11-letter words containing i, n, s, g
- self-acting — acting by itself; automatic.
- self-giving — to present voluntarily and without expecting compensation; bestow: to give a birthday present to someone.
- self-hating — harbouring feelings of self-hatred
- self-ignite — to ignite without spark or flame.
- self-making — the act of a person or thing that makes: The making of a violin requires great skill.
- self-moving — capable of moving without an external agency.
- self-rising — rising without the addition of leaven: self-rising pancake flour.
- self-ruling — of or relating to self-rule
- sempstering — the profession of being a tailor
- send flying — to dismiss or cause to depart hurriedly
- sending-off — If there is a sending-off during a game of football, a player is told to leave the field by the referee, as a punishment for seriously breaking the rules.
- sermonizing — the act of talking as if delivering a sermon
- serpiginous — (formerly) a creeping or spreading skin disease, as ringworm.
- set against — to put (something or someone) in a particular place: to set a vase on a table.
- set-jetting — the practice of visiting places used as locations in feature films
- sewing silk — finely twisted silk thread used for sewing, embroidery, etc.
- sex hygiene — a branch of hygiene concerned with sex and sexual behavior as they relate to individual and community well-being.
- sex linkage — an association between genes in sex chromosomes such that the characteristics determined by these genes appear more frequently in one sex than in the other.
- sex-linkage — an association between genes in sex chromosomes such that the characteristics determined by these genes appear more frequently in one sex than in the other.
- shanghaiing — to enroll or obtain (a sailor) for the crew of a ship by unscrupulous means, as by force or the use of liquor or drugs.
- 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.
- shaving gel — product that softens hair growth for shaving
- shellacking — lac that has been purified and formed into thin sheets, used for making varnish.
- shenanigans — Usually, shenanigans. mischief; prankishness: Halloween shenanigans. deceit; trickery.
- shepherding — a person who herds, tends, and guards sheep.
- sherrington — Sir Charles Scott, 1861–1952, English physiologist: Nobel Prize in medicine 1932.
- shingle oak — an oak, Quercus imbricaria, yielding a wood used for shingles, clapboards, etc.
- shiningness — brightness; brilliance
- shiveringly — in a shivering manner, usually from cold or fright
- shoe-string — a shoelace.
- shopkeeping — a retail merchant or tradesman; a person who owns or operates a small store or shop.
- shoplifting — to steal (merchandise) as a shoplifter.
- shortcoming — a failure, defect, or deficiency in conduct, condition, thought, ability, etc.: a social shortcoming; a shortcoming of his philosophy.
- showing-off — behaviour designed to impress people
- showjumping — horseriding event
- showrooming — the practice of looking at an item of merchandise in a shop, often using a smartphone app to compare its price elsewhere, before buying it from an online distributor
- shriekingly — with shrieking
- shufflingly — in the manner of a shuffle
- sick-making — making one feel jealous
- sicknursing — the nursing of the sick
- side glance — a look sideways at someone or something
- side-glance — a glance directed to the side; an oblique or sideways look: a side-glance of displeasure at her interrupter.
- side-lining — a line at the side of something.
- sidewalking — the practice of shopkeepers standing on the sidewalk outside their shops to attract customers.
- sightscreen — a white screen set in line with the wicket as an aid to the batsman in seeing the ball when it is bowled.
- sightseeing — the act of visiting and seeing places and objects of interest.
- sigillarian — resembling the fossilized, tree-like plants of the genus Sigillaria
- sigillation — the act of sealing
- sign manual — a personal signature, especially that of a sovereign or official on a public document.
- sign off on — to indicate approval or acceptance of (a plan, statement, etc.) by, or as if by, signing or initialing it