11-letter words containing g, o, t, s
- sit through — endure the whole of
- ski touring — cross-country skiing.
- skimmington — (in rural Britain, formerly) the custom of forming a mock procession to ridicule an unfaithful spouse
- slog it out — If two or more people slog it out, they work very hard to try to be the one who is successful or who has their ideas and wishes accepted.
- slot racing — the activity of racing slot cars.
- slow-acting — working or acting slowly, not immediately
- slug it out — to strike heavily; hit hard, especially with the fist.
- snowy egret — a white egret, Egretta thula, of the warmer parts of the Western Hemisphere: formerly hunted in great numbers for its plumes, the species is now protected and has recovered.
- sociologist — the science or study of the origin, development, organization, and functioning of human society; the science of the fundamental laws of social relations, institutions, etc.
- soft ground — an etching ground usually mixed with tallow. Compare hard ground.
- 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]>.
- somatogenic — developing from somatic cells.
- song thrush — a common, European songbird, Turdus philomelos.
- songwriting — composing melodies and lyrics
- soothsaying — the practice or art of foretelling events.
- sopping wet — soaked, dripping
- soteriology — the doctrine of salvation through Jesus Christ.
- sound stage — a large, soundproof studio used for filming motion pictures.
- south ogden — a town in N Utah.
- southbridge — a town in S Massachusetts.
- southington — a town in central Connecticut.
- sovereignty — the quality or state of being sovereign, or of having supreme power or authority.
- sovietology — Kremlinology.
- spectrogram — a representation or photograph of a spectrum.
- spectrology — the study of ghosts, phantoms, or apparitions.
- 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 tree — huisache.
- sports page — newspaper page carrying sports results
- spot fixing — the act of deliberately engineering an outcome within a sporting contest without attempting to alter the outcome of the contest itself
- spot height — the elevation of a certain point.
- spotted gum — an Australian eucalyptus tree, Eucalyptus maculata
- 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.
- stenohygric — able to withstand only a narrow range of humidity
- 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.
- stevedoring — the act or practice of loading or unloading a ship, ship's cargo, etc
- stock guard — a barrier for keeping cattle and other animals off the tracks or right of way.
- stockpiling — the activity of acquiring and storing a large quantity of something
- stocktaking — the examination or counting over of materials or goods on hand, as in a stockroom or store.
- stoke poges — a village in S Buckinghamshire, in S England, W of London: the churchyard here is believed to be the setting of Gray's Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard.
- stomatology — the science dealing with the mouth and its diseases.
- stoneground — (of wheat or other grain) ground between millstones, especially those made of burstone, so as to retain the whole of the grain and preserve nutritional content.