11-letter words containing a, s, g, r
- skyscraping — of or like a skyscraper; very high: a skyscraping chimney.
- slaughtered — the killing or butchering of cattle, sheep, etc., especially for food.
- slaveringly — in a slavering manner
- sling chair — any of several varieties of chairs having a seat and back formed from a single sheet of canvas, leather, or the like, hanging loosely in a frame.
- slot racing — the activity of racing slot cars.
- sluggardise — indolence or laziness
- sluggardize — to make lazy or sluggish
- smoking car — smoker (def 2a).
- smorgasbord — a buffet meal of various hot and cold hors d'oeuvres, salads, casserole dishes, meats, cheeses, etc.
- sneezeguard — a plastic or glass shield overhanging a salad bar, buffet, or the like to protect the food from contamination.
- 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.
- spacefaring — space travel
- sparagmatic — denoting a type of Precambrian rock found in Scandinavia
- sparklingly — in a sparkling manner
- spartanburg — a city in NW South Carolina.
- spear grass — any of various grasses, as a meadow grass or a bent grass, having lance-shaped leaves or floral spikes.
- spectrogram — a representation or photograph of a spectrum.
- sphragistic — of or relating to seals or signet rings.
- sphygmogram — a tracing or diagram produced by a sphygmograph.
- spiral gear — a type of helical gear used for transmitting power between shafts that are at an angle to each other.
- spirography — the study of breathing using a spirograph
- sports page — newspaper page carrying sports results
- spreadingly — in a spreading manner
- spring lamb — a lamb born in the late winter or early spring and sold for slaughter before July 1.
- spring rate — The spring rate is a measurement of the amount of force needed to compress a spring a particular distance.
- springboard — a flexible board, projecting over water, from which divers leap or spring.
- springwater — water from a spring
- squarsonage — the residence of a squarson
- st.-germain — St.-Germain-en-Laye.
- stable girl — a girl or woman who looks after or attends horses in stables
- stag's horn — the antlers of a stag used as a material for carved implements
- stage brace — a brace for supporting upright pieces of theatrical scenery.
- stage right — Stage right is the right side of the stage for an actor who is standing facing the audience.
- stage screw — a large, tapered screw fitted with a handle, used to secure braces for scenery to the floor of a stage.
- stagestruck — obsessed with the desire to become an actor or actress.
- staggerbush — an ericaceous deciduous shrub, Lyonia mariana, of E North America, having white or pinkish flowers: it is poisonous to livestock
- stand guard — keep watch
- star rating — a rating indicated by stars (usually 1–5), the highest number of stars indicating the best quality, highest amount etc
- star-gazing — Star-gazing is the activity of studying the stars as an astronomer or astrologer.
- starlighted — lit by the stars