10-letter words containing g, e, t, a, l
- signalment — a detailed description, especially of distinctive features, of a person for identification, usually for police purposes.
- single tax — a tax, as on land, that constitutes the sole source of public revenue.
- slate-grey — of a dark grey colour
- slathering — to spread or apply thickly: to slather butter on toast.
- slaughtery — a slaughterhouse
- sluicegate — an artificial channel for conducting water, often fitted with a gate (sluice gate) at the upper end for regulating the flow.
- sole agent — the only appointed agent or representative
- split page — (in a newspaper) a page replacing one of an earlier edition and containing chiefly the same material in altered form.
- st. gallen — a canton in NE Switzerland. 777 sq. mi. (2010 sq. km).
- stage left — Stage left is the left side of the stage for an actor who is standing facing the audience.
- 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.
- stallenger — a trader who was required to pay a fee in order to sell goods at a market stall, not being a member of the local merchants' guild or corporation
- staple gun — a machine for fastening together sheets of paper or the like, with wire staples.
- starveling — a person, animal, or plant that is starving.
- stealingly — in a stealthy or elusive manner; by stealing
- steel gray — dark metallic gray with a bluish tinge.
- sternalgia — pain occurring in or around the sternum
- sternalgic — relating to or having sternalgia
- stragglers — to stray from the road, course, or line of march.
- stranglers — to kill by squeezing the throat in order to compress the windpipe and prevent the intake of air, as with the hands or a tightly drawn cord.
- streamling — a small stream
- strigilate — an instrument with a curved blade, used especially by the ancient Greeks and Romans for scraping the skin at the bath and in the gymnasium.
- sweet flag — an aroid marsh plant, Acorus calamus, having swordlike leaves, small greenish flowers, and aromatic roots
- sweet gale — a shrub, Myrica gale, of northern swamp regions, having yellow catkin-like flowers and aromatic leaves: family Myricaceae
- tabletting — a number of sheets of writing paper, business forms, etc., fastened together at the edge; pad.
- take-along — intended or suitable for taking along, as on a trip: take-along snacks for long car trips.
- tangential — pertaining to or of the nature of a tangent; being or moving in the direction of a tangent.
- tanglefoot — a potent alcoholic drink
- tanglement — to bring together into a mass of confusedly interlaced or intertwisted threads, strands, or other like parts; snarl.
- tanglesome — tangled
- tanglewood — a town in W Massachusetts, in the Berkshire Hills: a former estate (Tanglewood) in the area is the site of annual summer music festivals.
- targetable — an object, usually marked with concentric circles, to be aimed at in shooting practice or contests.
- targetless — an object, usually marked with concentric circles, to be aimed at in shooting practice or contests.
- tegumental — a covering or vestment; integument.
- telegraphy — the art or practice of constructing or operating telegraphs.
- telferages — telpher.
- telpherage — a transportation system in which cars or other carriers are suspended from or run on wire cables or the like, especially one operated by electricity.
- teratology — the science or study of monstrosities or abnormal formations in organisms.
- tetragonal — pertaining to or having the form of a tetragon.
- the galaxy — the spiral galaxy, approximately 100 000 light years in diameter, that contains the solar system about three fifths of the distance from its centre
- the-plague — French La Peste. a novel (1947) by Albert Camus.
- theologate — a seminary or school of theology
- theologian — a person versed in theology, especially Christian theology; divine.
- tiger balm — a mentholated ointment widely used as a panacea
- title page — the page at the beginning of a volume that indicates the title, author's or editor's name, and the publication information, usually the publisher and the place and date of publication.
- togolander — a former German protectorate in W Africa, on the Gulf of Guinea: E part is now the Republic of Togo; W part, a British mandate 1922–46 and trusteeship 1946–57, is now part of Ghana.
- toilet bag — wash bag for toiletries
- trailering — the advertising of a film or television programme by means of trailers
- travelling — to go from one place to another, as by car, train, plane, or ship; take a trip; journey: to travel for pleasure.
- travelogue — a lecture, slide show, or motion picture describing travels.