13-letter words containing r, i, g, o, s
- scouring rush — any of certain horsetails, especially Equisetum hyemale, used for scouring and polishing.
- second string — Sports. the squad of players available either individually or as a team to replace or relieve those who start a game.
- segregational — the act or practice of segregating; a setting apart or separation of people or things from others or from the main body or group: gender segregation in some fundamentalist religions.
- self-ignorant — lacking in knowledge or training; unlearned: an ignorant man.
- selling floor — floor (def 10).
- semireligious — having a somewhat religious character.
- serodiagnosis — a diagnosis involving tests on blood serum or other serous fluid of the body.
- serologically — as pertains to or with respect to serology; in a serological manner
- serpiginously — in a serpiginous manner; in the manner characteristic of serpigo
- serving spoon — utensil used to serve food
- sharecropping — the practice of cultivating farmland as a sharecropper
- shaving horse — a trestle for supporting and steadying a piece of work being shaved.
- shipping room — a place in a business concern where goods are packed and shipped.
- shivering owl — screech owl.
- shooting iron — a firearm, especially a pistol or revolver.
- shooting star — meteor (def 1b).
- shopping cart — a four-wheeled cart provided by a supermarket or other retail store for a customer's use in collecting purchases.
- shopping trip — visit to the shops
- short selling — a person, as a speculator, who sells short.
- short-sighted — unable to see far; nearsighted; myopic.
- shoulder-high — A shoulder-high object is as high as your shoulders.
- significatory — serving to signify
- silver tongue — the characteristic of being skilful at persuading people to believe what they say or to do what they want them to do
- single mother — a mother who brings up a child or children alone, without a partner.
- single-storey — (of a building) having only one floor or level
- singular noun — A singular noun is a noun such as 'standstill' or 'vicinity' that does not have a plural form and always has a determiner such as 'a' or 'the' in front of it.
- skateboarding — a device for riding upon, usually while standing, consisting of a short, oblong piece of wood, plastic, or aluminum mounted on large roller-skate wheels, used on smooth surfaces and requiring better balance of the rider than the ordinary roller skate does.
- skiing resort — a place which provides accommodation and facilities for skiing such as skiing trails, slopes, etc, esp for people who go there to take skiing holidays
- skipping rope — A skipping rope or skip rope is a piece of rope, usually with handles at each end. You exercise or play with it by turning it round and round and jumping over it.
- skipping-rope — Also, jump roping. a children's game or an exercise for children and adults in which a rope is swung over and under the standing jumper, who must leap over it each time it reaches the feet.
- solar heating — to heat (a building) by means of solar energy.
- soul-stirring — arousing excitement and enthusiasm; uplifting
- sound ranging — a method for determining the distance between a point and the position of a sound source by measuring the time lapse between the origin of the sound and its arrival at the point.
- soundproofing — materials used to make something soundproof
- south georgia — a British island in the S Atlantic, about 800 miles (1290 km) SE of the Falkland Islands. About 1000 sq. mi. (2590 sq. km).
- sovereigntist — a supporter of sovereignty association
- spermatogenic — relating to the development of spermatozoa
- sponge finger — sweet finger-shaped biscuit
- sporting lady — a prostitute.
- sportscasting — the reporting of a sports event by radio or television broadcast.
- sportswriting — the work of a sports writer
- spot reducing — the usually futile effort to exercise one part of the body, as the thighs, in hopes of reducing the amount of fat stored in that area.
- spring-loaded — (of a machine part) kept normally in a certain position by a spring: a spring-loaded safety valve.
- springboarded — a flexible board, projecting over water, from which divers leap or spring.
- spurious wing — alula (def 1).
- standing crop — the totality of living things in an ecosystem at a given time.
- standing room — space in which to stand, as in a theater, stadium, or the like.
- starring role — a main role; the main role
- starting post — the upright pole marking the beginning of a racecourse
- staying power — ability or strength to last or endure; endurance; stamina.