12-letter words containing s, a, n, g, r
- spermagonium — Botany, Mycology. spermogonium.
- sphenography — the art of writing in cuneiform characters.
- sponged ware — spongeware.
- sporangiolum — a small sporangium
- sprechgesang — a vocal style intermediate between speech and singing but without exact pitch intonation.
- spring break — a vacation from school or college during the spring term, lasting about a week.
- spring catch — a catch for an interior or cabinet door that has a bolt operated by a spring.
- spring water — water from natural underground source
- spring-clean — to subject (a place) to a spring-cleaning.
- spur gearing — a system of spur gears.
- squared ring — boxing ring.
- sranan tongo — Sranan.
- staggeringly — tending to stagger or overwhelm: a staggering amount of money required in the initial investment.
- staging area — an area, as a port of embarkation, where troops are assembled and readied for transit to a new field of operations.
- starry night — a painting (1889) by Vincent van Gogh.
- stauffenberg — Claus (klaʊs), Graf von. 1907–44, German army officer, who tried to assassinate Hitler (1944). He and his fellow conspirators were executed
- stauropegion — (in an autocephalous church) a monastery subject directly to the primate.
- steering arm — the part of a vehicle's chassis that directs the input from the steering box
- steganograph — a piece of coded writing; cipher
- stegosaurian — having the characteristics of a stegosaur
- steinamanger — German name of Szombathely.
- stenographer — a person who specializes in taking dictation in shorthand.
- stenographic — the art of writing in shorthand.
- storage ring — a device for storing charged particles fed from an accelerator, consisting of a set of magnets placed in a ring and adjusted to keep the particles circulating until they are used.
- storage tank — A storage tank is a large vessel for storing oil, gas, and other petrochemical products.
- storage unit — rented space to store items
- storm signal — a visual signal, as a flag, giving advance notice of a heavy storm, used especially along coastal areas.
- straight man — an entertainer who plays the part of a foil for a comic partner.
- straight pin — pin (sense 2)
- straightneck — a variety of summer squash related to the crookneck but not having a recurved neck.
- straightness — without a bend, angle, or curve; not curved; direct: a straight path.
- strain gauge — Geology. a type of extensometer designed for geophysical use.
- strange star — a hypothetical celestial object that is intermediate in density between a neutron star and a black hole, possibly the remnant of a massive neutron star with all particles reduced to strange quarks.
- stranglehold — Wrestling. an illegal hold by which an opponent's breath is choked off.
- strategising — to make up or determine strategy; plan.
- strategizing — to make up or determine strategy; plan.
- streamlining — a teardrop line of contour offering the least possible resistance to a current of air, water, etc.
- string along — a slender cord or thick thread used for binding or tying; line.
- stringhalted — afflicted with stringhalt
- stringy-bark — any of several eucalyptus trees having a fibrous bark
- stun grenade — a nonlethal grenade which is used to disturb the senses of enemies by its loud noise and its bright light
- sugarcoating — the act or process of covering something with sugar.
- sugaring off — a sweet, crystalline substance, C 1 2 H 2 2 O 1 1 , obtained chiefly from the juice of the sugarcane and the sugar beet, and present in sorghum, maple sap, etc.: used extensively as an ingredient and flavoring of certain foods and as a fermenting agent in the manufacture of certain alcoholic beverages; sucrose. Compare beet sugar, cane sugar.
- superheating — Superheating of steam is raising its temperature to well above boiling point.
- superorganic — of or relating to the structure of cultural elements within society conceived as independent of and superior to the individual members of society.
- surf casting — the act, technique, or sport of fishing by casting from the shoreline into the sea, usually using heavy-duty tackle.
- surfboarding — a long, narrow board on which a person stands or lies prone in surfboarding.
- surpassingly — of a large amount or high degree; exceeding, excelling, or extraordinary: structures of surpassing magnificence.
- svga monitor — (hardware, graphics) A monitor capable of displaying the output of an SVGA card.
- swap trading — a contract in which the parties to it exchange liabilities on outstanding debts in trading