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11-letter words containing s, a, g, e, t

  • searchlight — a device, usually consisting of a light and reflector, for throwing a beam of light in any direction.
  • sedigitated — having six fingers
  • seepage pit — a pit that is lined with a porous, mortarless masonry wall in which effluent from a septic tank is collected for gradual seepage into the ground, sometimes used as a substitute for a drainfield.
  • segregation — 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.
  • segregative — to separate or set apart from others or from the main body or group; isolate: to segregate exceptional children; to segregate hardened criminals.
  • self-acting — acting by itself; automatic.
  • self-hating — harbouring feelings of self-hatred
  • self-taught — taught to oneself or by oneself to be (as indicated) without the aid of a formal education: self-taught typing; a self-taught typist.
  • semi-staged — produced with the use of only a limited number of props, costumes, etc.
  • septifragal — (of a capsule) dehiscing by breaking away from the partitions but remaining attached to the common axis; dehiscing at the valves or backs of the carpels but leaving the septa intact.
  • set against — to put (something or someone) in a particular place: to set a vase on a table.
  • sgml tagger — (tool)   A tool to assist with adding SGML to a piece of text. The Tagger only lets the user insert a mark-up tag which is correct in that particular context.
  • shaft grave — a grave consisting of a deep, rectangular pit with vertical sides, roofed over with a stone slab.
  • shag carpet — shag pile carpet
  • sheet glass — glass in sheet form produced by drawing or by the cylinder glass process.
  • shift gears — change speed manually in a vehicle
  • short-range — having a limited extent, as in distance or time: a short-range shot; a short-range plan.
  • shortchange — to give less than the correct change to.
  • signatories — having signed, or joined in signing, a document: the signatory powers to a treaty.
  • significate — something signified
  • single malt — a type of whisky that is made at a single distillery and from one type of malted grain
  • single tape — a ribbon of material, usually with a plastic base, coated on one side (single tape) or both sides (double tape) with a substance containing iron oxide, to make it sensitive to impulses from an electromagnet: used to record sound, images, data, etc.
  • single-malt — (of whiskey, especially Scotch) made from unblended malt whiskey distilled at one distillery.
  • singletrack — (of a railroad or section of a railroad's route) having but one set of tracks, so that trains going in opposite directions must be scheduled to meet only at points where there are sidings.
  • singulative — a grammatical form or construction that expresses a singular entity or indicates that an individual is singled out from a group, especially as opposed to a collective noun, as snowflake as opposed to snow.
  • sixth grade — (in the US) the sixth school year after kindergarten, usually containing pupils around 11 or 12 years old
  • slag cement — a cement composed of about 80 percent granulated slag and about 20 percent hydrated lime.
  • slaughtered — the killing or butchering of cattle, sheep, etc., especially for food.
  • soft target — sth easy to hit
  • software ag — (company)   A German software engineering company that started with the ADABAS database. Natural is their 4GL development environment, EntireX is their DCOM for Unix and IBM. BOLERO, is an object-oriented development environment and application server specially made for Electronic Business applications. Mailing-list: <[email protected]>.
  • somatogenic — developing from somatic cells.
  • sound stage — a large, soundproof studio used for filming motion pictures.
  • space stage — a stage set, often limited to an arrangement of ramps and platforms, in which actors and set pieces are spotlighted against the bare background of a dark or black cyclorama.
  • spaceflight — the flying of manned or unmanned spacecraft into or in outer space.
  • spaghettini — pasta in the form of long thin strings
  • spectrogram — a representation or photograph of a spectrum.
  • speculating — to engage in thought or reflection; meditate (often followed by on, upon, or a clause).
  • sponge bath — a bath in which the bather is cleaned by a wet sponge or washcloth dipped in water, without getting into a tub of water.
  • sports page — newspaper page carrying sports results
  • spring rate — The spring rate is a measurement of the amount of force needed to compress a spring a particular distance.
  • springwater — water from a spring
  • st.-germain — St.-Germain-en-Laye.
  • stable girl — a girl or woman who looks after or attends horses in stables
  • stag beetle — any of numerous lamellicorn beetles of the family Lucanidae, some of the males of which have mandibles resembling the antlers of a stag.
  • stage brace — a brace for supporting upright pieces of theatrical scenery.
  • stage right — Stage right is the right side of the stage for an actor who is standing facing the audience.
  • stage screw — a large, tapered screw fitted with a handle, used to secure braces for scenery to the floor of a stage.
  • stagestruck — obsessed with the desire to become an actor or actress.
  • staggerbush — an ericaceous deciduous shrub, Lyonia mariana, of E North America, having white or pinkish flowers: it is poisonous to livestock
  • stalagmites — a deposit, usually of calcium carbonate, more or less resembling an inverted stalactite, formed on the floor of a cave or the like by the dripping of percolating calcareous water.
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