11-letter words containing l, g, e, n
- shellacking — lac that has been purified and formed into thin sheets, used for making varnish.
- shingle oak — an oak, Quercus imbricaria, yielding a wood used for shingles, clapboards, etc.
- shiveringly — in a shivering manner, usually from cold or fright
- shriekingly — with shrieking
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- slag cement — a cement composed of about 80 percent granulated slag and about 20 percent hydrated lime.
- slaveringly — in a slavering manner
- smouldering — burning slowly without flame, usually emitting smoke
- snorkelling — the activity of swimming with a snorkel
- solenoglyph — any poisonous snake of the viper family with hollow, paired, erectile fangs
- solid angle — an angle formed by three or more planes intersecting in a common point or formed at the vertex of a cone.
- sovereignly — a monarch; a king, queen, or other supreme ruler.
- speculating — to engage in thought or reflection; meditate (often followed by on, upon, or a clause).
- spindlelegs — (used with a plural verb) long, thin legs.
- splintering — a small, thin, sharp piece of wood, bone, or the like, split or broken off from the main body.
- splodginess — the state of being splodgy
- spreadingly — in a spreading manner
- spring line — warp (def 16).
- springfield — a state in the central United States: a part of the Midwest. 56,400 sq. mi. (146,075 sq. km). Capital: Springfield. Abbreviation: IL (for use with zip code), Ill.
- springville — a town in central Utah.
- squeakingly — in a squeaking manner
- squirreling — any of numerous arboreal, bushy-tailed rodents of the genus Sciurus, of the family Sciuridae.
- steelmaking — the manufacture of steel.
- stencilling — a device for applying a pattern, design, words, etc., to a surface, consisting of a thin sheet of cardboard, metal, or other material from which figures or letters have been cut out, a coloring substance, ink, etc., being rubbed, brushed, or pressed over the sheet, passing through the perforations and onto the surface.
- stepsibling — a stepbrother or stepsister.
- strangulate — Pathology, Surgery. to compress or constrict (a duct, intestine, vessel, etc.) so as to prevent circulation or suppress function.
- streamingly — in a streaming manner