10-letter words containing a, g, e, i, s, t
- nightscape — a scene viewed at night, especially as represented in art.
- nightshade — any of various plants of the genus Solanum, especially the black nightshade or the bittersweet.
- originates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of originate.
- panegyrist — a person who panegyrizes; eulogist.
- petrissage — a massage technique that uses firm pressure and works on specific muscles
- phragmites — any of several tall grasses of the genus Phragmites, having plumed heads, growing in marshy areas, especially the common reed P. australis (or P. communis).
- plastering — a composition, as of lime or gypsum, sand, water, and sometimes hair or other fiber, applied in a pasty form to walls, ceilings, etc., and allowed to harden and dry.
- purgatives — purging or cleansing, especially by causing evacuation of the bowels.
- rear sight — the sight nearest the breech of a firearm.
- registrant — a person who registers or is registered.
- registrary — (at Cambridge University) a registrar
- registrate — to select and combine pipe organ stops.
- resonating — to resound.
- ringmaster — a person in charge of the performances in a circus ring.
- saltigrade — moving by leaping.
- salzgitter — a city in Lower Saxony, in central Germany, SE of Hanover.
- sand tiger — any of several sharks of the family Odontaspididae, especially Odontaspis taurus, inhabiting shallow waters on both sides of the Atlantic Ocean, having sharp, jagged teeth and sometimes dangerous to humans.
- sauntering — to walk with a leisurely gait; stroll: sauntering through the woods.
- scattering — distributed or occurring here and there at irregular intervals; scattered.
- septuagint — the oldest Greek version of the Old Testament, traditionally said to have been translated by 70 or 72 Jewish scholars at the request of Ptolemy II: most scholars believe that only the Pentateuch was completed in the early part of the 3rd century b.c. and that the remaining books were translated in the next two centuries.
- sharenting — the habitual use of social media to share news, images, etc of one’s children
- shattering — to break (something) into pieces, as by a blow.
- siegecraft — the science or skill of conducting a siege
- sight-read — Someone who can sight-read can play or sing music from a printed sheet the first time they see it, without practising it beforehand.
- signalment — a detailed description, especially of distinctive features, of a person for identification, usually for police purposes.
- single tax — a tax, as on land, that constitutes the sole source of public revenue.
- slathering — to spread or apply thickly: to slather butter on toast.
- sluicegate — an artificial channel for conducting water, often fitted with a gate (sluice gate) at the upper end for regulating the flow.
- smaragdite — a green, foliated member of the amphibole group.
- smattering — slight or superficial knowledge; smattering.
- spattering — to scatter or dash in small particles or drops: The dog spattered mud on everyone when he shook himself.
- spectating — to participate as a spectator, as at a horse race.
- split page — (in a newspaper) a page replacing one of an earlier edition and containing chiefly the same material in altered form.
- stag movie — a pornographic film intended primarily for male audiences.
- stage wait — an unintentional pause during a performance, usually caused by a performer's or stagehand's missing a cue.
- stage-dive — to jump off the stage at a concert onto the crowd below
- staggering — tending to stagger or overwhelm: a staggering amount of money required in the initial investment.
- stalagmite — a deposit, usually of calcium carbonate, more or less resembling an inverted stalactite, formed on the floor of a cave or the like by the dripping of percolating calcareous water.
- starveling — a person, animal, or plant that is starving.
- staudinger — Hermann [her-mahn] /ˈhɛr mɑn/ (Show IPA), 1881–1965, German chemist: Nobel prize 1953.
- stealingly — in a stealthy or elusive manner; by stealing
- steamtight — impervious to steam.
- sternalgia — pain occurring in or around the sternum
- sternalgic — relating to or having sternalgia
- stewarding — a person who manages another's property or financial affairs; one who administers anything as the agent of another or others.
- stigmatise — to set some mark of disgrace or infamy upon: The crime of the father stigmatized the whole family.
- stigmatize — to set some mark of disgrace or infamy upon: The crime of the father stigmatized the whole family.
- stigmatose — relating to or resembling a stigma
- straighten — make straight
- straighter — without a bend, angle, or curve; not curved; direct: a straight path.