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15-letter words containing s, t, a, g, n

  • standing charge — fixed energy costs
  • standing orders — Military. (formerly) a general order always in force in a command and establishing uniform procedures for it; standard operating procedure.
  • start something — to cause a disturbance or trouble
  • starting blocks — the rigid blocks adjustable at an angle and mounted on a track against which a runner's shoes are placed to aid in starting
  • starting handle — a crank used to start the motor of an automobile.
  • starting pistol — a pistol used to give the signal to start a race
  • starting salary — an employee's initial rate of pay
  • starting stalls — a line of stalls in which horses are enclosed at the start of a race and from which they are released by the simultaneous springing open of retaining barriers at the front of each stall
  • steam generator — steam-producing power plant
  • steam reforming — a process in which methane from natural gas is heated, with steam, usually with a catalyst, to produce a mixture of carbon monoxide and hydrogen used in organic synthesis and as a fuel
  • steamed pudding — a traditional pudding containing fat, sugar, eggs, flour, and other ingredients, which is steamed
  • steel engraving — a method of incising letters, designs, etc., on steel.
  • step on the gas — accelerate, drive faster
  • stephen hawking — Stephen William, born 1942, English mathematician and theoretical physicist.
  • stop at nothing — to be prepared to do anything; be unscrupulous or ruthless
  • straight-acting — (of a gay person) having the mannerisms of a heterosexual person: used esp by gay people of other gay people
  • straining piece — (in a queen-post roof) a horizontal beam uniting the tops of the two queen posts, and resisting the thrust of the roof.
  • stranger danger — the potential or perceived risk posed by unknown people to children and about which it may be advisable to warn them
  • string variable — data on which arithmetical operations will not be performed
  • structural gene — cistron.
  • sturm und drang — a style or movement of German literature of the latter half of the 18th century: characterized chiefly by impetuosity of manner, exaltation of individual sensibility and intuitive perception, opposition to established forms of society and thought, and extreme nationalism.
  • subject heading — a title or heading of a category, esp in a bibliography or index
  • subject-raising — a rule that moves the subject of a complement clause into the clause in which it is embedded, as in the derivation of He is likely to be late from It is likely that he will be late
  • suborganization — an organization within a larger organization
  • sulfiting agent — sulfite (def 2).
  • summer triangle — a group of three first-magnitude stars (Deneb, Vega, and Altair) visible during the summer in the N skies
  • supergiant star — Astronomy. an exceptionally luminous star whose diameter is more than 100 times that of the sun, as Betelgeuse or Antares.
  • swallow-tanager — a tropical American bird, Tersina viridis, related to the true tanagers but with longer, swallowlike wings.
  • sweating system — the practice of employing workers in sweatshops.
  • swing both ways — to enjoy sexual partners of both sexes
  • synergistically — pertaining to, characteristic of, or resembling synergy: a synergistic effect.
  • syngeneic graft — a tissue or organ transplanted from one member of a species to another, genetically identical member of the species, as a kidney transplanted from one identical twin to the other.
  • syntax language — a metalanguage used to refer to the grammatical or other formal features of an object language.
  • tangible assets — valuable items: cash, property, etc.
  • teng hsiao-ping — Deng Xiaoping.
  • testing station — an establishment licensed to issue warrants of fitness for motor vehicles
  • tetrasporangium — a sporangium containing four asexual spores.
  • thanks offering — an offering made as an expression of thanks to God
  • the anglo-irish — the inhabitants of Ireland of English birth or descent
  • the everlasting — God
  • the saint leger — an annual horse race run at Doncaster since 1776: one of the classics of the flat-racing season
  • tiffany setting — a setting, as in a ring, in which the stone is held with prongs.
  • tintagel castle — a ruined castle on a promontory in SW England on the W coast of Cornwall, which is the legendary birthplace of King Arthur
  • tissue-matching — identification of specific genetically linked antigens in tissue in order to minimize antigenic differences between donor and recipient tissue in organ transplantation.
  • to change hands — When something changes hands, its ownership changes, usually because it is sold to someone else.
  • topgallant mast — a mast fixed to the head of a topmast on a square-rigged vessel.
  • topgallant sail — a sail or either of two sails set on the yard or yards of a topgallant mast.
  • toucan crossing — a place where people who are walking and cyclists can both cross a busy road together. They press a button at the side of the road, which operates traffic lights to stop the traffic
  • toughened glass — glass that has been made stronger using chemical or thermal treatments so that it will not break easily
  • trading profits — profits made from the buying and selling of goods and services
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