11-letter words containing i, n, s, g
- sign on for — If you sign on for something, you officially agree to work for an organization or do a course of study by signing a contract or form.
- sign writer — someone whose job is to produce signs for businesses
- sign-posted — a post bearing a sign that gives information or guidance.
- signal book — a book containing the signals to be used for sending messages to other boats
- signal flag — a flag used for sending messages to other ships
- signatories — having signed, or joined in signing, a document: the signatory powers to a treaty.
- signet ring — a finger ring containing a small seal, one's initial, or the like.
- significant — important; of consequence.
- significate — something signified
- signifyings — indications
- signposting — indication by means of signposts
- simon magus — Simon (defs 5, 6).
- sindonology — the scientific study of the Shroud of Turin.
- singability — to utter words or sounds in succession with musical modulations of the voice; vocalize melodically.
- singaporean — an island on the Strait of Singapore, off the S tip of the Malay Peninsula.
- singingfish — midshipman (def 3).
- single bond — a chemical linkage consisting of one covalent bond between two atoms of a molecule, represented in chemical formulas by one line or two vertical dots, as C–H or C:H.
- single file — a line of persons or things arranged one behind the other; Indian file.
- single knot — overhand knot.
- single malt — a type of whisky that is made at a single distillery and from one type of malted grain
- single room — hotel room for one person
- single tape — a ribbon of material, usually with a plastic base, coated on one side (single tape) or both sides (double tape) with a substance containing iron oxide, to make it sensitive to impulses from an electromagnet: used to record sound, images, data, etc.
- single whip — an instrument for striking, as in driving animals or in punishing, typically consisting of a lash or other flexible part with a more rigid handle.
- single-foot — rack3 (def 1).
- single-hand — to sail (a craft) without help from others.
- single-hung — (of a window) having two sashes, only one of which is movable.
- single-knit — a fabric made on warp knit.
- single-malt — (of whiskey, especially Scotch) made from unblended malt whiskey distilled at one distillery.
- single-shot — (of a firearm) requiring loading before each shot; not having or using a cartridge magazine.
- single-step — to perform a single instruction on (a program), generally under the control of a debug program
- single-wide — a mobile home used as a permanent residence.
- singles bar — a bar or tavern catering to a clientele composed chiefly of single men and women, especially those seeking a lover or spouse.
- singlestick — a short, heavy stick.
- singletrack — (of a railroad or section of a railroad's route) having but one set of tracks, so that trains going in opposite directions must be scheduled to meet only at points where there are sidings.
- 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.
- siphonogamy — a mode of pollination in which pollen tubes develop to facilitate the passage of male cells to eggs
- ski binding — an device on a ski used to attach it to a ski boot
- 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
- skimmington — (in rural Britain, formerly) the custom of forming a mock procession to ridicule an unfaithful spouse
- skin diving — underwater exploring with face mask and flippers
- skyscraping — of or like a skyscraper; very high: a skyscraping chimney.
- slacklining — the activity of walking across a narrow line of synthetic webbing hung slackly above the ground
- slaveringly — in a slavering manner
- sliding fit — a fit that enables one part to be inserted into another by sliding or pushing, rather than by hammering