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11-letter words containing o, l, g, i, s

  • sigmoidally — in the form of a sigmoid
  • signal book — a book containing the signals to be used for sending messages to other boats
  • silver goal — (in certain competitions) a goal scored in a full half of extra time that is played if a match is drawn. This goal counts as the winner if it is the only goal scored in the full half or full period of extra time
  • sindonology — the scientific study of the Shroud of Turin.
  • 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 knot — overhand knot.
  • single room — hotel room for one person
  • single-foot — rack3 (def 1).
  • single-shot — (of a firearm) requiring loading before each shot; not having or using a cartridge magazine.
  • slog it out — If two or more people slog it out, they work very hard to try to be the one who is successful or who has their ideas and wishes accepted.
  • slot racing — the activity of racing slot cars.
  • slow-acting — working or acting slowly, not immediately
  • slow-moving — proceeding with or characterized by slow, sluggish, or leisurely movement or activity.
  • slug it out — to strike heavily; hit hard, especially with the fist.
  • slumgullion — a stew of meat, vegetables, potatoes, etc.
  • smouldering — burning slowly without flame, usually emitting smoke
  • snorkelling — the activity of swimming with a snorkel
  • snowballing — a ball of snow pressed or rolled together, as for throwing.
  • snowblading — the activity or sport of skiing with short skis (snowblades) and no poles
  • socializing — to make social; make fit for life in companionship with others.
  • sociologese — the recondite writing characteristic of sociology and sociologists
  • sociologism — an explanation, expression, concept, etc., characteristic of sociology, especially when lacking reference to other disciplines concerned with human development.
  • sociologist — the science or study of the origin, development, organization, and functioning of human society; the science of the fundamental laws of social relations, institutions, etc.
  • sock lining — a thin piece of material, as leather, that is laid on top of the insole of a shoe, boot, or other footwear.
  • sockdoliger — a conclusive argument; a hard blow
  • soil boring — Soil boring is a technique used to survey soil by taking several shallow cores out of the sediment. It is used when a drilling jacket or jack-up rig is to be supported on the soil.
  • solid angle — an angle formed by three or more planes intersecting in a common point or formed at the vertex of a cone.
  • soteriology — the doctrine of salvation through Jesus Christ.
  • soul-baring — confessing intimate thoughts
  • sovereignly — a monarch; a king, queen, or other supreme ruler.
  • sovietology — Kremlinology.
  • specialogue — a mail-order catalogue aimed at a specific group of customers
  • splodginess — the state of being splodgy
  • spring lock — a lock that fastens automatically by a spring.
  • spring roll — an egg roll.
  • stagflation — an inflationary period accompanied by rising unemployment and lack of growth in consumer demand and business activity.
  • stockpiling — the activity of acquiring and storing a large quantity of something
  • strongyloid — of or relating to a strongyle
  • suicidology — the study of the causes and prevention of suicide.
  • syllogistic — of or relating to a syllogism.
  • symbolizing — to be a symbol of; stand for or represent in the manner of a symbol.
  • syphilology — the branch of medicine concerned with the study and treatment of syphilis
  • tautologism — the use of tautology.
  • teleologist — the doctrine that final causes exist.
  • telescoping — an optical instrument for making distant objects appear larger and therefore nearer. One of the two principal forms (refracting telescope) consists essentially of an objective lens set into one end of a tube and an adjustable eyepiece or combination of lenses set into the other end of a tube that slides into the first and through which the enlarged object is viewed directly; the other form (reflecting telescope) has a concave mirror that gathers light from the object and focuses it into an adjustable eyepiece or combination of lenses through which the reflection of the object is enlarged and viewed. Compare radio telescope.
  • tense logic — the study of the logical properties of tense operators, and of the logical relations between sentences having tense, by means of consideration of appropriate formal systems
  • top slicing — mining of thick orebodies in a series of stopes from top to bottom, the roof being caved with its timbers as each stope is exhausted.
  • tribologist — a student of, or expert in, tribology
  • tselinograd — a former name of Akmola.
  • unlightsome — without light; dark
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