10-letter words containing g, e, t, a
- short game — the aspect of golf considered in relation to the ability of a player to hit medium or short shots, as chip shots, pitch shots, and putts, with accuracy. Compare long game (def 1).
- shot angle — the angle from which a shot is taken
- 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.
- 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.
- smaragdite — a green, foliated member of the amphibole group.
- smattering — slight or superficial knowledge; smattering.
- snmp agent — (networking) A software process that responds to queries using the Simple Network Management Protocol to provide status and statistics about a network node.
- sole agent — the only appointed agent or representative
- soundstage — a soundproof room or building in which cinematic films are shot
- south gate — a city in SW California, near Los Angeles.
- 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.
- spent gnat — an angler's name for the spinner of various mayflies, esp Ephemeris danica and E. vulgata, particularly when lying spent on the water surface after mating and egg-laying
- split page — (in a newspaper) a page replacing one of an earlier edition and containing chiefly the same material in altered form.
- squeteague — an Atlantic food fish, Cynoscion regalis, of the croaker family.
- st. gallen — a canton in NE Switzerland. 777 sq. mi. (2010 sq. km).
- stag movie — a pornographic film intended primarily for male audiences.
- stage door — a door at the back or side of a theater, used by performers and theater personnel.
- stage left — Stage left is the left side of the stage for an actor who is standing facing the audience.
- stage name — entertainer's pseudonym
- stage race — a cycling race consisting of several separate races over successive days
- 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
- stagecoach — a horse-drawn coach that formerly traveled regularly over a fixed route with passengers, parcels, etc.
- stagecraft — skill in or the art of writing, adapting, or staging plays.
- staggering — tending to stagger or overwhelm: a staggering amount of money required in the initial investment.
- 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.
- star-gazer — a person who stargazes, as an astronomer or astrologer.
- starmonger — an astrologer or fortune-teller
- starveling — a person, animal, or plant that is starving.
- 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.
- steel gray — dark metallic gray with a bluish tinge.
- steganopod — a bird belonging to the Steganopodes, a group of swimming birds such as pelicans and cormorants
- stenograph — any of various keyboard instruments, somewhat resembling a typewriter, used for writing in shorthand, as by means of phonetic or arbitrary symbols.
- stereogram — a diagram or picture representing objects in a way to give the impression of solidity.
- 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.
- stigmatise — to set some mark of disgrace or infamy upon: The crime of the father stigmatized the whole family.
- stigmatize — to set some mark of disgrace or infamy upon: The crime of the father stigmatized the whole family.