8-letter words containing e, g, r, s
- sagamore — (among the American Indians of New England) a chief or leader.
- salering — an enclosed area for livestock at market
- salinger — J(erome) D(avid) 1971–2010, U.S. novelist and short-story writer.
- sangaree — sangría.
- sanglier — a closely woven fabric made of mohair or worsted, constructed in plain weave, and finished to simulate the coat of a boar.
- sangreal — grail (def 1); the Holy Grail.
- saprogen — a plant or animal that can produce decay.
- sardegna — a large island in the Mediterranean, W of Italy: with small nearby islands it comprises a department of Italy. 9301 sq. mi. (24,090 sq. km).
- sargeson — Frank. 1903–82, New Zealand short-story writer and novelist. His work includes the short-story collection That Summer and Other Stories (1946) and the novel I Saw in my Dream (1949)
- savagery — an uncivilized or barbaric state or condition; barbarity.
- savegard — safe conduct, protection
- scaliger — Joseph Justus [juhs-tuh s] /ˈdʒʌs təs/ (Show IPA), 1540–1609, French scholar and critic.
- scarmoge — a skirmish or minor conflict
- scavager — a person whose responsibility is to ensure the streets are kept clean
- schlager — a type of European popular music focusing on love and feelings
- scourger — a whip or lash, especially for the infliction of punishment or torture.
- scragged — a lean or scrawny person or animal.
- screwage — /skroo'*j/ Like lossage but connotes that the failure is due to a designed-in misfeature rather than a simple inadequacy or a mere bug.
- scriggle — to wriggle
- scroggie — having scrogs upon it
- scrouger — something big
- scrounge — to borrow (a small amount or item) with no intention of repaying or returning it: to scrounge a cigarette.
- scutiger — any species of the Scutigera genus which includes many types of centipede
- sea-girt — surrounded by the sea.
- seagrass — Seagrass is a plant that grows in shallow salt water and is used especially to make mats and floor coverings.
- segreant — (of a griffin) rampant.
- seigneur — a lord, especially a feudal lord.
- seignior — a lord, especially a feudal lord; ruler.
- selangor — a state in Malaysia, on the SW Malay Peninsula. 3160 sq. mi. (8184 sq. km). Capital: Shah Alam.
- semarang — a seaport on N Java, in S Indonesia.
- sengreen — the houseleek, Sempervivum tectorum
- seraglio — the part of a Muslim house or palace in which the wives and concubines are secluded; harem.
- sergeant — Ancient Eboracum. a city in North Yorkshire, in NE England, on the Ouse: the capital of Roman Britain; cathedral.
- serology — the science dealing with the immunological properties and actions of serum.
- sewerage — the removal of waste water and refuse by means of sewers.
- shagreen — an untanned leather with a granular surface, prepared from the hide of a horse, shark, seal, etc.
- shearing — Usually, shears. (sometimes used with a singular verb) scissors of large size (usually used with pair of). any of various other cutting implements or machines having two blades that resemble or suggest those of scissors.
- sheering — to deviate from a course, as a ship; swerve.
- sheerleg — one of the spars of a sheerlegs
- shortage — a deficiency in quantity: a shortage of cash.
- shrugged — to raise and contract (the shoulders), expressing indifference, disdain, etc.
- sighyper — Special Interest Group on Hypertext and Multimedia of the SGML Users' Group.
- signieur — a lord
- signoret — Simone (simɔ̃), original name Simone Kaminker. 1921–85, French stage and film actress, whose films include La Ronde (1950), Casque d'Or (1952), Room at the Top (1958), and Ship of Fools (1965): married the actor and singer Yves Montand (1921–91)
- sirening — Classical Mythology. one of several sea nymphs, part woman and part bird, who lure mariners to destruction by their seductive singing.
- smuggery — the condition or an instance of being smug; smugness
- smuggler — to import or export (goods) secretly, in violation of the law, especially without payment of legal duty.
- sneering — to smile, laugh, or contort the face in a manner that shows scorn or contempt: They sneered at his pretensions.
- sniggler — to fish for eels by thrusting a baited hook into their lurking places.
- snuggery — a snug place or position.