9-letter words containing a, r, s, g
- saw grass — any of various sedges of the genus Cladium, of tropical and temperate regions, having spiny, serrated leaves.
- saxifrage — any plant of the genus Saxifraga, certain species of which grow wild in the clefts of rocks, other species of which are cultivated for their flowers.
- say grace — say prayer before meal
- scalogram — an attitude scale in which a positive answer to an item implies agreement with items appearing lower on the scale.
- scaringly — to fill, especially suddenly, with fear or terror; frighten; alarm.
- scavenger — an animal or other organism that feeds on dead organic matter.
- scraggily — lean or thin; scrawny.
- scramming — to go away; get out (usually used as a command): I said I was busy, so scram.
- scrapegut — a fiddle player
- scrapings — Scrapings are small amounts or pieces that have been scraped off something.
- scrappage — the act or process of scrapping
- scrapping — a fight or quarrel: She got into a scrap with her in-laws.
- scrawling — to write or draw in a sprawling, awkward manner: He scrawled his name hastily across the blackboard.
- screaking — screeching or creaking
- screaming — uttering screams.
- scrimmage — a rough or vigorous struggle.
- scrippage — the contents of a scrip
- scrummage — scrum (defs 1, 3).
- sea grape — a tropical American tree, Coccoloba uvifera, of the buckwheat family, bearing grapelike clusters of edible purple berries.
- sea grass — grass which grows by the sea, or in shallow sea water
- sea green — a clear, light, bluish green.
- sea-green — a clear, light, bluish green.
- seafaring — traveling by sea.
- seal ring — a finger ring bearing an incised design for embossing a wax seal.
- searching — examining carefully or thoroughly: a searching inspection.
- searingly — in a searing manner
- secretage — the use of mercury in treating or felting furs
- segregant — an organism which is different because of segregation
- segregate — to separate or set apart from others or from the main body or group; isolate: to segregate exceptional children; to segregate hardened criminals.
- sergeancy — the position or rank of a sergeant
- sergeanty — a form of land tenure in which a tenant holding of the king rendered him exclusive services in a status below that of a knight.
- serigraph — a print made by the silkscreen process.
- serrating — Chiefly Biology. notched on the edge like a saw: a serrate leaf.
- sewer gas — a mixture of toxic and non-toxic gases (mainly methane) produced and collected in sewers by the decomposition of waste matter such as faeces or dirty water from homes and factories
- sgraffito — a technique of ornamentation in which a surface layer of paint, plaster, slip, etc., is incised to reveal a ground of contrasting color.
- shearlegs — shear (def 16).
- shearling — Chiefly British. a yearling sheep that has been shorn once.
- shinguard — sport: protective pad for lower leg
- shreading — furring attached to the undersides of rafters.
- shrinkage — the act or fact of shrinking.
- shroffage — the commission charged by a money dealer
- sialogram — an X-ray of a salivary gland
- sigmatron — a machine for generating X-rays
- signaller — anything that serves to indicate, warn, direct, command, or the like, as a light, a gesture, an act, etc.: a traffic signal; a signal to leave.
- signatory — having signed, or joined in signing, a document: the signatory powers to a treaty.
- signature — a person's name, or a mark representing it, as signed personally or by deputy, as in subscribing a letter or other document.
- signboard — a board bearing a sign.
- signorial — relating to a signoria
- signorina — a conventional Italian term of address or title of respect for a girl or unmarried woman, either used separately or prefixed to the name.
- sigrdrifa — a Valkyrie who, for disobedience to Odin, sleeps within a circle of fire until awakened by Sigurd.