10-letter words containing g, e, n, r
- sandgrouse — any of several birds of the family Pteroclididae inhabiting sandy areas of the Old World, resembling both pigeons and shorebirds and having precocial young.
- saprogenic — producing putrefaction or decay, as certain bacteria.
- sauntering — to walk with a leisurely gait; stroll: sauntering through the woods.
- scampering — to run or go hastily or quickly.
- scanderbeg — (George Castriota) 1403?–68, Albanian chief and revolutionary leader.
- scattergun — A scattergun is a gun that fires a lot of small metal balls at the same time.
- scattering — distributed or occurring here and there at irregular intervals; scattered.
- scavengers — an animal or other organism that feeds on dead organic matter.
- schoenberg — Arnold (ˈarnɔlt). 1874–1951, Austrian composer and musical theorist, in the US after 1933. The harmonic idiom of such early works as the string sextet Verklärte Nacht (1899) gave way to his development of atonality, as in the song cycle Pierrot Lunaire (1912), and later of the twelve-tone technique. He wrote many choral, orchestral, and chamber works and the unfinished opera Moses and Aaron
- schongauer — Martin [mahr-tn;; German mahr-teen] /ˈmɑr tn;; German ˈmɑr tin/ (Show IPA), c1430–91, German engraver and painter.
- screeching — causing or uttering screeches: screeching bats.
- screedings — screeds or floor coverings
- screenager — a teenager who is fully conversant with and skilled in the use of computers and other electronic devices
- screenings — the act or work of a person who screens, as in ascertaining the character and competence of applicants, employees, etc.
- scrivening — writing
- scroungers — to borrow (a small amount or item) with no intention of repaying or returning it: to scrounge a cigarette.
- sea ranger — a senior Guide training in seamanship
- sedge wren — a small wren, Cistothorus platensis, of the Americas, inhabiting wet, sedgy meadows.
- seger cone — a pyrometric cone composed of clay and salt.
- segmentary — one of the parts into which something naturally separates or is divided; a division, portion, or section: a segment of an orange.
- seignorial — of or relating to a seignior.
- self-wrong — wrong done to oneself.
- semidrying — not drying completely
- 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.
- sexagenary — of or relating to the number 60.
- shagreened — made, covered with, or resembling shagreen
- shanghaier — a person who shanghais
- sharenting — the habitual use of social media to share news, images, etc of one’s children
- sharpening — the act of making the edge of something very thin or of making its end pointed
- shattering — to break (something) into pieces, as by a blow.
- shimmering — a quivering or vibrating motion or image as produced by reflecting faint light or heat waves.
- shoestring — a shoelace.
- shortening — butter, lard, or other fat, used to make pastry, bread, etc., short.
- shotgunner — a person who is skilled with a shotgun
- shuddering — trembling or quivering with fear, dread, cold, etc.
- shuttering — a solid or louvered movable cover for a window.
- signal red — pimento (def 3).
- signorelli — Luca [loo-kah] /ˈlu kɑ/ (Show IPA), c1445–1523, Italian painter.
- silverling — a shekel or small silver coin
- singletree — whiffletree.
- siren song — a dangerously attractive, esp. seductive, proposal or offer
- skippering — the master or captain of a vessel, especially of a small trading or fishing vessel.
- skittering — to go, run, or glide lightly or rapidly.
- slathering — to spread or apply thickly: to slather butter on toast.
- slithering — to slide down or along a surface, especially unsteadily, from side to side, or with some friction or noise: The box slithered down the chute.
- slobbering — to let saliva or liquid run from the mouth; slaver; drivel.
- slumbering — to sleep, especially lightly; doze; drowse.
- smaragdine — of or relating to emeralds.
- smattering — slight or superficial knowledge; smattering.
- smoke ring — a visible ring formed by the sudden release of smoke, usually created by blowing smoke from the mouth or by a cigarette, incense stick etc