11-letter words containing g, r, o, s
- sour orange — a globose, reddish-yellow, bitter or sweet, edible citrus fruit.
- southbridge — a town in S Massachusetts.
- sovereignly — a monarch; a king, queen, or other supreme ruler.
- sovereignty — the quality or state of being sovereign, or of having supreme power or authority.
- space group — a set of symmetry elements that brings a periodic arrangement of points on a Bravais space lattice to its original position.
- spectrogram — a representation or photograph of a spectrum.
- spectrology — the study of ghosts, phantoms, or apparitions.
- sphygmogram — a tracing or diagram produced by a sphygmograph.
- spirography — the study of breathing using a spirograph
- sponge iron — finely divided, porous iron, reduced from an oxide at a temperature below the melting point.
- sponge tree — huisache.
- sporogenous — of or relating to spores or spore production.
- sporogonium — the sporangium of mosses and liverworts.
- sports page — newspaper page carrying sports results
- spring lock — a lock that fastens automatically by a spring.
- spring roll — an egg roll.
- spring snow — corn snow.
- springboard — a flexible board, projecting over water, from which divers leap or spring.
- springhouse — a small storehouse built over a spring or part of a brook, for keeping such foods as meat and dairy products cool and fresh.
- squarsonage — the residence of a squarson
- stag's horn — the antlers of a stag used as a material for carved implements
- steam organ — calliope (def 1).
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- subglobular — globe-shaped; spherical.
- subrogation — to put into the place of another; substitute for another.
- sugar grove — sugarbush (def 2).
- sugar spoon — a small spoon for serving granulated sugar, resembling but having a wider bowl than a teaspoon.