11-letter words containing l, i, s, t, n, g
- samuel ting — Samuel C(hao) C(hung) [chou choo ng] /tʃaʊ tʃʊŋ/ (Show IPA), born 1936, U.S. physicist: Nobel prize 1976.
- satin glass — an American art glassware having colored glass set into indentations in a thickness of opaque glass, the whole covered with clear glass and etched slightly with acid.
- scatterling — a person with no fixed home; a wanderer; a vagabond
- scientology — the philosophy of the Church of Scientology, a nondenominational movement founded in the US in the 1950s, which emphasizes self-knowledge as a means of realizing full spiritual potential
- sculpturing — the act of sculpturing or carving
- self-acting — acting by itself; automatic.
- self-hating — harbouring feelings of self-hatred
- self-ignite — to ignite without spark or flame.
- shoplifting — to steal (merchandise) as a shoplifter.
- sigillation — the act of sealing
- singability — to utter words or sounds in succession with musical modulations of the voice; vocalize melodically.
- 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 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-foot — rack3 (def 1).
- 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
- 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.
- singularist — someone who advocates singularism
- singularity — the state, fact, or quality of being 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.
- sliding fit — a fit that enables one part to be inserted into another by sliding or pushing, rather than by hammering
- slightingly — derogatory and disparaging; belittling.
- slot racing — the activity of racing slot cars.
- slow-acting — working or acting slowly, not immediately
- snatchingly — in a snatching manner
- speculating — to engage in thought or reflection; meditate (often followed by on, upon, or a clause).
- splintering — a small, thin, sharp piece of wood, bone, or the like, split or broken off from the main body.
- split wings — wings (of an artificial fly) that are dressed cocked up and separated into a V shape
- squintingly — in a way that makes one squint
- stabilizing — to make or hold stable, firm, or steadfast.
- stagflation — an inflationary period accompanied by rising unemployment and lack of growth in consumer demand and business activity.
- startlingly — creating sudden alarm, surprise, or wonder; astonishing.
- 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.
- stimulating — to rouse to action or effort, as by encouragement or pressure; spur on; incite: to stimulate his interest in mathematics.
- stipulating — to make an express demand or arrangement as a condition of agreement (often followed by for).
- stockpiling — the activity of acquiring and storing a large quantity of something
- streamingly — in a streaming manner
- string line — string (def 17b).
- stringently — rigorously binding or exacting; strict; severe: stringent laws.
- strongyloid — of or relating to a strongyle
- stultifying — to make, or cause to appear, foolish or ridiculous.
- supplanting — to take the place of (another), as through force, scheming, strategy, or the like.
- swingletree — a whiffletree.
- taking lens — a camera in which the image appears on a ground-glass viewer (focusing screen) after being reflected by a mirror or after passing through a prism or semitransparent glass; in one type (single-lens reflex camera) light passes through the same lens to both the ground glass and the film, while in another type (twin-lens reflex camera) light passes through one lens (viewing lens) to the ground glass and through a second lens (taking lens) to the film, the lenses being mechanically coupled for focusing.