10-letter words containing d, i, s, a, g
- mardi gras — the day before Lent, celebrated in some cities, as New Orleans and Paris, as a day of carnival and merrymaking; Shrove Tuesday.
- mignardise — A bite-sized dessert sometimes served at the end of a meal.
- mind games — actions or statements intended to undermine or mislead someone else, often to gain advantage for oneself
- misaligned — improperly aligned.
- mischarged — Simple past tense and past participle of mischarge.
- misdealing — Present participle of misdeal.
- misleading — deceptive; tending to mislead.
- mismanaged — Simple past tense and past participle of mismanage.
- misreading — Present participle of misread.
- nightshade — any of various plants of the genus Solanum, especially the black nightshade or the bittersweet.
- nightstand — night table.
- nystagmoid — having a similarity to or characteristics of nystagmus
- pedagogics — the science or art of teaching or education; pedagogy.
- pedagogism — the principles, manner, method, or characteristics of pedagogues.
- pig island — New Zealand
- podcasting — a digital audio or video file or recording, usually part of a themed series, that can be downloaded from a website to a media player or computer: Download or subscribe to daily, one-hour podcasts of our radio show.
- pseudimago — (of insects) a form similar to the adult, but which is not a true adult
- quasi-good — morally excellent; virtuous; righteous; pious: a good man.
- raised bog — a bog of convex shape produced by growth of sphagnum and other bog plants in acid conditions and the subsequent build up of acid peat
- rightwards — Also, rightwards. toward or on the right.
- salmagundi — a mixed dish consisting usually of cubed poultry or fish, chopped meat, anchovies, eggs, onions, oil, etc., often served as a salad.
- saltigrade — moving by leaping.
- sand tiger — any of several sharks of the family Odontaspididae, especially Odontaspis taurus, inhabiting shallow waters on both sides of the Atlantic Ocean, having sharp, jagged teeth and sometimes dangerous to humans.
- sanderling — a common, small sandpiper, Calidris alba, inhabiting sandy beaches.
- sang-froid — coolness of mind; calmness; composure: They committed the robbery with complete sang-froid.
- scandaling — a disgraceful or discreditable action, circumstance, etc.
- seguidilla — Prosody. a stanza of four to seven lines with a distinctive rhythmic pattern.
- serenading — a complimentary performance of vocal or instrumental music in the open air at night, as by a lover under the window of his lady.
- shanghaied — to enroll or obtain (a sailor) for the crew of a ship by unscrupulous means, as by force or the use of liquor or drugs.
- sharawadgi — a form of Chinese landscape architecture known for its irregular and asymmetrical plantings
- shin guard — a protective covering, usually of leather or plastic and often padded, for the shins and sometimes the knees, worn chiefly by catchers in baseball and goalkeepers in ice hockey.
- sight-read — Someone who can sight-read can play or sing music from a printed sheet the first time they see it, without practising it beforehand.
- sigillarid — a fossilized, tree-like plant of the genus Sigillaria
- signal red — pimento (def 3).
- silk gland — any of several glands, as in various insects and spiders, that secrete a viscid protein substance which hardens into silk on contact with air.
- skid a rig — If you skid a rig, you slide it from one well hole to another.
- smaragdine — of or relating to emeralds.
- smaragdite — a green, foliated member of the amphibole group.
- sodcasting — the practice of playing music through the speakers of a mobile phone in a public space
- spatangoid — a type of sea urchin
- spindleage — total number or capacity of spindles in a mill, area, etc.
- spinigrade — a type of spiny echinoderm
- springdale — a city in NW Arkansas.
- springhead — a spring or fountainhead from which a stream flows.
- stage-dive — to jump off the stage at a concert onto the crowd below
- stalingrad — former name of Volgograd.
- standing o — standing ovation
- staudinger — Hermann [her-mahn] /ˈhɛr mɑn/ (Show IPA), 1881–1965, German chemist: Nobel prize 1953.
- stewarding — a person who manages another's property or financial affairs; one who administers anything as the agent of another or others.
- subheading — a subordinate division of a title or heading.