9-letter words containing g, s, t
- ring spot — any of various plant diseases caused by a virus or fungus and characterized by concentric rings of discoloration or necrosis on the leaves.
- ringstand — a stand on which laboratory equipment is placed
- rogations — solemn supplications, esp in a form of ceremony prescribed by the Church
- root sign — the symbol √ placed before a number or quantity to indicate the extraction of a root, esp a square root. The value of a higher root is indicated by a raised digit in front of the symbol, as in 3√
- rosetting — abnormal leaf formation in a plant due to disease
- roughcast — Also called spatter dash. an exterior wall finish composed of mortar and fine pebbles mixed together and dashed against the wall. Compare pebble dash.
- rushlight — a narrow candle, formerly in use, made of the pith of various types of rush dipped in tallow
- safelight — a darkroom light with a filter that transmits only those rays of the spectrum to which films, printing paper, etc., are not sensitive.
- sagenitic — relating to sagenite
- sagittary — a centaur with a bow, as Chiron.
- sagittate — shaped like an arrowhead.
- saintling — a little saint
- saltglaze — having a salt glaze.
- salty dog — a cocktail of gin or vodka and grapefruit juice, traditionally served in a salt-rimmed glass.
- sao tiago — the largest of the Cape Verde Islands, S of Cape Verde. About 383 sq. mi. (992 sq. km).
- satiating — to supply with anything to excess, so as to disgust or weary; surfeit.
- scantling — a timber of relatively slight width and thickness, as a stud or rafter in a house frame.
- scapegoat — a person or group made to bear the blame for others or to suffer in their place.
- scatology — the study of or preoccupation with excrement or obscenity.
- scotching — scutch (defs 2, 4).
- scrapegut — a fiddle player
- scripting — the letters or characters used in writing by hand; handwriting, especially cursive writing.
- scuttling — to run with quick, hasty steps; scurry.
- se'nnight — a week.
- sea fight — a fight between ships at sea.
- secretage — the use of mercury in treating or felting furs
- secreting — to place out of sight; hide; conceal: squirrels secreting nuts in a hollow tree trunk.
- segholate — a noun in Hebrew that has a long vowel in the first syllable and a short seghol in the second syllable
- segmental — of, relating to, or characterized by segments or segmentation.
- segmented — one of the parts into which something naturally separates or is divided; a division, portion, or section: a segment of an orange.
- segregant — an organism which is different because of segregation
- segregate — to separate or set apart from others or from the main body or group; isolate: to segregate exceptional children; to segregate hardened criminals.
- selecting — to choose in preference to another or others; pick out.
- serengeti — a plain in NW Tanzania, including a major wildlife reserve (Serengeti National Park)
- sergeanty — a form of land tenure in which a tenant holding of the king rendered him exclusive services in a status below that of a knight.
- serrating — Chiefly Biology. notched on the edge like a saw: a serrate leaf.
- settlings — the act of a person or thing that settles.
- sgraffito — a technique of ornamentation in which a surface layer of paint, plaster, slip, etc., is incised to reveal a ground of contrasting color.
- sheathing — the act of a person who sheathes.
- shogunate — the office or rule of a shogun.
- short leg — a fielding position on the leg side near the batsman's wicket
- shortgown — a short-skirted dress worn by women doing housework
- shuttling — a device in a loom for passing or shooting the weft thread through the shed from one side of the web to the other, usually consisting of a boat-shaped piece of wood containing a bobbin on which the weft thread is wound.
- sidelight — an item of incidental information.
- siftingly — by a sifting process
- sight gag — a comic effect produced by visual means rather than by spoken lines, as in a play or motion picture.
- sighthole — a hole, as on a quadrant, through which to see or to sight.
- sightless — unable to see; blind.
- sightline — any of the lines of sight between the spectators and the stage or playing area in a theater, stadium, etc.: Some of the sightlines are blocked by columns.
- sightseer — to go about seeing places and things of interest: In Rome, we only had two days to sightsee.