lining up and giving an equal start to the entries in a horse or dog race.
- starting grid — area marked as start of a race
- starting line — marking at beginning of a race
- starting post — the upright pole marking the beginning of a racecourse
- starting rate — (in Britain) a rate of income tax below the basic rate
- station agent — a person who manages a small railroad station.
- station wagon — an automobile with one or more rows of folding or removable seats behind the driver and no luggage compartment but an area behind the seats into which suitcases, parcels, etc., can be loaded through a tailgate.
- staying power — ability or strength to last or endure; endurance; stamina.
- steam heating — a heating system utilizing steam circulated through radiators and pipes.
- steering gear — the apparatus or mechanism for steering a ship, automobile, bicycle, airplane, etc.
- steganography — the practice of concealing messages in such a way that only the sender and the recipient know that there is a message
- steganopodous — belonging to the Stegandopodes or having all four toes webbed together
- stepparenting — parenting within a stepfamily
- sterling area — those countries having currencies whose values tend to vary directly with the rise and fall of the value of the pound sterling.
- stewing steak — Stewing steak is beef which is suitable for cooking slowly in a stew.
- stinging hair — sting (def 18).
- stock raising — the breeding and raising of livestock.
- stocking mask — a nylon stocking used, especially by a criminal, to disguise the face.
- stone massage — a form of massage using heated smooth stones
- storage organ — any swollen plant part in which food is stored, as fruit, root, or tuber.
- store manager — sb who runs a shop
- stork parking — spaces reserved in a parking lot for cars driven by pregnant women or new mothers.
- storm warning — a showing of storm signals.
- 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
- strange quark — a quark having electric charge −1/3 times the elementary charge and strangeness −1; it is more massive than the up and down quarks.
- stranger rape — sexual assault by an assailant upon a person he or she does not know.
- strangulation — Pathology, Surgery. to compress or constrict (a duct, intestine, vessel, etc.) so as to prevent circulation or suppress function.
- 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.
- strong safety — the defensive back assigned to cover the area across from the strong side of the opponent's offensive line and primarily responsible for defending against pass plays.
- strong waters — an archaic name for alcoholic drink
- student grant — a grant of money awarded to somebody to fund their studying at a university or college
- subastringent — slightly astringent.
- subdelegation — a group or body of delegates: Our club sent a delegation to the rally.
- subgeneration — a generation within another generation
- subtriangular — almost triangular;not quite triangular
- suffocatingly — to kill by preventing the access of air to the blood through the lungs or analogous organs, as gills; strangle.
- sunlight peak — a mountain in SW Colorado, in the San Juan Mountains. 14,059 feet (4285 meters).
- sweethearting — the granting of unauthorized discounts or the abetting of shoplifting by staff in a shop
- swimming bath — swimming pool.
- synallagmatic — relating to a reciprocally binding contract
- 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
- tansy ragwort — a European composite plant, Senecio jacobaea, naturalized in North America, having numerous yellow flowers.
- 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