13-letter words containing s, t, r, u, g
- running start — Sports. a start, as in the hop, step, and jump or the running broad jump, in which a contestant begins moving before reaching the starting or take-off point.
- running story — a story continued in subsequent issues of a newspaper or magazine; serial.
- saurognathous — related to or resembling the Saurognathae family of birds that possess palate bones similar to those in saurians or lizards
- sharp-tongued — characterized by or given to harshness, bitterness, or sarcasm in speech.
- shoot through — to leave; depart
- shunting yard — a place where railway coaches are manoeuvred
- silver tongue — the characteristic of being skilful at persuading people to believe what they say or to do what they want them to do
- single-suiter — one-suiter.
- slaughterable — (of an animal) ready for slaughter
- sleep through — If you sleep through something, it does not wake you up.
- soul-stirring — arousing excitement and enthusiasm; uplifting
- south georgia — a British island in the S Atlantic, about 800 miles (1290 km) SE of the Falkland Islands. About 1000 sq. mi. (2590 sq. km).
- spermatangium — the organ that produces spermatia in red algae.
- splutteringly — in a spluttering manner
- sports ground — an area of land where sports are played
- spot reducing — the usually futile effort to exercise one part of the body, as the thighs, in hopes of reducing the amount of fat stored in that area.
- spring beauty — any American spring plant belonging to the genus Claytonia, of the purslane family, especially C. virginica, having an elongated cluster of white flowers tinged with pink.
- sprung rhythm — a poetic rhythm characterized by the use of strongly accented syllables, often in juxtaposition, accompanied by an indefinite number of unaccented syllables in each foot, of which the accented syllable is the essential component.
- sterculia gum — karaya gum.
- stereoregular — pertaining to stereochemical regularity or having repeating units in a sequential configuration
- 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.
- strangulation — Pathology, Surgery. to compress or constrict (a duct, intestine, vessel, etc.) so as to prevent circulation or suppress function.
- string course — a horizontal band or course, as of stone, projecting beyond or flush with the face of a building, often molded and sometimes richly carved.
- string-puller — a person who uses his or her influence with other people to get things done, often unfairly
- student grant — a grant of money awarded to somebody to fund their studying at a university or college
- styling brush — a hairbrush used to style or neaten hair
- sub-aggregate — formed by the conjunction or collection of particulars into a whole mass or sum; total; combined: the aggregate amount of indebtedness.
- subastringent — slightly astringent.
- subcategorize — to split into subcategories
- subgeneration — a generation within another generation
- subgovernment — the political direction and control exercised over the actions of the members, citizens, or inhabitants of communities, societies, and states; direction of the affairs of a state, community, etc.; political administration: Government is necessary to the existence of civilized society.
- subtriangular — almost triangular;not quite triangular
- sugar factory — a factory which refines sugar from organic sources into a form that can be used in cooking etc
- superdelegate — a party leader or elected public official chosen as an uncommitted delegate to a national political convention.
- supergalactic — a system of galaxies.
- superstrength — great strength
- support group — a group of people who meet regularly to support or sustain each other by discussing problems affecting them in common, as alcoholism or bereavement.
- surgical boot — a specially designed boot or shoe that compensates for deformities of the foot or leg
- sweet sorghum — sorgo.
- texas leaguer — a pop fly that falls safely between converging infielders and outfielders.
- thaumaturgist — a worker of wonders or miracles; magician.
- thorough bass — figured bass.
- through stone — perpend1 .
- toothbrushing — the act or method of cleaning the teeth with a toothbrush.
- torsion group — a group in which every element has finite order.
- 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
- trout fishing — angling to catch trout
- tumorigenesis — the production or development of tumors.
- tussock grass — any of various grasses that grow in tuftlike clumps.