10-letter words containing n, o, s, g
- sponge mop — a mop that makes use of a sponge as the cleaning part
- sponge off — any aquatic, chiefly marine animal of the phylum Porifera, having a porous structure and usually a horny, siliceous or calcareous internal skeleton or framework, occurring in large, sessile colonies.
- spongeable — able to be cleaned with a sponge
- spongecake — sweet cake of eggs and flour
- spongeware — earthenware decorated with color applied with a sponge.
- spongewood — an Indian plant with a pith used in making tropical hats
- spongiform — resembling a sponge, as in appearance or structure.
- spongocoel — the central cavity in the body of a sponge.
- spongology — the study of sponges
- sponsoring — a person who vouches or is responsible for a person or thing.
- sporangium — the case or sac in which spores are produced.
- sporogenic — relating to the production or formation of spores, or producing spores
- sporogonic — involving or relating to sporogony
- sportingly — engaging in, disposed to, or interested in open-air or athletic sports: a rugged, sporting man.
- spring for — to rise, leap, move, or act suddenly and swiftly, as by a sudden dart or thrust forward or outward, or being suddenly released from a coiled or constrained position: to spring into the air; a tiger about to spring.
- springlock — a lock that fastens automatically by a spring.
- springwood — the part of an annual ring of wood, characterized by large, thin-walled cells, formed during the first part of the growing season.
- springwort — a plant with magical powers, mentioned in fables and folklore but not identified
- stagnation — the state or condition of stagnating, or having stopped, as by ceasing to run or flow: Meteorologists forecast ozone and air stagnation.
- standing o — standing ovation
- starmonger — an astrologer or fortune-teller
- stationing — a place or position in which a person or thing is normally located.
- steganopod — a bird belonging to the Steganopodes, a group of swimming birds such as pelicans and cormorants
- stenograph — any of various keyboard instruments, somewhat resembling a typewriter, used for writing in shorthand, as by means of phonetic or arbitrary symbols.
- stockinged — a close-fitting covering for the foot and part of the leg, usually knitted, of wool, cotton, nylon, silk, or similar material.
- stockinger — a person who knits on a stocking frame
- stodginess — heavy, dull, or uninteresting; tediously commonplace; boring: a stodgy Victorian novel.
- stonehenge — a prehistoric monument on Salisbury Plain, Wiltshire, England, consisting of a large circle of megaliths surrounding a smaller circle and four massive trilithons; dating to late Neolithic and early Bronze Age times (c1700–1200 b.c.) and believed to have been connected with a sun cult or used for astronomical observations.
- stonington — a town in NE Connecticut.
- string out — a slender cord or thick thread used for binding or tying; line.
- stringendo — to be performed with increasing speed
- stroganoff — a dish of meat sautéed with onion and cooked in a sauce of sour cream, seasonings, and, usually, mushrooms: beef stroganoff.
- strong-arm — using, involving, or threatening the use of physical force or violence to gain an objective: strong-arm methods.
- strongbark — any of the several tropical American shrubs or small trees belonging to the genus Bourreria, of the borage family, especially B. ovata, of southern Florida and the West Indies, having elliptic leaves and fragrant, white flowers.
- stronghold — a well-fortified place; fortress.
- strongness — having, showing, or able to exert great bodily or muscular power; physically vigorous or robust: a strong boy.
- strongroom — a fireproof, burglarproof room in which valuables are kept.
- strung out — severely debilitated from alcohol or drugs.
- strung-out — severely debilitated from alcohol or drugs.
- stuff gown — a woollen gown worn by a barrister who has not taken silk
- subkingdom — a category of related phyla within a kingdom.
- sugar corn — sweet corn.
- suggestion — the act of suggesting.
- sun lounge — a room with large windows positioned to receive as much sunlight as possible
- sunlounger — a reclining chair used when sunbathing
- supporting — to bear or hold up (a load, mass, structure, part, etc.); serve as a foundation for.
- swedenborg — Emanuel [ih-man-yoo-uh l;; Swedish e-mah-noo-uh l] /ɪˈmæn yu əl;; Swedish ɛˈmɑ nu əl/ (Show IPA), (Emanuel Swedberg) 1688–1772, Swedish scientist, philosopher, and mystic.
- swing door — a door that swings open on being pushed or pulled from either side and then swings closed by itself.
- swing loan — a bridge loan.
- swing vote — to cause to move to and fro, sway, or oscillate, as something suspended from above: to swing one's arms in walking.