11-letter words containing a, r, g, o
- shadowgraph — a picture produced by throwing a shadow, as of the hands, on a lighted screen, wall, or the like.
- short-range — having a limited extent, as in distance or time: a short-range shot; a short-range plan.
- shortchange — to give less than the correct change to.
- sialography — radiography of salivary glands once they have been injected with a contrast medium
- signatories — having signed, or joined in signing, a document: the signatory powers to a treaty.
- silver goal — (in certain competitions) a goal scored in a full half of extra time that is played if a match is drawn. This goal counts as the winner if it is the only goal scored in the full half or full period of extra time
- singaporean — an island on the Strait of Singapore, off the S tip of the Malay Peninsula.
- slot racing — the activity of racing slot cars.
- smoking car — smoker (def 2a).
- smorgasbord — a buffet meal of various hot and cold hors d'oeuvres, salads, casserole dishes, meats, cheeses, etc.
- snobography — an account or description of snobs
- snow grains — precipitation consisting of white, opaque ice particles usually less than one millimeter in diameter.
- sociography — the branch of sociology that uses statistical data to describe social phenomena.
- sockdolager — something unusually large, heavy, etc.
- soft target — sth easy to hit
- software ag — (company) A German software engineering company that started with the ADABAS database. Natural is their 4GL development environment, EntireX is their DCOM for Unix and IBM. BOLERO, is an object-oriented development environment and application server specially made for Electronic Business applications. Mailing-list: <[email protected]>.
- sonographer — a diagnostic technician who operates a sonograph
- soul-baring — confessing intimate thoughts
- sour grapes — bitterness about sth unattainable
- sour orange — a globose, reddish-yellow, bitter or sweet, edible citrus fruit.
- space group — a set of symmetry elements that brings a periodic arrangement of points on a Bravais space lattice to its original position.
- spectrogram — a representation or photograph of a spectrum.
- sphygmogram — a tracing or diagram produced by a sphygmograph.
- spirography — the study of breathing using a spirograph
- sports page — newspaper page carrying sports results
- springboard — a flexible board, projecting over water, from which divers leap or spring.
- squarsonage — the residence of a squarson
- stag's horn — the antlers of a stag used as a material for carved implements
- steam organ — calliope (def 1).
- steganogram — a coded message
- stegosaurus — any of a suborder (Stegosauria) of large ornithischian dinosaurs of the Upper Jurassic having a small head and heavy bony plates with sharp spikes down the backbone
- stenography — the art of writing in shorthand.
- stereograph — a single or double picture for a stereoscope.
- stereoimage — the single three-dimensional image perceived in the brain by the coordination of the two slightly different views seen by the eyes.
- stock guard — a barrier for keeping cattle and other animals off the tracks or right of way.
- storm glass — a sealed tube containing a solution supposed to change in appearance according to the weather
- stringboard — a board or facing covering the ends of the steps in a staircase.
- strong gale — a wind of 47–54 miles per hour (21–24 m/sec).
- strong meat — anything arousing fear, anger, repulsion, etc, except among a tolerant or receptive minority
- stylography — the art of writing, tracing, drawing, etc., with a style.
- subcategory — a subordinate category or a division of a category.
- subglobular — globe-shaped; spherical.
- subrogation — to put into the place of another; substitute for another.
- sugar grove — sugarbush (def 2).
- sugar spoon — a small spoon for serving granulated sugar, resembling but having a wider bowl than a teaspoon.
- sugar tongs — small tongs used for serving cubed sugar.
- sugarcoated — to cover with sugar: to sugarcoat a pill.
- superorgasm — an extreme orgasm
- surrogation — a person appointed to act for another; deputy.
- sword grass — any of various grasses or plants having swordlike or sharp leaves, as the sword lily.