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12-letter words containing s, c, a, r, g

  • shortchanged — to give less than the correct change to.
  • signal corps — a branch of the army responsible for military communications, meteorological studies, and related work.
  • significator — a planet deemed significant in astrology
  • single cream — dairy product: thin or light cream
  • single track — a single pair of lines so that trains can travel in only one direction at a time
  • single-track — (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.
  • sleeping car — a railroad car fitted with berths, compartments, bedrooms, or drawing rooms for passengers to sleep in.
  • sociographic — the branch of sociology that uses statistical data to describe social phenomena.
  • space charge — a distribution of an excess of electrons or ions over a three-dimensional region, in contrast to the distribution of an electric charge over the surface of a conductor.
  • spectrograph — a spectroscope for photographing or producing a representation of a spectrum.
  • speech organ — any part of the body, as the tongue, velum, diaphragm, or lungs, that participates, actively or passively, voluntarily or involuntarily, in the production of the sounds of speech.
  • sphragistics — the scientific study of seals or signet rings.
  • sprachgefuhl — a sensitivity to language, especially for what is grammatically or idiomatically acceptable in a given language.
  • sprechgesang — a vocal style intermediate between speech and singing but without exact pitch intonation.
  • spring catch — a catch for an interior or cabinet door that has a bolt operated by a spring.
  • spring-clean — to subject (a place) to a spring-cleaning.
  • stage-struck — obsessed with the desire to become an actor or actress.
  • stegocarpous — (of a moss) belonging to the division Stegocarpi, having an operculate capsule
  • stenographic — the art of writing in shorthand.
  • storage cell — a cell whose energy can be renewed by passing a current through it in the direction opposite to that of the flow of current generated by the cell.
  • straightneck — a variety of summer squash related to the crookneck but not having a recurved neck.
  • stylographic — of or relating to a stylograph.
  • submicrogram — containing or relating to a mass of less than one microgram
  • suckers' gap — a temporary improvement, occurring between two periods of inclement weather, which deceives people into acting in expectation of continued fine weather
  • sugar-coated — Sugar-coated food is covered with a sweet substance made of sugar.
  • sugarcoating — the act or process of covering something with sugar.
  • supercharged — equipped with a supercharger.
  • supercharger — a mechanism for forcing air into an internal-combustion engine in order to increase engine power.
  • superglacial — on the surface of a glacier.
  • 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.
  • swagger coat — a woman's pyramid-shaped coat with a full flared back and usually raglan sleeves, first popularized in the 1930s.
  • switch grass — a North American grass, Panicum virgatum, having an open, branching inflorescence.
  • synergically — in a synergic manner
  • traffic sign — notice to vehicles
  • tragicalness — the quality or state of being tragic
  • transcending — to rise above or go beyond; overpass; exceed: to transcend the limits of thought; kindness transcends courtesy.
  • twitch grass — couch grass.
  • uncourageous — possessing or characterized by courage; brave: a courageous speech against the dictator.
  • undischarged — gun: not let off
  • ungraciously — in an ungracious manner
  • vereshchagin — Vasili Vasilievich [vuh-syee-lyee vuh-syee-lyi-vyich] /vʌˈsyi lyi vʌˈsyi lyɪ vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), 1842–1904, Russian painter.
  • wackyparsing — (Internet, slang) present participle of wackyparse.
  • web scraping — the extraction and copying of data from a website into a structured format using a computer program: Hackers pose a threat with techniques like web scraping. Our search engine uses web scraping to index sites.
  • wisecracking — a smart or facetious remark.
  • woodcarvings — Plural form of woodcarving.
  • writing case — a portable folder with compartments for holding writing materials
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