10-letter words containing a, r, s, g
- silver age — Classical Mythology. the second of the four ages of humankind, inferior to the golden age but superior to the bronze age that followed: characterized by an increase of impiety and of human weakness.
- singularly — extraordinary; remarkable; exceptional: a singular success.
- skid a rig — If you skid a rig, you slide it from one well hole to another.
- skin graft — skin used for transplanting in skin grafting.
- skylarking — a brown-speckled European lark, Alauda arvensis, famed for its melodious song.
- slate-grey — of a dark grey colour
- slathering — to spread or apply thickly: to slather butter on toast.
- slaughtery — a slaughterhouse
- sluggardly — like or befitting a sluggard; slothful; lazy.
- smaragdine — of or relating to emeralds.
- smaragdite — a green, foliated member of the amphibole group.
- smart drug — a drug or other substance that is claimed to enhance memory, concentration, or other mental functions.
- smattering — slight or superficial knowledge; smattering.
- smyrna fig — a variety of the common fig, Ficus carica, that requires caprification in order to produce fruit.
- snapdragon — any plant belonging to the genus Antirrhinum, of the figwort family, especially A. majus, cultivated for its spikes of showy flowers, each having a corolla supposed to resemble the mouth of a dragon.
- snow grass — any of various grey-green grasses of the genus Poa, of SE Australian mountain regions
- sognafjord — a fjord in the Norwegian Sea in SW Norway: the longest in Norway. 126 miles (203 km) long and up to 4291 feet (1308 meters) deep.
- sonography — the medical diagnostic imaging technique used to see internal organs, muscles, etc
- sparagrass — asparagus
- sparganium — a marsh plant
- spark plug — a device designed to fit in each cylinder of a gasoline-powered internal-combustion engine and to produce the electric spark for igniting the mixture of gasoline and air.
- spattering — to scatter or dash in small particles or drops: The dog spattered mud on everyone when he shook himself.
- speed gear — an adjustable gear for driving a machine at various speeds.
- sphenogram — a cuneiform character.
- spinigrade — a type of spiny echinoderm
- spiralling — Geometry. a plane curve generated by a point moving around a fixed point while constantly receding from or approaching it.
- spirograph — an instrument for recording respiratory movements.
- spongeware — earthenware decorated with color applied with a sponge.
- sporangium — the case or sac in which spores are produced.
- sports bag — a bag used by an individual to carry his or her clothing and equipment for taking part in sport
- spreaghery — the activity or crime of raiding cattle
- springdale — a city in NW Arkansas.
- springhaas — a leaping and burrowing rodent, Pedetes capensis, native to southern Africa, having kangaroolike legs and long, pointed ears.
- springhalt — stringhalt.
- springhare — a leaping and burrowing rodent, Pedetes capensis, native to southern Africa, having kangaroolike legs and long, pointed ears.
- springhead — a spring or fountainhead from which a stream flows.
- springtail — any of numerous minute, wingless primitive insects of the order Collembola, most possessing a special abdominal appendage for jumping that allows for the nearly perpetual springing pattern characteristic of the group.
- spun sugar — a confection resembling fluff or floss, made from hot boiled sugar that has threaded, used as a garnish, frosting, or in making cotton candy.
- square leg — the position of a fielder on the left of the batsman and almost on the opposite side of the wicket.
- square peg — a person or thing that is a misfit, such as an employee in a job for which he or she is unsuited
- stag party — a social gathering or outing for men only.
- stage door — a door at the back or side of a theater, used by performers and theater personnel.
- stage race — a cycling race consisting of several separate races over successive days
- stagecraft — skill in or the art of writing, adapting, or staging plays.
- staggering — tending to stagger or overwhelm: a staggering amount of money required in the initial investment.
- stalingrad — former name of Volgograd.
- stallenger — a trader who was required to pay a fee in order to sell goods at a market stall, not being a member of the local merchants' guild or corporation
- star grass — any of various grasslike plants having star-shaped flowers or a starlike arrangement of leaves, as the North American plant, Hypoxis hirsuta, of the amaryllis family.
- star-gazer — a person who stargazes, as an astronomer or astrologer.
- stargazing — to gaze at or observe the stars.