10-letter words containing i, n, s, g
- ring snake — grass snake (def 1).
- ring stone — a voussoir appearing on a face of an arch.
- ring-shout — a group dance of West African origin introduced into parts of the southern U.S. by black revivalists, performed by shuffling counterclockwise in a circle while answering shouts of a preacher with corresponding shouts, and held to be, in its vigorous antiphonal patterns, a source in the development of jazz.
- ringmaster — a person in charge of the performances in a circus ring.
- rodfishing — angling or fishing using a fishing rod
- roistering — to act in a swaggering, boisterous, or uproarious manner.
- rosemaling — decorative work of Norwegian folk origin consisting of painted or carved floral designs, as on furniture or woodwork.
- rough spin — hard or unfair treatment
- roystering — roister.
- rubiginose — rust-coloured or rusty
- rubiginous — rusty; rust-colored; brownish-red.
- russetting — a boot or a piece of russet clothing
- sagination — the act of fattening livestock
- sailmaking — the craft or profession of making of sails
- saint gall — a canton in NE Switzerland. 777 sq. mi. (2010 sq. km).
- salivating — to produce saliva.
- salmagundi — a mixed dish consisting usually of cubed poultry or fish, chopped meat, anchovies, eggs, onions, oil, etc., often served as a salad.
- salpingian — a trumpet-shaped tube, as a Fallopian or Eustachian tube.
- salting-in — Salting-in is the effect when adding a salt to a solvent containing an organic solute increases the solubility of that solute.
- same again — You say 'same again' when you want to order another drink of the same kind as the one you have just had.
- san miguel — a city in E El Salvador.
- sand tiger — any of several sharks of the family Odontaspididae, especially Odontaspis taurus, inhabiting shallow waters on both sides of the Atlantic Ocean, having sharp, jagged teeth and sometimes dangerous to humans.
- sanderling — a common, small sandpiper, Calidris alba, inhabiting sandy beaches.
- sang-froid — coolness of mind; calmness; composure: They committed the robbery with complete sang-froid.
- sangiovese — a black grape grown in the Tuscany region of Italy, used for making Chianti and other wines
- sanguinary — full of or characterized by bloodshed; bloody: a sanguinary struggle.
- sanguinely — cheerfully optimistic, hopeful, or confident: a sanguine disposition; sanguine expectations.
- sanguinity — cheerfully optimistic, hopeful, or confident: a sanguine disposition; sanguine expectations.
- sanitizing — to free from dirt, germs, etc., as by cleaning or sterilizing.
- saprogenic — producing putrefaction or decay, as certain bacteria.
- satirising — to attack or ridicule with satire.
- satirizing — to attack or ridicule with satire.
- satisfying — to fulfill the desires, expectations, needs, or demands of (a person, the mind, etc.); give full contentment to: The hearty meal satisfied him.
- sauntering — to walk with a leisurely gait; stroll: sauntering through the woods.
- savingness — the quality of being careful with money; frugality
- scalloping — any of the bivalve mollusks of the genus Argopecten (Pecten) and related genera that swim by rapidly clapping the fluted shell valves together.
- scampering — to run or go hastily or quickly.
- scandaling — a disgraceful or discreditable action, circumstance, etc.
- scantlings — a timber of relatively slight width and thickness, as a stud or rafter in a house frame.
- scarf-ring — a ring which holds a scarf in place
- scarifying — critical
- scattering — distributed or occurring here and there at irregular intervals; scattered.
- scavenging — to take or gather (something usable) from discarded material.
- scheduling — a plan of procedure, usually written, for a proposed objective, especially with reference to the sequence of and time allotted for each item or operation necessary to its completion: The schedule allows three weeks for this stage.
- schizogony — (in the asexual reproduction of certain sporozoans) the multiple fission of a trophozoite or schizont into merozoites.
- schooligan — a person of school age who engages in acts of public disorder
- schtupping — to have sexual intercourse with.
- scintigram — a paper printout or photographic record indicating the intensity and distribution of radioactivity in tissues after administration of a radioactive tracer.
- scoffingly — to speak derisively; mock; jeer (often followed by at): If you can't do any better, don't scoff. Their efforts toward a peaceful settlement are not to be scoffed at.
- scowlingly — in a scowling manner