11-letter words containing a, s, g, e
- sedigitated — having six fingers
- seepage pit — a pit that is lined with a porous, mortarless masonry wall in which effluent from a septic tank is collected for gradual seepage into the ground, sometimes used as a substitute for a drainfield.
- segregation — the act or practice of segregating; a setting apart or separation of people or things from others or from the main body or group: gender segregation in some fundamentalist religions.
- segregative — to separate or set apart from others or from the main body or group; isolate: to segregate exceptional children; to segregate hardened criminals.
- seigneurial — a lord, especially a feudal lord.
- seigniorage — something claimed by a sovereign or superior as a prerogative.
- seigniorial — of or relating to a seignior.
- seismic gap — the part of an active fault that has experienced little or no seismic activity for a long period, indicating the buildup of stresses that are useful in predicting earthquakes.
- seismograph — any of various instruments for measuring and recording the vibrations of earthquakes.
- selaginella — any club moss of the genus Selaginella, having stems covered in small pointed leaves and small spore-bearing cones: family Selaginellaceae
- self-acting — acting by itself; automatic.
- self-hating — harbouring feelings of self-hatred
- self-making — the act of a person or thing that makes: The making of a violin requires great skill.
- self-regard — consideration for oneself or one's own interests.
- self-taught — taught to oneself or by oneself to be (as indicated) without the aid of a formal education: self-taught typing; a self-taught typist.
- semasiology — semantics, especially the study of semantic change.
- semi-staged — produced with the use of only a limited number of props, costumes, etc.
- sense organ — a specialized bodily structure that receives or is sensitive to internal or external stimuli; receptor.
- septifragal — (of a capsule) dehiscing by breaking away from the partitions but remaining attached to the common axis; dehiscing at the valves or backs of the carpels but leaving the septa intact.
- serigrapher — someone who engages in serigraphy
- serigraphic — of or pertaining to serigraphy
- serological — the science dealing with the immunological properties and actions of serum.
- set against — to put (something or someone) in a particular place: to set a vase on a table.
- sewage farm — a place where sewage is treated, esp for use as manure
- sewage pipe — a pipe used to carry waste matter such as faeces or dirty water from homes and factories
- sex linkage — an association between genes in sex chromosomes such that the characteristics determined by these genes appear more frequently in one sex than in the other.
- sex-linkage — an association between genes in sex chromosomes such that the characteristics determined by these genes appear more frequently in one sex than in the other.
- sexagesimal — pertaining to or based upon the number 60.
- sgml tagger — (tool) A tool to assist with adding SGML to a piece of text. The Tagger only lets the user insert a mark-up tag which is correct in that particular context.
- shade-grown — grown in the shade, especially in artificial shade, as under a cloth.
- shaft grave — a grave consisting of a deep, rectangular pit with vertical sides, roofed over with a stone slab.
- shag carpet — shag pile carpet
- shaggedness — the state or quality of being shaggy
- shaggy-mane — an edible inky-cap mushroom, Coprinus comatus, having an elongated, shaggy pileus.
- shake a leg — an act or instance of shaking, rocking, swaying, etc.
- sharp-edged — having a fine edge or edges.
- shaving gel — product that softens hair growth for shaving
- sheet glass — glass in sheet form produced by drawing or by the cylinder glass process.
- shelf angle — an angle iron attached to or suspended from a girder to carry masonry or the ends of a number of joists.
- shell gland — a gland in certain invertebrates that secretes the components required for forming the shell of an egg
- shellacking — lac that has been purified and formed into thin sheets, used for making varnish.
- shenanigans — Usually, shenanigans. mischief; prankishness: Halloween shenanigans. deceit; trickery.
- shift gears — change speed manually in a vehicle
- shingle oak — an oak, Quercus imbricaria, yielding a wood used for shingles, clapboards, etc.
- 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.
- side glance — a look sideways at someone or something
- side-glance — a glance directed to the side; an oblique or sideways look: a side-glance of displeasure at her interrupter.
- sidewalking — the practice of shopkeepers standing on the sidewalk outside their shops to attract customers.
- signatories — having signed, or joined in signing, a document: the signatory powers to a treaty.