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15-letter words containing s, u, n, g, e, a

  • natural english — Programming in normal, spoken English. [Sammet 1969, p.768].
  • natural wastage — Natural wastage is the process of employees leaving their jobs because they want to retire or move to other jobs, rather than because their employer makes them leave.
  • negro spiritual — a type of religious song originating among Black slaves in the American South
  • nuclear testing — the process of carrying out a test on a nuclear weapon to determine effectiveness, etc
  • nuisance ground — a garbage dump.
  • oblique sailing — the navigation of a vessel on a point of the compass other than one of the cardinal points.
  • obtuse triangle — a triangle with one obtuse angle.
  • off one's guard — to keep safe from harm or danger; protect; watch over: to guard the ruler.
  • organomagnesium — pertaining to or noting an organic compound, especially an organic halide, containing magnesium linked to carbon.
  • outstandingness — prominent; conspicuous; striking: an outstanding example of courage.
  • pedagoguishness — the quality of being pedagoguish
  • pergamentaceous — (esp of plants) resembling parchment, whether in texture or composition
  • plane surveying — the surveying of areas of limited size, making no corrections for the earth's curvature
  • plantaginaceous — relating to or belonging to the family Plantaginaceae
  • plastic surgeon — doctor who performs cosmetic surgery
  • pleasure-loving — enjoying pleasure
  • plumbaginaceous — belonging to the Plumbaginaceae, the leadwort family of plants.
  • pseudepigraphon — any book of the Pseudepigrapha
  • pseudohexagonal — of, relating to, or having the form of a hexagon.
  • pseudopregnancy — Pathology, Veterinary Pathology. false pregnancy.
  • public speaking — the act of delivering speeches in public.
  • quadragenarians — Plural form of quadragenarian.
  • quasi-sovereign — a monarch; a king, queen, or other supreme ruler.
  • queen's highway — king's highway.
  • revenue sharing — the system of disbursing part of federal tax revenues to state and local governments for their use.
  • rhesus negative — relating to blood not containing Rhesus antigen D
  • rigel kentaurus — Alpha Centauri.
  • rigil kentaurus — Astronomy. Alpha Centauri.
  • running repairs — repairs, as to a machine or vehicle, that are minor and can be made with little or no interruption in the use of the item
  • saint augustine — Saint, a.d. 354–430, one of the Latin fathers in the early Christian Church; author; bishop of Hippo in N Africa.
  • santa gertrudis — one of an American breed of beef cattle, developed from Shorthorn and Brahman stock for endurance to torrid temperatures.
  • sauce espagnole — brown sauce.
  • sausage machine — a machine for making sausages
  • sausage turning — turning of members to resemble a continuous row of sausages flattened at the ends.
  • scrounge around — to borrow (a small amount or item) with no intention of repaying or returning it: to scrounge a cigarette.
  • sebaceous gland — any of the cutaneous glands that secrete oily matter for lubricating hair and skin.
  • second language — a language learned by a person after his or her native language, especially as a resident of an area where it is in general use.
  • secondary group — a group of people with whom one's contacts are detached and impersonal.
  • self-regulating — adjusting, ruling, or governing itself without outside interference; operating or functioning without externally imposed controls or regulations: a self-regulating economy; the self-regulating market.
  • self-regulation — control by oneself or itself, as in an economy, business organization, etc., especially such control as exercised independently of governmental supervision, laws, or the like.
  • self-sustaining — self-supporting.
  • silver quandong — an Australian tree, Elaeocarpus grandis: family Elaeocarpaceae
  • sleeping beauty — a beautiful princess, the heroine of a popular fairy tale, awakened from a charmed sleep by the kiss of the prince who is her true love.
  • snapping turtle — either of two large, edible, freshwater turtles of the family Chelydridae, of North and Central America, having a large head and powerful hooked jaws, especially the common snapping turtle, Chelydra serpentina.
  • sound deadening — a process or material that reduces the resonance or volume of sound
  • source language — the language in which a text appears that is to be translated into another language. Compare target language (def 1).
  • steamed pudding — a traditional pudding containing fat, sugar, eggs, flour, and other ingredients, which is steamed
  • structural gene — cistron.
  • sub-machine gun — a lightweight automatic or semiautomatic gun, fired from the shoulder or hip.
  • subject heading — a title or heading of a category, esp in a bibliography or index
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