9-letter words containing i, t, s, a, g
- serrating — Chiefly Biology. notched on the edge like a saw: a serrate leaf.
- sgraffito — a technique of ornamentation in which a surface layer of paint, plaster, slip, etc., is incised to reveal a ground of contrasting color.
- sheathing — the act of a person who sheathes.
- sight gag — a comic effect produced by visual means rather than by spoken lines, as in a play or motion picture.
- sightsman — a tourist guide
- sigillate — (of a ceramic object) having stamped decorations.
- sigmatism — defective pronunciation of sibilant sounds.
- sigmatron — a machine for generating X-rays
- signatory — having signed, or joined in signing, a document: the signatory powers to a treaty.
- signature — a person's name, or a mark representing it, as signed personally or by deputy, as in subscribing a letter or other document.
- sitatunga — an antelope, Tragelaphus spekei, inhabiting marshy regions of central and eastern Africa.
- situtunga — an antelope, Tragelaphus spekei, inhabiting marshy regions of central and eastern Africa.
- slow gait — (of a horse) a slow rack.
- snatching — to make a sudden effort to seize something, as with the hand; grab (usually followed by at).
- spaghetti — a white, starchy pasta of Italian origin that is made in the form of long strings, boiled, and served with any of a variety of meat, tomato, or other sauces.
- spagyrist — an alchemist
- sprigtail — the pintail, Anas acuta.
- squatting — occupying a property illegally
- stag line — the men at a social gathering who are not accompanied by a date or dancing partner.
- stagelike — resembling a theatrical stage
- stagirite — a native or inhabitant of Stagira.
- stagyrite — a native or inhabitant of Stagira.
- star sign — one of 12 signs of the Zodiac
- staringly — in a staring way
- starlight — the light emanating from the stars.
- startling — creating sudden alarm, surprise, or wonder; astonishing.
- stigmatic — Also, stigmatical. pertaining to a stigma, mark, spot, or the like.
- stingaree — a stingray.
- straights — without a bend, angle, or curve; not curved; direct: a straight path.
- straining — to draw tight or taut, especially to the utmost tension; stretch to the full: to strain a rope.
- stranding — to form (a rope, cable, etc.) by twisting strands together.
- strapping — powerfully built; robust.
- strategic — pertaining to, characterized by, or of the nature of strategy: strategic movements.
- strayling — a stray
- streaking — a long, narrow mark, smear, band of color, or the like: streaks of mud.
- streaming — a body of water flowing in a channel or watercourse, as a river, rivulet, or brook. Synonyms: rill, run, streamlet, runnel.
- sugar tit — a piece of cloth containing moist sugar, wrapped to resemble a nipple and used to pacify an infant.
- sugar-tit — a piece of cloth containing moist sugar, wrapped to resemble a nipple and used to pacify an infant.
- swingbeat — a type of modern dance music that combines soul, rhythm and blues, and hip-hop
- swingboat — a piece of fairground equipment consisting of a boat-shaped carriage for swinging in
- swingtail — denoting an aircraft with a rear portion that can be opened to assist in loading cargo
- tagmemics — a school of linguistics deriving from American structuralism based on the work of Kenneth Lee Pike and using the tagmeme as the basic unit of grammatical analysis.
- tanginess — having a tang.
- tarsalgia — pain in the tarsus
- teachings — the act or profession of a person who teaches.
- teasingly — to irritate or provoke with persistent petty distractions, trifling raillery, or other annoyance, often in sport.
- thankings — expressions of gratitude or acts of thanking
- thrashing — an act or instance of thrashing; beating; blow.
- tight-ass — a strait-laced, inhibited person
- togavirus — a virus belonging to the Togaviridae family and which usually affects birds and mammals rather than humans