12-letter words containing g, r, i, s, l
- single entry — an item noted only once.
- single rhyme — a rhyme of monosyllables, as in heart, part.
- single track — a single pair of lines so that trains can travel in only one direction at a time
- single-cross — a cross between two inbred lines.
- single-party — of or relating to a form of government in which only a single political party constitutes the government
- single-payer — noting or relating to a healthcare or health insurance system in which the government or a publicly owned and regulated agency pays all medical costs from a single fund.
- single-track — (of a railroad or section of a railroad's route) having but one set of tracks, so that trains going in opposite directions must be scheduled to meet only at points where there are sidings.
- skirt length — the length of someone's skirt
- sleeping car — a railroad car fitted with berths, compartments, bedrooms, or drawing rooms for passengers to sleep in.
- slide guitar — bottleneck (def 3).
- sliding door — door which opens on a runner
- sliding rule — (formerly) a slide rule.
- slinger ring — a tubular ring around the hub of an aircraft propeller through which antifreeze solution is spread over the propeller blades by centrifugal force
- slip through — be undetected
- sloganeering — Sloganeering is the use of slogans by people such as politicians or advertising agencies.
- sloop-rigged — (of a sailboat) fore-and-aft rigged with a mainsail and a jib.
- slow-burning — (of combustible material) burning relatively slowly
- slubberingly — in a slubbering or slovenly manner
- slumberingly — in a slumbering manner
- smotheringly — in a smothering manner
- sniggeringly — with a snigger
- solid figure — a figure that has three dimensions
- spoil ground — an area within a body of water, especially in the sea, where dredged material is deposited.
- sporangiolum — a small sporangium
- sprightfully — in a sprightful manner
- spring-clean — to subject (a place) to a spring-cleaning.
- sputteringly — in a sputtering manner
- stabilograph — an instrument for measuring body sway.
- staggeringly — tending to stagger or overwhelm: a staggering amount of money required in the initial investment.
- steel guitar — an acoustic, handheld guitar having a metal resonator and producing a wailing, variable sound.
- sterlingness — the state of being sterling or having the quality of sterling
- stigmasterol — a crystalline, water-insoluble steroid, C 2 9 H 4 8 O, present in soybeans or calabar beans, used chiefly as a raw material in the manufacture of progesterone.
- storiologist — a person who studies storiology
- storm signal — a visual signal, as a flag, giving advance notice of a heavy storm, used especially along coastal areas.
- storytelling — the telling or writing of stories.
- streamlining — a teardrop line of contour offering the least possible resistance to a current of air, water, etc.
- string along — a slender cord or thick thread used for binding or tying; line.
- stringhalted — afflicted with stringhalt
- stringholder — an oblong piece of wood at the lower end of the body of a viol or other stringed instrument to which the strings are attached.
- strobe light — a device for studying the motion of a body, especially a body in rapid revolution or vibration, by making the motion appear to slow down or stop, as by periodically illuminating the body or viewing it through widely spaced openings in a revolving disk.
- strobe-light — a device for studying the motion of a body, especially a body in rapid revolution or vibration, by making the motion appear to slow down or stop, as by periodically illuminating the body or viewing it through widely spaced openings in a revolving disk.
- strongsville — a town in N Ohio.
- strongylosis — a disease, especially of horses, caused by an infestation by strongyles and characterized in serious cases by weakness and anemia.
- stylographic — of or relating to a stylograph.
- sub-religion — a set of beliefs concerning the cause, nature, and purpose of the universe, especially when considered as the creation of a superhuman agency or agencies, usually involving devotional and ritual observances, and often containing a moral code governing the conduct of human affairs.
- sugar glider — a gliding possum, Petaurus breviceps, inhabiting open forests of New Guinea, Tasmania, and Australia.
- supercooling — to cool (a liquid) below its freezing point without producing solidification or crystallization; undercool.
- superglacial — on the surface of a glacier.
- supportingly — to bear or hold up (a load, mass, structure, part, etc.); serve as a foundation for.
- surpassingly — of a large amount or high degree; exceeding, excelling, or extraordinary: structures of surpassing magnificence.