14-letter words containing t, i, g, l, o
- sovietological — of or relating to Sovietology
- spectrological — relating to spectres or spectrology
- splinter group — a small organization that becomes separated from or acts apart from an original larger group or a number of other small groups, with which it would normally be united, as because of disagreement.
- stagflationary — of, caused by, or relating to, stagflation
- stalking horse — If you describe a person or thing as a stalking horse, you mean that it is being used to obtain a temporary advantage so that someone can get what they really want.
- stalking-horse — a horse, or a figure of a horse, behind which a hunter hides in stalking game.
- starting block — a device used by runners, especially sprinters, for increasing their speed off the mark, consisting of a metal or wooden frame, usually secured to the ground at both ends, with adjustable, triangular-shaped blocks on each side for bracing the feet.
- state religion — the official religion of a state as established by law.
- stegocephalian — an extinct, pre-Jurassic amphibian
- stigmatophilia — a love for body piercing or tattooing that is accompanied by sexual arousal
- stopping place — a place where vehicles may stop temporarily
- styling mousse — a light foamy substance applied to the hair before styling in order to retain the shape of the style
- survivor guilt — feelings of guilt for having survived a catastrophe in which others died.
- 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.
- tax-collecting — the collection of taxes owed by individuals
- teleprocessing — computerized processing and transmission of data over the telephone or other long-distance communications systems.
- tenpin bowling — Tenpin bowling is a game in which you roll a heavy ball down a narrow track toward a group of wooden objects and try to knock down as many of them as possible.
- terminological — the system of terms belonging or peculiar to a science, art, or specialized subject; nomenclature: the terminology of botany.
- thanatological — relating to thanatology, the study of death and dying
- the footlights — the theater, or acting as a profession
- the guillotine — a device for beheading persons, consisting of a weighted blade set between two upright posts
- theriogenology — the branch of veterinary medicine encompassing all aspects of reproduction.
- thought police — a group of people with totalitarian views on a given subject, who constantly monitor others for any deviation from prescribed thinking
- thread rolling — the production of a screw thread by a rolling swaging process using hardened profiled rollers. Rolled threads are stronger than threads machined by a cutting tool
- throw light on — something that makes things visible or affords illumination: All colors depend on light.
- to overflowing — If a place or container is filled to overflowing, it is so full of people or things that no more can fit in.
- to ring a bell — If you say that something rings a bell, you mean that it reminds you of something, but you cannot remember exactly what it is.
- to sb's liking — If something is to your liking, it suits your interests, tastes, or wishes.
- to strike gold — If you strike gold, you find, do, or produce something that brings you a lot of money or success.
- tongue-lashing — severe scolding
- torture flight — a flight used to carry out extraordinary rendition
- total fighting — a combat sport in which very few restrictions are placed on the type of blows or tactics that may be used
- trailing phlox — a prostrate plant, Phlox nivalis, of the southeastern U.S., having pink or white flowers.
- transit lounge — a waiting room at an international airport used mainly by passengers transferring from one flight to another without presenting themselves to customs or immigration officials
- transportingly — in a way to be transported or to transport
- traumatologist — a branch of surgery dealing with major wounds caused by accidents or violence.
- tropologically — in a way which uses figurative language
- tubal ligation — a method of permanent sterilization for women, involving the surgical sealing of the fallopian tubes to prevent the ovum from passing from the ovary to the uterus.
- tutorial group — a small grouping of students given intensive tuition by a tutor
- twilight hours — the period in which there occurs soft diffused light due to the sun being just below the horizon, esp following sunset
- twilight world — a situation of confusion or uncertainty, which seems to exist between two different states or categories
- ultimogeniture — postremogeniture.
- uncongeniality — the condition of being uncongenial
- undogmatically — in an undogmatic manner
- unegoistically — pertaining to or of the nature of egoism.
- vaulting horse — a padded, somewhat cylindrical floor-supported apparatus, braced horizontally at an adjustable height, used for hand support and pushing off in vaulting.
- vistula lagoon — a shallow lagoon on the SW coast of the Baltic Sea, between Danzig and Kaliningrad, crossed by the border between Poland and Russia
- vitellogenesis — the process by which the yolk is formed and accumulated in the ovum.
- vitilitigation — contention or backbiting
- vulvovaginitis — inflammation of the vulva and vagina.