10-letter words containing r, i, g, s
- satyagrahi — an exponent of nonviolent resistance, esp as a form of political protest
- sauntering — to walk with a leisurely gait; stroll: sauntering through the woods.
- scampering — to run or go hastily or quickly.
- scarf-ring — a ring which holds a scarf in place
- scarifying — critical
- scattering — distributed or occurring here and there at irregular intervals; scattered.
- schoolgirl — a girl attending school.
- scintigram — a paper printout or photographic record indicating the intensity and distribution of radioactivity in tissues after administration of a radioactive tracer.
- scrabbling — to scratch or scrape, as with the claws or hands.
- scrambling — motocross, off-road biking
- scratching — to break, mar, or mark the surface of by rubbing, scraping, or tearing with something sharp or rough: to scratch one's hand on a nail.
- screeching — causing or uttering screeches: screeching bats.
- screedings — screeds or floor coverings
- screenings — the act or work of a person who screens, as in ascertaining the character and competence of applicants, employees, etc.
- scribbling — to tear apart (wool fibers) in the first stages of carding.
- scrivening — writing
- seaborgium — a superheavy, synthetic, radioactive element with a very short half-life. Symbol: Sg; atomic number: 106.
- seignorial — of or relating to a seignior.
- seismogram — a record made by a seismograph.
- semidrying — not drying completely
- serenading — a complimentary performance of vocal or instrumental music in the open air at night, as by a lover under the window of his lady.
- serge suit — a suit made of serge, a twill-weave woollen or worsted fabric
- sergius ii — died a.d. 847, pope 844–847.
- sergius iv — died 1012, pope 1009–12.
- serigraphy — a print made by the silkscreen process.
- serologist — the science dealing with the immunological properties and actions of serum.
- setigerous — having setae or bristles.
- shanghaier — a person who shanghais
- shangri la — an imaginary paradise on earth, especially a remote and exotic utopia.
- shangri-la — an imaginary paradise on earth, especially a remote and exotic utopia.
- sharawadgi — a form of Chinese landscape architecture known for its irregular and asymmetrical plantings
- sharenting — the habitual use of social media to share news, images, etc of one’s children
- sharpening — the act of making the edge of something very thin or of making its end pointed
- shattering — to break (something) into pieces, as by a blow.
- shimmering — a quivering or vibrating motion or image as produced by reflecting faint light or heat waves.
- shin guard — a protective covering, usually of leather or plastic and often padded, for the shins and sometimes the knees, worn chiefly by catchers in baseball and goalkeepers in ice hockey.
- shipwright — a person who builds and launches wooden vessels or does carpentry work in connection with the building and launching of steel or iron vessels.
- shoestring — a shoelace.
- shop right — the right of an employer to use an employee's invention without compensating the employee for the use, in cases where the invention was made at the place of and during the hours of employment.
- shortening — butter, lard, or other fat, used to make pastry, bread, etc., short.
- shuddering — trembling or quivering with fear, dread, cold, etc.
- shuttering — a solid or louvered movable cover for a window.
- siegecraft — the science or skill of conducting a siege
- siegeworks — constructions built by a besieging force
- sight-read — Someone who can sight-read can play or sing music from a printed sheet the first time they see it, without practising it beforehand.
- sigillarid — a fossilized, tree-like plant of the genus Sigillaria
- signal red — pimento (def 3).
- signorelli — Luca [loo-kah] /ˈlu kɑ/ (Show IPA), c1445–1523, Italian painter.
- silkgrower — a person who breeds silkworms for their silk
- silver age — Classical Mythology. the second of the four ages of humankind, inferior to the golden age but superior to the bronze age that followed: characterized by an increase of impiety and of human weakness.