11-letter words containing g, o, s, a
- snowballing — a ball of snow pressed or rolled together, as for throwing.
- snowblading — the activity or sport of skiing with short skis (snowblades) and no poles
- socializing — to make social; make fit for life in companionship with others.
- sociography — the branch of sociology that uses statistical data to describe social phenomena.
- sockdolager — something unusually large, heavy, etc.
- soft target — sth easy to hit
- software ag — (company) A German software engineering company that started with the ADABAS database. Natural is their 4GL development environment, EntireX is their DCOM for Unix and IBM. BOLERO, is an object-oriented development environment and application server specially made for Electronic Business applications. Mailing-list: <[email protected]>.
- solid angle — an angle formed by three or more planes intersecting in a common point or formed at the vertex of a cone.
- somatogenic — developing from somatic cells.
- sonographer — a diagnostic technician who operates a sonograph
- soothsaying — the practice or art of foretelling events.
- soul-baring — confessing intimate thoughts
- sound stage — a large, soundproof studio used for filming motion pictures.
- sour grapes — bitterness about sth unattainable
- sour orange — a globose, reddish-yellow, bitter or sweet, edible citrus fruit.
- space group — a set of symmetry elements that brings a periodic arrangement of points on a Bravais space lattice to its original position.
- specialogue — a mail-order catalogue aimed at a specific group of customers
- spectrogram — a representation or photograph of a spectrum.
- sphagnology — the study of sphagna
- sphygmogram — a tracing or diagram produced by a sphygmograph.
- spirography — the study of breathing using a spirograph
- sponge bath — a bath in which the bather is cleaned by a wet sponge or washcloth dipped in water, without getting into a tub of water.
- sponge cake — a light, sweet cake made with a comparatively large proportion of eggs but no shortening.
- sports page — newspaper page carrying sports results
- springboard — a flexible board, projecting over water, from which divers leap or spring.
- squarsonage — the residence of a squarson
- stag's horn — the antlers of a stag used as a material for carved implements
- stagflation — an inflationary period accompanied by rising unemployment and lack of growth in consumer demand and business activity.
- steam organ — calliope (def 1).
- steatopygia — extreme accumulation of fat on and about the buttocks, especially of women.
- steatopygic — extreme accumulation of fat on and about the buttocks, especially of women.
- steganogram — a coded message
- stegosaurus — any of a suborder (Stegosauria) of large ornithischian dinosaurs of the Upper Jurassic having a small head and heavy bony plates with sharp spikes down the backbone
- stenography — the art of writing in shorthand.
- stereograph — a single or double picture for a stereoscope.
- stereoimage — the single three-dimensional image perceived in the brain by the coordination of the two slightly different views seen by the eyes.
- stock guard — a barrier for keeping cattle and other animals off the tracks or right of way.
- stocktaking — the examination or counting over of materials or goods on hand, as in a stockroom or store.
- stomatology — the science dealing with the mouth and its diseases.
- stop-and-go — characterized by periodically enforced stops, as caused by heavy traffic or traffic signals: stop-and-go traffic.
- storm glass — a sealed tube containing a solution supposed to change in appearance according to the weather
- stringboard — a board or facing covering the ends of the steps in a staircase.
- strong gale — a wind of 47–54 miles per hour (21–24 m/sec).
- strong meat — anything arousing fear, anger, repulsion, etc, except among a tolerant or receptive minority
- stylography — the art of writing, tracing, drawing, etc., with a style.
- subcategory — a subordinate category or a division of a category.
- subglobular — globe-shaped; spherical.
- subjugation — the act, fact, or process of subjugating, or bringing under control; enslavement: The subjugation of the American Indians happened across the country.
- subpoenaing — the usual writ for the summoning of witnesses or the submission of evidence, as records or documents, before a court or other deliberative body.
- subrogation — to put into the place of another; substitute for another.