10-letter words containing r, i, g, s
- silverberg — Robert, born 1935, U.S. science-fiction writer.
- silverling — a shekel or small silver coin
- singletree — whiffletree.
- singularly — extraordinary; remarkable; exceptional: a singular success.
- siren song — a dangerously attractive, esp. seductive, proposal or offer
- skid a rig — If you skid a rig, you slide it from one well hole to another.
- skin graft — skin used for transplanting in skin grafting.
- skippering — the master or captain of a vessel, especially of a small trading or fishing vessel.
- skittering — to go, run, or glide lightly or rapidly.
- skylarking — a brown-speckled European lark, Alauda arvensis, famed for its melodious song.
- skysurfing — a sport that is similar to skydiving but uses a special lightweight board (skyboard) attached to the feet and usually equipped with a parachute.
- skywriting — the act or technique of writing against the sky with chemically produced smoke released from a maneuvering airplane.
- slathering — to spread or apply thickly: to slather butter on toast.
- slithering — to slide down or along a surface, especially unsteadily, from side to side, or with some friction or noise: The box slithered down the chute.
- slobbering — to let saliva or liquid run from the mouth; slaver; drivel.
- slumbering — to sleep, especially lightly; doze; drowse.
- smaragdine — of or relating to emeralds.
- smaragdite — a green, foliated member of the amphibole group.
- smattering — slight or superficial knowledge; smattering.
- smoke ring — a visible ring formed by the sudden release of smoke, usually created by blowing smoke from the mouth or by a cigarette, incense stick etc
- smoldering — to burn without flame; undergo slow or suppressed combustion.
- smothering — to stifle or suffocate, as by smoke or other means of preventing free breathing.
- smyrna fig — a variety of the common fig, Ficus carica, that requires caprification in order to produce fruit.
- sneeringly — to smile, laugh, or contort the face in a manner that shows scorn or contempt: They sneered at his pretensions.
- snickering — to laugh in a half-suppressed, indecorous or disrespectful manner.
- sniggering — the act of laughing slyly or disrespectfully
- snorkeling — Also called, British, snort. a device permitting a submarine to remain submerged for prolonged periods, consisting of tubes extended above the surface of the water to take in air for the diesel engine and for general ventilation and to discharge exhaust gases and foul air.
- socdoliger — a conclusive argument, a hard blow
- soil group — one of a number of soil classes having the same kinds of horizons in the same sequence and under similar moisture and temperature regimes.
- sojourning — a temporary stay: during his sojourn in Paris.
- solderings — any parts which have been soldered together
- soldiering — a person who serves in an army; a person engaged in military service.
- songwriter — a person who writes the words or music, or both, for popular songs.
- sortileger — a diviner
- sparganium — a marsh plant
- spattering — to scatter or dash in small particles or drops: The dog spattered mud on everyone when he shook himself.
- spiderling — the young of a spider.
- spinigrade — a type of spiny echinoderm
- spiralling — Geometry. a plane curve generated by a point moving around a fixed point while constantly receding from or approaching it.
- spirit gum — a glue used in fastening false hair, as a beard or mustache, to an actor's skin.
- spirograph — an instrument for recording respiratory movements.
- split ring — a steel ring having two helical turns, often used as a key ring
- spongiform — resembling a sponge, as in appearance or structure.
- 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.
- sprightful — sprightly.
- 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.