10-letter words containing g, u, s
- slumbering — to sleep, especially lightly; doze; drowse.
- slung shot — a weight, as a stone or a piece of metal, fastened to a short strap, chain, or the like, and used as a weapon.
- smart drug — a drug or other substance that is claimed to enhance memory, concentration, or other mental functions.
- smudge pot — a container for burning oil or other fuels to produce smudge, as for protecting fruit trees from frost.
- snow buggy — a vehicle designed for travelling over snow, often fitted with very large tyres or caterpillar tracks
- snow gauge — an instrument for measuring the depth of snow.
- snowplough — A snowplough is a vehicle which is used to push snow off roads or railway lines.
- snowtubing — the sport of moving across snow on a large inflated inner tube
- snubbingly — in a snubbing manner
- soil group — one of a number of soil classes having the same kinds of horizons in the same sequence and under similar moisture and temperature regimes.
- sojourning — a temporary stay: during his sojourn in Paris.
- soundstage — a soundproof room or building in which cinematic films are shot
- sour gourd — the acid fruit of any of several African or Australian trees belonging to the genus Adansonia, of the bombax family, as the baobab, A. digitata.
- south gate — a city in SW California, near Los Angeles.
- sparganium — a marsh plant
- spark plug — a device designed to fit in each cylinder of a gasoline-powered internal-combustion engine and to produce the electric spark for igniting the mixture of gasoline and air.
- spelunking — to explore caves, especially as a hobby.
- spirit gum — a glue used in fastening false hair, as a beard or mustache, to an actor's skin.
- spittlebug — the nymph of the froghopper, which surrounds itself with a frothy mass.
- sporangium — the case or sac in which spores are produced.
- sprightful — sprightly.
- springbuck — springbok.
- spun glass — blown glass in which fine threads of glass form the surface texture.
- spun sugar — a confection resembling fluff or floss, made from hot boiled sugar that has threaded, used as a garnish, frosting, or in making cotton candy.
- sputtering — the act or sound of sputtering.
- squabbling — act of quarrelling
- square leg — the position of a fielder on the left of the batsman and almost on the opposite side of the wicket.
- square peg — a person or thing that is a misfit, such as an employee in a job for which he or she is unsuited
- squash bug — a dark-brown bug, Anasa tristis, that sucks the sap from the leaves of squash, pumpkin, and other plants of the gourd family.
- squelching — to strike or press with crushing force; crush down; squash.
- squeteague — an Atlantic food fish, Cynoscion regalis, of the croaker family.
- squiggling — a short, irregular curve or twist, as in writing or drawing.
- squillagee — squeegee.
- squireling — a landowner of a small estate.
- squirt gun — spray gun.
- staple gun — a machine for fastening together sheets of paper or the like, with wire staples.
- staudinger — Hermann [her-mahn] /ˈhɛr mɑn/ (Show IPA), 1881–1965, German chemist: Nobel prize 1953.
- strasbourg — a department in NE France. 1848 sq. mi. (4785 sq. km). Capital: Strasbourg.
- strassburg — a city in NE France, on the Rhine: the chief French inland port; under German rule (1870–1918); university (1567); seat of the Council of Europe and of the European Parliament. Pop: 264 115 (1999)
- string out — a slender cord or thick thread used for binding or tying; line.
- struggling — to contend with an adversary or opposing force.
- strung out — severely debilitated from alcohol or drugs.
- strung-out — severely debilitated from alcohol or drugs.
- stuff gown — a woollen gown worn by a barrister who has not taken silk
- stunningly — causing, capable of causing, or liable to cause astonishment, bewilderment, or a loss of consciousness or strength: a stunning blow.
- stupefying — to put into a state of little or no sensibility; benumb the faculties of; put into a stupor.
- sturbridge — a town in central Massachusetts: reconstruction of early American village.
- subangular — fairly angular
- subaverage — a quantity, rating, or the like that represents or approximates an arithmetic mean: Her golf average is in the 90s. My average in science has gone from B to C this semester.
- subceiling — a ceiling placed on a subdivision of a category; a sublimit