11-letter words containing s, t, i, n, g, l
- tantalising — to torment with, or as if with, the sight of something desired but out of reach; tease by arousing expectations that are repeatedly disappointed.
- telescoping — an optical instrument for making distant objects appear larger and therefore nearer. One of the two principal forms (refracting telescope) consists essentially of an objective lens set into one end of a tube and an adjustable eyepiece or combination of lenses set into the other end of a tube that slides into the first and through which the enlarged object is viewed directly; the other form (reflecting telescope) has a concave mirror that gathers light from the object and focuses it into an adjustable eyepiece or combination of lenses through which the reflection of the object is enlarged and viewed. Compare radio telescope.
- tense logic — the study of the logical properties of tense operators, and of the logical relations between sentences having tense, by means of consideration of appropriate formal systems
- the english — the natives or inhabitants of England collectively
- thingliness — the quality of having existence or of being a thing
- time signal — a signal sent electrically or by radio to indicate a precise moment of time as a means of checking or regulating timepieces.
- top slicing — mining of thick orebodies in a series of stopes from top to bottom, the roof being caved with its timbers as each stope is exhausted.
- tselinograd — a former name of Akmola.
- turing plus — Systems programming language, a concurrent descendant of Turing. Available from Holt Software Assocs, Toronto <[email protected]>.
- turn signal — A car's turn signals are the flashing lights that tell you it is going to turn left or right.
- unlightsome — without light; dark
- unlistening — not listening
- unrestingly — in an unresting manner
- unstartling — not startling
- vigilantism — a member of a vigilance committee.
- virginalist — Often, virginals. a rectangular harpsichord with the strings stretched parallel to the keyboard, the earlier types placed on a table: popular in the 16th and 17th centuries.
- vital signs — pulse, temperature, breathing, etc.
- wellingtons — Plural form of wellington.
- whistlingly — with a whistle; in a whistling manner