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14-letter words containing t, a, n, g, e

  • stalking-horse — a horse, or a figure of a horse, behind which a hunter hides in stalking game.
  • stalling angle — critical angle (def 2).
  • stand the gaff — harsh treatment or criticism: All the gaff he took never made him bitter.
  • standard gauge — a standard of measure or measurement.
  • standard grade — (formerly, in Scotland) a type of examination designed to test skills and the application of knowledge, replaced O grade
  • standing order — Military. (formerly) a general order always in force in a command and establishing uniform procedures for it; standard operating procedure.
  • standing water — still water that has stagnated
  • stanovoi range — a mountain range in SE Russia; forms part of the watershed between rivers flowing to the Arctic and the Pacific. Highest peak: Mount Skalisty, 2482 m (8143 ft)
  • starting price — gambling odds
  • state religion — the official religion of a state as established by law.
  • states general — the parliament of the Netherlands, consisting of an upper chamber (First Chamber) and a lower chamber (Second Chamber)
  • states-general — the parliament of the Netherlands, consisting of an upper chamber (First Chamber) and a lower chamber (Second Chamber)
  • stay the night — If you stay the night in a place, you sleep there for one night.
  • steam cracking — Steam cracking is the main method of breaking down large molecules of hydrocarbons, in which a gaseous or liquid hydrocarbon is diluted with steam and then heated.
  • steeplechasing — a horse race over a turf course furnished with artificial ditches, hedges, and other obstacles over which the horses must jump.
  • steganographer — an expert in steganography
  • steganographic — of, or pertaining to, steganography
  • stegocephalian — an extinct, pre-Jurassic amphibian
  • sticking place — Also called sticking point. the place or point at which something stops and holds firm.
  • stinking cedar — an evergreen tree, Torreya taxifolia, of the yew family, native to Florida, having rank-smelling foliage and dark-green, egg-shaped fruit.
  • stock exchange — a building or place where stocks and other securities are bought and sold.
  • stock watering — the creation of more new shares in a company than is justified by its assets
  • stocking frame — a type of knitting machine
  • stopping place — a place where vehicles may stop temporarily
  • straight angle — the angle formed by two radii of a circle that are drawn to the extremities of an arc equal to one half of the circle; an angle of 180°.
  • straighten out — make straighter
  • strange to say — surprisingly
  • strikebreaking — action directed at breaking up a strike of workers.
  • string quartet — a musical composition, usually in three or four movements, for four stringed instruments, typically two violins, viola, and cello.
  • sturgeon's law — "Ninety percent of everything is crap". Derived from a quote by science fiction author Theodore Sturgeon, who once said, "Sure, 90% of science fiction is crud. That's because 90% of everything is crud." Oddly, when Sturgeon's Law is cited, the final word is almost invariably changed to "crap". Compare Ninety-Ninety Rule. Though this maxim originated in SF fandom, most hackers recognise it and are all too aware of its truth.
  • sturmabteilung — a political militia of the Nazi party, organized about 1923 and notorious for its violence and terrorism up to 1934, when it was purged and reorganized as an instrument of physical training and political indoctrination of German men; Brown Shirts.
  • subaggregation — a subtotalling
  • summer tanager — a tanager, Piranga rubra, of the south and central U.S., the male of which is rose-red, the female olive-green above and yellow below.
  • supererogation — to do more than duty requires.
  • suprasegmental — above, beyond, or in addition to a segment.
  • swing the lead — to malinger or make up excuses
  • sync-generator — an electronic generator that supplies synchronizing pulses to television scanning and transmitting equipment.
  • tablet coating — A tablet coating is a covering over a tablet, used to mask the taste, make it easier to swallow, or protect the active medication inside.
  • take a meeting — to attend a business conference
  • take soundings — to try to find out people's opinions on a subject
  • tanen taunggyi — a mountain range in NW Thailand and SE Burma, rising to a height of 7000 feet (2134 meters).
  • tangata whenua — the indigenous Māori people of a particular area of New Zealand or of the country as a whole
  • tape recording — sound reproduction on cassette
  • tariff heading — the description of a product attached to a tariff line
  • tax-collecting — the collection of taxes owed by individuals
  • tayside region — a former local government region in E Scotland: formed in 1975 from Angus, Kinross-shire, and most of Perthshire; replaced in 1996 by the council areas of Angus, City of Dundee, and Perth and Kinross
  • teaching elder — a minister in a Presbyterian church.
  • teaching staff — those members of staff in a school, college, or university who teach
  • telangiectasis — chronic dilatation of the capillaries and other small blood vessels.
  • televangelical — relating to televangelism
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