11-letter words containing g, i, u, s
- pedagoguish — resembling or reminiscent of a pedagogue
- pelagius ii — died a.d. 590, pope 579–590.
- persian rug — an Oriental rug made in Persia (Iran), having rich, soft colors in any of various intricate, often floral, patterns
- physiologus — an ancient Greek book containing stories and tales with moral content about real and mythical animals
- picturising — to represent in a picture, especially in a motion picture; make a picture of.
- pietersburg — capital of Northern Transvaal province, South Africa: pop. 26,000
- plumigerous — wearing or possessing feathers
- plutologist — a person who has expertise in plutology
- porriginous — pertaining to or designating porrigo
- postulating — to ask, demand, or claim.
- posturizing — to posture; pose.
- prestigious — indicative of or conferring prestige: the most prestigious address in town.
- presumingly — presumptuous.
- prosecuting — carrying out a prosecution
- pruriginous — of, relating to, or causing prurigo.
- pseudologia — a psychological condition in which a patient tells elaborate, false stories believing them to be true
- publishings — the activities or business of a publisher, especially of books or periodicals: He plans to go into publishing after college.
- pugil stick — a long pole or stick with padded ends used to carry out mock combat.
- quadrigatus — a silver coin of ancient Rome, bearing an image of Jupiter in a quadriga on the reverse.
- quasi-legal — permitted by law; lawful: Such acts are not legal.
- questioning — indicating or implying a question: a questioning tone in her voice.
- quick grass — the couch grass, Agropyron repens.
- quislingism — the act of aiding or collaborating with an occupying force
- quitchgrass — Elymus repens.
- religiously — of, relating to, or concerned with religion: a religious holiday.
- resultingly — as a result.
- rifled slug — a shotgun projectile with helical grooves on its sides for imparting a spin to it when it is fired through the smooth bore of the shotgun.
- right stuff — the necessary or ideal qualities or capabilities, as courage, confidence, dependability, toughness, or daring (usually preceded by the).
- righteously — characterized by uprightness or morality: a righteous observance of the law.
- ring-porous — having annual rings marked by a conspicuous band of large pores in wood formed in spring.
- rough music — (formerly) a loud cacophony created with tin pans, drums, etc, esp as a protest or demonstration of indignation outside someone's house
- rubbish bag — a plastic bag for the disposal of household rubbish
- rugby shirt — a knitted pullover sport shirt usually in bold horizontal stripes and having a white collar and neckline placket, styled after the shirts traditionally worn by the members of Rugby teams.
- rusticating — to go to the country.
- sagittarius — zodiac sign: Archer
- salsuginous — full of salt or able to grow in salty soil
- salting out — the addition of salt to a mixture to precipitate proteins, soaps, and other simple organic compounds.
- salting-out — Salting-out is the effect when adding a salt to a solvent containing an organic solute reduces the solubility of that solute.
- samuel ting — Samuel C(hao) C(hung) [chou choo ng] /tʃaʊ tʃʊŋ/ (Show IPA), born 1936, U.S. physicist: Nobel prize 1976.
- sanguinaria — the bloodroot, Sanguinaria canadensis.
- sanguineous — of, relating to, or containing blood.
- scapigerous — having a scape or leafless stalk
- schrödinbug — (jargon, programming) /shroh'din-buhg/ (MIT, from the Schrödinger's Cat thought-experiment in quantum physics) A design or implementation bug that doesn't manifest until someone reading the source code or using the program in an unusual way notices that it never should have worked, at which point it stops working until fixed. Though (like bit rot) this sounds impossible, it happens; some programs have harboured schrödinbugs for years. Compare heisenbug, Bohr bug, mandelbug.
- schuschnigg — Kurt von [kurt von;; German koort fuh n] /kɜrt vɒn;; German kurt fən/ (Show IPA) (1897–1977), Austrian statesman in the U.S.: Chancellor of Austria 1934–38.
- sculpturing — the act of sculpturing or carving
- sdeignfully — disdainfully
- seigneurial — a lord, especially a feudal lord.
- self-guided — accompanied by a guide: a guided tour.
- self-ruling — of or relating to self-rule
- sergius iii — died a.d. 911, pope 904–911.