14-letter words containing t, i, l, n, g
- route flapping — flapping router
- routing policy — (networking) Rules implemented on a router or other network device to select routes from peers, customers, and upstream providers; select and modify routes you send to peers, customers and upstream providers and identify routes within your own Autonomous System.
- rummelgumption — commonsense
- rummlegumption — common sense
- running battle — When two groups of people fight a running battle, they keep attacking each other in various parts of a place.
- running lights — the lights that a ship or aircraft traveling at night is required to display
- running myrtle — the periwinkle, Vinca minor.
- saber rattling — a show or threat of military power, especially as used by a nation to impose its policies on other countries.
- saber-rattling — a show or threat of military power, especially as used by a nation to impose its policies on other countries.
- sabre-rattling — If you describe a threat, especially a threat of military action, as sabre-rattling, you do not believe that the threat will actually be carried out.
- sailing length — a measurement of a yacht, comprising its length on the water line as well as certain measurements taken from the overhangs at bow and stern.
- schoolteaching — the profession of a schoolteacher.
- scrutinizingly — in a scrutinizing manner
- sedimentologic — of or relating to sedimentology
- self-actuating — to incite or move to action; impel; motivate: actuated by selfish motives.
- self-adjusting — that adjusts itself in response to circumstances
- self-defeating — serving to frustrate, thwart, etc., one's own intention or interests: His behavior was certainly self-defeating.
- self-directing — to manage or guide by advice, helpful information, instruction, etc.: He directed the company through a difficult time.
- self-executing — going into effect immediately without the need of supplementary legislation: a self-executing treaty.
- self-indulgent — indulging one's own desires, passions, whims, etc., especially without restraint.
- self-mediating — to settle (disputes, strikes, etc.) as an intermediary between parties; reconcile.
- self-operating — automatic.
- self-restoring — to bring back into existence, use, or the like; reestablish: to restore order.
- selling plater — a horse that competes in a selling race; an inferior horse.
- selling-plater — a horse that competes in a selling race; an inferior horse.
- semi-malignant — disposed to cause harm, suffering, or distress deliberately; feeling or showing ill will or hatred.
- serpentiningly — in a winding or sinuous manner
- setting lotion — a perfumed solution of gum or a synthetic resin in a solvent, used in hairdressing to make a set last longer
- shifty-looking — having the appearance of being dishonest
- shillingsworth — the amount that can be purchased for a shilling
- shooting lodge — a country house providing accommodation for a shooting party during the shooting season
- shutting stile — the stile of a door or shutter that closes against the frame of the opening.
- side-splitting — convulsively uproarious: sidesplitting laughter.
- signature loan — a loan requiring no collateral.
- silver-tongued — persuasive; eloquent: a silver-tongued orator.
- single density — a disk with the normal capacity for storage
- single-hearted — sincere and undivided in feeling or spirit; dedicated; not reflecting mixed emotions: He was single-hearted in his patriotism.
- single-sticker — a sailboat, esp. a sloop, having only one mast
- singular point — a point at which a given function of a complex variable has no derivative but of which every neighborhood contains points at which the function has derivatives.
- slamming stile — doorstop (def 2).
- slanging match — A slanging match is an angry quarrel in which people insult each other.
- slant drilling — Slant drilling is drilling at an angle of usually 30° to 45°.
- sleeping berth — a bunk for sleeping on on a train or boat
- sleeping giant — If you refer to someone or something as a sleeping giant, you mean that they are powerful but they have not yet shown the full extent of their power.
- sliding vector — a vector having specified magnitude and lying on a given line.
- smelling salts — a preparation for smelling, essentially of ammonium carbonate with some agreeable scent, used as a stimulant and restorative.
- smooth-talking — A smooth-talking man talks very confidently in a way that is likely to persuade people, but may not be sincere or honest.
- snifting valve — a valve for releasing small quantities of steam, compressed air, or condensate, as from the cylinder of a steam engine.
- snowball fight — game: throwing balls of snow
- social tagging — the practice of generating electronic tags or keywords by users rather than specialists as a way to classify and describe online content: Social tagging can enhance students' access to online collections of art.