6-letter words containing n, o, s, g
- posing — to assume a particular attitude or stance, especially with the hope of impressing others: He likes to pose as an authority on literature.
- sagoin — a South American monkey
- saigon — a former country in SE Asia that comprised Vietnam S of about 17° N latitude; a separate state 1954–75; now part of reunified Vietnam. Capital: Saigon.
- sargon — died 705 b.c, king of Assyria 722–705.
- sarong — a loose-fitting skirtlike garment formed by wrapping a strip of cloth around the lower part of the body, worn by both men and women in the Malay Archipelago and certain islands of the Pacific Ocean.
- shango — a W African religious cult surviving in some parts of the Caribbean
- shlong — the penis.
- shogun — the title applied to the chief military commanders from about the 8th century a.d. to the end of the 12th century, then applied to the hereditary officials who governed Japan, with the emperor as nominal ruler, until 1868, when the shogunate was terminated and the ruling power was returned to the emperor.
- signor — a conventional Italian term of address or title of respect for a man, either used separately or prefixed to the name. Abbreviation: Sig., sig.
- slogan — a distinctive cry, phrase, or motto of any party, group, manufacturer, or person; catchword or catch phrase.
- soigne — carefully or elegantly done, operated, or designed.
- soling — the bottom or under surface of the foot.
- songka — a river in SE Asia, flowing SE from SW China through Indochina to the Gulf of Tonkin. 500 miles (800 km) long.
- sontag — Susan, 1933–2004, U.S. critic, novelist, and essayist.
- soring — the practice of making the front feet of a show horse sore, as by bruising or blistering, so as to force it to take high, exaggerated steps in exhibitions
- sowing — to scatter (seed) over land, earth, etc., for growth; plant.
- sponge — 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.
- spongy — of the nature of or resembling a sponge; light, porous, and elastic or readily compressible, as pith or bread.
- stingo — strong beer.
- strong — having, showing, or able to exert great bodily or muscular power; physically vigorous or robust: a strong boy.
- sundog — parhelion.
- tsonga — a Bantu language spoken in Mozambique, Zambia, and South Africa.
- wagons — Plural form of wagon.
- wrongs — Plural form of wrong.
- youngs — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of young.