10-letter words containing a, e, g, u
- square peg — a person or thing that is a misfit, such as an employee in a job for which he or she is unsuited
- squeteague — an Atlantic food fish, Cynoscion regalis, of the croaker family.
- squillagee — squeegee.
- staple gun — a machine for fastening together sheets of paper or the like, with wire staples.
- staudinger — Hermann [her-mahn] /ˈhɛr mɑn/ (Show IPA), 1881–1965, German chemist: Nobel prize 1953.
- subaverage — a quantity, rating, or the like that represents or approximates an arithmetic mean: Her golf average is in the 90s. My average in science has gone from B to C this semester.
- subheading — a subordinate division of a title or heading.
- submanager — a secondary or assistant manager
- subtangent — the part of the x-axis cut off between the ordinate of a given point of a curve and the tangent at that point.
- sugar beet — various cultivars of a beet, Beta vulgaris, of the amaranth family, having a white root, cultivated for the sugar it yields.
- sugar cane — a tall grass, Saccharum officinarum, of tropical and warm regions, having a stout, jointed stalk, and constituting the chief source of sugar.
- sugar cube — small block of sugar
- sugar pine — a tall pine, Pinus lambertiana, of California, Oregon, etc., having cones 20 inches (51 cm) long.
- sugar tree — a sugar maple.
- sugar-free — containing no sugar: a sugar-free cola.
- sugarallie — liquorice
- sugarberry — a hackberry, Celtis laevigata, of the southern U.S.
- sugarhouse — a shed or other building where maple syrup or maple sugar is made.
- sunglasses — burning glass.
- superagent — an expert or highly effective agent, esp of a sports player or actor
- supercargo — a merchant-ship officer who is in charge of the cargo and the commercial concerns of the voyage.
- supergiant — Astronomy. supergiant star.
- supergrade — a high-level rank, Grade 16, 17, or 18, in the federal civil service.
- supergrass — criminal informant
- superlarge — extremely large
- supragenic — beyond the limits or above the level of genes.
- surge tank — a large surge chamber.
- surplusage — something that is surplus; an excess amount.
- taeniafuge — an agent or medicine for expelling tapeworms from the body.
- take guard — (of a batsman) to choose a position in front of the wicket to receive the bowling, esp by requesting the umpire to indicate his position relative to the stumps
- tegumental — a covering or vestment; integument.
- terengganu — Trengganu.
- test gauge — a measuring instrument that is used in the testing of equipment and in laboratory testing
- the-plague — French La Peste. a novel (1947) by Albert Camus.
- thunbergia — any of various plants, vines, or shrubs belonging to the genus Thunbergia, of the acanthus family, native to Africa and southern Asia, having variously colored flowers and often cultivated as ornamentals in warm regions.
- tide-gauge — a gauge for measuring the level of the tide: usually equipped with a marigraph.
- travelogue — a lecture, slide show, or motion picture describing travels.
- treta yuga — the second Yuga, not as good as the Satya Yuga but better than the Dvapara Yuga.
- tucker-bag — a bag used to carry food.
- tyre gauge — a device used to measure the pressure of vehicle tyres
- ulcerating — to form an ulcer; become ulcerous: His skin ulcerated after exposure to radioactive material.
- ultralarge — extremely or exceptionally large
- umbrageous — creating or providing shade; shady: an umbrageous tree.
- unabridged — not abridged or shortened, as a book.
- unadhering — to stay attached; stick fast; cleave; cling (usually followed by to): The mud adhered to his shoes.
- unaltering — to make different in some particular, as size, style, course, or the like; modify: to alter a coat; to alter a will; to alter course.
- unarguable — susceptible to debate, challenge, or doubt; questionable: Whether this is the best plan of action or not is arguable.
- unarranged — not arranged in order
- unassigned — to give or allocate; allot: to assign rooms at a hotel.
- unassuaged — to make milder or less severe; relieve; ease; mitigate: to assuage one's grief; to assuage one's pain.