14-letter words containing t, i, n, g
- stigmatization — to set some mark of disgrace or infamy upon: The crime of the father stigmatized the whole family.
- stinking cedar — an evergreen tree, Torreya taxifolia, of the yew family, native to Florida, having rank-smelling foliage and dark-green, egg-shaped fruit.
- stinking roger — any of various plants having an unpleasant odor.
- stirling cycle — a highly efficient thermodynamic cycle in which air or an inert gas is compressed and expanded
- 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
- stopping power — a measure of the effect a substance has on the kinetic energy of a particle passing through it
- stopping train — a train that stops at local stations as well as the main ones
- storming party — a group deployed to make the first assault on a position or building
- 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°.
- straight chain — an open chain of atoms, usually carbon, with no side chains attached to it.
- straight joint — a vertical joint in brickwork that is directly above a vertical joint in the course below
- straight-chain — an open chain of atoms, usually carbon, with no side chains attached to it.
- straighten out — make straighter
- straining arch — an arch for resisting thrusts, as in a flying buttress.
- straining sill — (in a roof with a queen post) a compression member lying along the tie beam and separating the feet of the struts.
- strikebreaking — action directed at breaking up a strike of workers.
- striking price — in an option contract, the specified price at which a stock, commodity, etc. may be bought or sold; the price at which an investor can exercise profitably a put or call
- striking train — the gear train of the striking mechanism of a timepiece.
- string quartet — a musical composition, usually in three or four movements, for four stringed instruments, typically two violins, viola, and cello.
- string-pulling — the use of one's influence with other people to get things done, often unfairly
- strip cropping — the growing of different crops on alternate strips of ground that usually follow the contour of the land, a recourse to minimize erosion.
- strip lighting — Strip lighting is a method of lighting which uses long tubes rather than light bulbs.
- strip planting — the growing of different crops on alternate strips of ground that usually follow the contour of the land, a recourse to minimize erosion.
- 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.
- styling mousse — a light foamy substance applied to the hair before styling in order to retain the shape of the style
- subaggregation — a subtotalling
- subcontracting — outsourcing of contract work
- suggestion box — receptacle for customers' comments
- suggestiveness — that suggests; referring to other thoughts, persons, etc.: His recommendation was suggestive of his boss's thinking.
- summit meeting — a meeting or conference of heads of state, especially to conduct diplomatic negotiations and ease international tensions.
- sunday trading — the fact of opening a shop or business on a Sunday
- supererogation — to do more than duty requires.
- supplicatingly — in a pleading manner
- support buying — buying carried out to support an exchange rate
- sweet nothings — terms of endearment
- swimming baths — an indoor swimming pool
- swing the lead — to malinger or make up excuses
- swinging voter — a person who does not vote consistently for any single political party
- switch selling — a system of selling, now illegal in Britain, whereby potential customers are attracted by a special offer on some goods but the salesman's real aim is to sell other more expensive goods instead
- 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.
- tacking stitch — a long, loose, temporary stitch used in dressmaking, etc
- 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 tiriti — a Māori term for non-Māori people
- tape recording — sound reproduction on cassette
- tariff heading — the description of a product attached to a tariff line
- tarpon springs — a town in W Florida.