18-letter words containing t, g, s

super giant slalom — a slalom race in which the course is longer and has more widely spaced gates than in a giant slalom.
super middleweight — a boxer weighing up to 168 pounds (75.6 kg), between middleweight and light heavyweight.
superstring theory — any supersymmetric string theory in which each type of elementary particle is treated as a vibration of a single fundamental string (superstring) at a particular frequency.
supporting actress — an actress playing a supporting role
supraorbital ridge — browridge.
sustaining program — a radio or television program without a commercial sponsor.
swarm intelligence — the collective behaviour of a group of animals, esp social insects such as ants, bees, and termites, that are each following very basic rules
swedish gymnastics — a system of passive and active exercising of muscles and joints
sweet vernal grass — a Eurasian meadow grass, Anthoxanthum odoratum, found throughout North America, having clusters of brownish-green flowers.
sweptwing aircraft — an aircraft which has wings that are swept (usually) backwards
sympathetic string — a thin wire string, as in various obsolete musical instruments, designed to vibrate sympathetically with the bowed or plucked strings to reinforce the sound.
synthetic geometry — elementary geometry, as distinct from analytic geometry.
system-programming — a program, as an operating system, compiler, or utility program, that controls some aspect of the operation of a computer (opposed to application program).
systems programmer — a person whose job is to program systems software
take to one's legs — to run away
teaching assistant — a graduate student in a college or university who is the recipient of a teaching fellowship. Abbreviation: TA.
technical sergeant — a noncommissioned officer ranking below a master sergeant and above a staff sergeant.
the class struggle — the continual conflict between the capitalist and working classes for economic and political power
the damage is done — If you say 'the damage is done', you mean that it is too late now to prevent the harmful effects of something that has already happened.
the hunger marches — a number of processions by unemployed workers in the 1930s to protest against unemployment and deprivation
the intelligentsia — the educated or intellectual people in a society or community
the magnolia state — a nickname referring to Mississippi
the middle passage — the journey across the Atlantic Ocean from the W coast of Africa to the Caribbean: the longest part of the journey of the slave ships sailing to the Caribbean or the Americas
the nether regions — the genitals
the passenger seat — the seat used by a passenger of a car, beside the driver
there's no telling — You use there's no telling to introduce a statement when you want to say that it is impossible to know what will happen in a situation.
tighten one's belt — a band of flexible material, as leather or cord, for encircling the waist.
to be caught short — If you are caught short or are taken short, you feel a sudden strong need to urinate, especially when you cannot easily find a toilet.
to get a bad press — If someone or something gets a bad press, they are criticized, especially in the newspapers, on television, or on radio. If they get a good press, they are praised.
to get wind of sth — If you get wind of something, you hear about it, especially when someone else did not want you to know about it.
to gird your loins — If you gird your loins, you prepare to do something difficult or dangerous.
to gussy sb/sth up — to give (a person or thing) a smarter or more interesting appearance
to one's advantage — If you use or turn something to your advantage, you use it in order to benefit from it, especially when it might be expected to harm or damage you.
to scrape a living — If you say that someone scrapes a living or scratches a living, you mean that they manage to earn enough to live on, but it is very difficult. In American English, you say they scrape out a living or scratch out a living.
to spill your guts — if someone spills their guts, they tell you everything about something secret or private
to stop at nothing — If you say that someone will stop at nothing to get something, you are emphasizing that they are willing to do things that are extreme, wrong, or dangerous in order to get it.
torsion-free group — a group in which every element other than the identity has infinite order.
transcendental ego — (in Kantian epistemology) that part of the self that is the subject and never the object.
transfer passenger — a traveller who changes from one plane, train, or bus to another, or to another form of transport
translation agency — an organization that provide people to translate speech or writing into a different language
transmogrification — to change in appearance or form, especially strangely or grotesquely; transform.
transporter bridge — a bridge for carrying passengers and vehicles by means of a platform suspended from a trolley.
traveling salesman — a male representative of a business firm who travels in an assigned territory soliciting orders for a company's products or services.
treaty obligations — obligations or duties that must be carried out by a party as according to a treaty they have entered into
triangle of forces — a triangle whose sides represent the magnitudes and directions of three forces whose resultant is zero and which are therefore in equilibrium
tune someone grief — to annoy or harass someone
ultrasonic testing — the scanning of material with an ultrasonic beam, during which reflections from faults in the material can be detected: a powerful nondestructive test method
ultrasonic welding — the use of high-energy vibration of ultrasonic frequency to produce a weld between two components which are held in close contact
under the aegis of — guided or protected by
under-registration — the act of registering.

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