11-letter words containing g, u, i
- sagittarius — zodiac sign: Archer
- salsuginous — full of salt or able to grow in salty soil
- salting out — the addition of salt to a mixture to precipitate proteins, soaps, and other simple organic compounds.
- salting-out — Salting-out is the effect when adding a salt to a solvent containing an organic solute reduces the solubility of that solute.
- samuel ting — Samuel C(hao) C(hung) [chou choo ng] /tʃaʊ tʃʊŋ/ (Show IPA), born 1936, U.S. physicist: Nobel prize 1976.
- sanguinaria — the bloodroot, Sanguinaria canadensis.
- sanguineous — of, relating to, or containing blood.
- scapigerous — having a scape or leafless stalk
- schrödinbug — (jargon, programming) /shroh'din-buhg/ (MIT, from the Schrödinger's Cat thought-experiment in quantum physics) A design or implementation bug that doesn't manifest until someone reading the source code or using the program in an unusual way notices that it never should have worked, at which point it stops working until fixed. Though (like bit rot) this sounds impossible, it happens; some programs have harboured schrödinbugs for years. Compare heisenbug, Bohr bug, mandelbug.
- schuschnigg — Kurt von [kurt von;; German koort fuh n] /kɜrt vɒn;; German kurt fən/ (Show IPA) (1897–1977), Austrian statesman in the U.S.: Chancellor of Austria 1934–38.
- sculpturing — the act of sculpturing or carving
- sdeignfully — disdainfully
- seigneurial — a lord, especially a feudal lord.
- self-guided — accompanied by a guide: a guided tour.
- self-ruling — of or relating to self-rule
- sergius iii — died a.d. 911, pope 904–911.
- serpiginous — (formerly) a creeping or spreading skin disease, as ringworm.
- shanhaiguan — a city in NE Hebei province, in NE China, on the Gulf of Liaodong: strategically located at the E end of the Great Wall.
- showjumping — horseriding event
- shufflingly — in the manner of a shuffle
- sicknursing — the nursing of the sick
- sign manual — a personal signature, especially that of a sovereign or official on a public document.
- simon magus — Simon (defs 5, 6).
- single-hung — (of a window) having two sashes, only one of which is movable.
- singularism — any philosophy that explains phenomena from a single principle
- singularist — someone who advocates singularism
- singularity — the state, fact, or quality of being singular.
- singularize — to make singular.
- singulative — a grammatical form or construction that expresses a singular entity or indicates that an individual is singled out from a group, especially as opposed to a collective noun, as snowflake as opposed to snow.
- sit through — endure the whole of
- ski jumping — a competitive event, included in the Nordic combined, in which a skier jumps from a ski jump, often traveling 230 to 300 feet (70 to 90 meters) in the air, with scores being based on both the skier's form and the distance of the jump.
- ski touring — cross-country skiing.
- ski-jumping — the sport or activity of (skiers) jumping from a high ramp overhanging a slope
- 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.
- slug it out — to strike heavily; hit hard, especially with the fist.
- sluggardise — indolence or laziness
- sluggardize — to make lazy or sluggish
- slumgullion — a stew of meat, vegetables, potatoes, etc.
- smoking gun — indisputable proof or evidence of a crime.
- smouldering — burning slowly without flame, usually emitting smoke
- snowsurfing — the use of a board without bindings to travel over snow
- soul-baring — confessing intimate thoughts
- southbridge — a town in S Massachusetts.
- southington — a town in central Connecticut.
- specialogue — a mail-order catalogue aimed at a specific group of customers
- speculating — to engage in thought or reflection; meditate (often followed by on, upon, or a clause).
- spitzenburg — any of several red or yellow varieties of apple that ripen in the autumn.
- sporogonium — the sporangium of mosses and liverworts.
- 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.
- spur blight — a disease of raspberries, characterized by reddish-brown spots on the stems, caused by a fungus, Didymella applanata.