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11-letter words containing g, o, t, s

  • 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
  • storm surge — an abnormal rise in the level of the sea along a coast caused by the onshore winds of a severe cyclone.
  • stourbridge — an industrial town in W central England, in Dudley unitary authority, West Midlands. Pop: 55 480 (2001)
  • streetology — knowledge of how to get along in an urban neighborhood; street smarts.
  • 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
  • strong side — the side of the offensive line where the tight end is positioned, thereby the side having the greater number of players.
  • strong suit — Bridge. a long suit that contains high cards.
  • strongpoint — a fortified defensive position; stronghold.
  • strongyloid — of or relating to a strongyle
  • struggle on — If you struggle on, you continue doing something rather than stopping, even though it is difficult.
  • study group — an informal gathering of people who convene regularly to exchange ideas and information on a specific subject.
  • stylography — the art of writing, tracing, drawing, etc., with a style.
  • subcategory — a subordinate category or a division of a category.
  • subjugation — the act, fact, or process of subjugating, or bringing under control; enslavement: The subjugation of the American Indians happened across the country.
  • subrogation — to put into the place of another; substitute for another.
  • sugar tongs — small tongs used for serving cubed sugar.
  • sugarcoated — to cover with sugar: to sugarcoat a pill.
  • suggestions — the act of suggesting.
  • superegoist — an exceptionally selfish or self-centred person; someone who is very self-important
  • supergrowth — exceptional growth; very rapid growth
  • superstrong — extremely strong
  • surmounting — to mount upon; get on the top of; mount upon and cross over: to surmount a hill.
  • surrogation — a person appointed to act for another; deputy.
  • sweat lodge — (especially among North American Indians) a special building used for cleansing and purifying one's body by sweating, in which heated water is poured over heated stones to produce steam.
  • swing voter — to cause to move to and fro, sway, or oscillate, as something suspended from above: to swing one's arms in walking.
  • swingometer — a device used in television broadcasting during a general election to indicate the swing of votes from one political party to another
  • sword fight — duel with long-bladed weapons
  • syllogistic — of or relating to a syllogism.
  • syngnathous — (of fish) having a tubular snout, e.g. pipefish, seahorse
  • syringotomy — surgical removal of a fistula
  • tautologism — the use of tautology.
  • tautologous — needless repetition of an idea, especially in words other than those of the immediate context, without imparting additional force or clearness, as in “widow woman.”.
  • teleologist — the doctrine that final causes exist.
  • telescoping — an optical instrument for making distant objects appear larger and therefore nearer. One of the two principal forms (refracting telescope) consists essentially of an objective lens set into one end of a tube and an adjustable eyepiece or combination of lenses set into the other end of a tube that slides into the first and through which the enlarged object is viewed directly; the other form (reflecting telescope) has a concave mirror that gathers light from the object and focuses it into an adjustable eyepiece or combination of lenses through which the reflection of the object is enlarged and viewed. Compare radio telescope.
  • tense logic — the study of the logical properties of tense operators, and of the logical relations between sentences having tense, by means of consideration of appropriate formal systems
  • tentiginous — relating to feelings of lust
  • terrigenous — produced by the earth.
  • terrorising — to fill or overcome with terror.
  • tessaraglot — relating to four languages grouped together
  • tetragonous — related to a tetragon
  • the gallows — execution by hanging
  • the gorbals — a district of Glasgow, formerly known for its slums
  • theophagous — relating to theophagy or the practice of symbolically consuming the body of God or a god
  • thigh boots — boots that cover the thighs
  • thigmotaxis — movement of an organism toward or away from any object that provides a mechanical stimulus.
  • thoughtcast — a mode of thought
  • thoughtless — lacking in consideration for others; inconsiderate; tactless: a thoughtless remark.
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