10-letter words containing g, a, s, t, i
- scratching — to break, mar, or mark the surface of by rubbing, scraping, or tearing with something sharp or rough: to scratch one's hand on a nail.
- septuagint — the oldest Greek version of the Old Testament, traditionally said to have been translated by 70 or 72 Jewish scholars at the request of Ptolemy II: most scholars believe that only the Pentateuch was completed in the early part of the 3rd century b.c. and that the remaining books were translated in the next two centuries.
- shagtastic — sexually attractive; sexy
- sharenting — the habitual use of social media to share news, images, etc of one’s children
- shattering — to break (something) into pieces, as by a blow.
- shotmaking — the playing of good shots (by a sports player)
- siegecraft — the science or skill of conducting a siege
- 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.
- signalment — a detailed description, especially of distinctive features, of a person for identification, usually for police purposes.
- signifiant — signifier (def 2).
- single tax — a tax, as on land, that constitutes the sole source of public revenue.
- skin graft — skin used for transplanting in skin grafting.
- slathering — to spread or apply thickly: to slather butter on toast.
- sluicegate — an artificial channel for conducting water, often fitted with a gate (sluice gate) at the upper end for regulating the flow.
- smaragdite — a green, foliated member of the amphibole group.
- smattering — slight or superficial knowledge; smattering.
- sodcasting — the practice of playing music through the speakers of a mobile phone in a public space
- solivagant — a lone wanderer
- spatangoid — a type of sea urchin
- spattering — to scatter or dash in small particles or drops: The dog spattered mud on everyone when he shook himself.
- spectating — to participate as a spectator, as at a horse race.
- split page — (in a newspaper) a page replacing one of an earlier edition and containing chiefly the same material in altered form.
- springhalt — stringhalt.
- springtail — any of numerous minute, wingless primitive insects of the order Collembola, most possessing a special abdominal appendage for jumping that allows for the nearly perpetual springing pattern characteristic of the group.
- stabbingly — in a stabbing way
- stag movie — a pornographic film intended primarily for male audiences.
- stag night — man's bachelor party prior to marriage
- stage wait — an unintentional pause during a performance, usually caused by a performer's or stagehand's missing a cue.
- stage-dive — to jump off the stage at a concert onto the crowd below
- staggering — tending to stagger or overwhelm: a staggering amount of money required in the initial investment.
- stagnation — the state or condition of stagnating, or having stopped, as by ceasing to run or flow: Meteorologists forecast ozone and air stagnation.
- stalagmite — a deposit, usually of calcium carbonate, more or less resembling an inverted stalactite, formed on the floor of a cave or the like by the dripping of percolating calcareous water.
- stalingrad — former name of Volgograd.
- standing o — standing ovation
- stargazing — to gaze at or observe the stars.
- startingly — in sudden brief snatches, or with a sudden nervous jump or start
- starveling — a person, animal, or plant that is starving.
- stationing — a place or position in which a person or thing is normally located.
- staudinger — Hermann [her-mahn] /ˈhɛr mɑn/ (Show IPA), 1881–1965, German chemist: Nobel prize 1953.
- stealingly — in a stealthy or elusive manner; by stealing
- steamtight — impervious to steam.
- sternalgia — pain occurring in or around the sternum
- sternalgic — relating to or having sternalgia
- stewarding — a person who manages another's property or financial affairs; one who administers anything as the agent of another or others.
- stigmarian — belonging to, resembling, or containing fossils of the genus Sigillaria
- stigmatise — to set some mark of disgrace or infamy upon: The crime of the father stigmatized the whole family.
- stigmatism — Optics. the property of a lens that is stigmatic.
- stigmatist — a person who bears stigmata.
- stigmatize — to set some mark of disgrace or infamy upon: The crime of the father stigmatized the whole family.
- stigmatose — relating to or resembling a stigma