10-letter words containing s, e, g, a
- sandgroper — a nickname for a Western Australian
- sandgrouse — any of several birds of the family Pteroclididae inhabiting sandy areas of the Old World, resembling both pigeons and shorebirds and having precocial young.
- sangiovese — a black grape grown in the Tuscany region of Italy, used for making Chianti and other wines
- sanguinely — cheerfully optimistic, hopeful, or confident: a sanguine disposition; sanguine expectations.
- sao miguel — the largest island of the Azores. 150,000. 288 sq. mi. (746 sq. km).
- saprogenic — producing putrefaction or decay, as certain bacteria.
- sauntering — to walk with a leisurely gait; stroll: sauntering through the woods.
- savingness — the quality of being careful with money; frugality
- scampering — to run or go hastily or quickly.
- scanderbeg — (George Castriota) 1403?–68, Albanian chief and revolutionary leader.
- scapegrace — a complete rogue or rascal; a habitually unscrupulous person; scamp.
- scattergun — A scattergun is a gun that fires a lot of small metal balls at the same time.
- scattering — distributed or occurring here and there at irregular intervals; scattered.
- scavengers — an animal or other organism that feeds on dead organic matter.
- scavenging — to take or gather (something usable) from discarded material.
- schongauer — Martin [mahr-tn;; German mahr-teen] /ˈmɑr tn;; German ˈmɑr tin/ (Show IPA), c1430–91, German engraver and painter.
- school age — the age set by law for children to start school attendance.
- scrapegood — a stingy person; a miser
- screenager — a teenager who is fully conversant with and skilled in the use of computers and other electronic devices
- sea change — a striking change, as in appearance, often for the better.
- sea pigeon — the common black guillemot, Cepphus grylle.
- sea ranger — a senior Guide training in seamanship
- sea tangle — any of various seaweeds, especially of the genus Laminaria.
- seaborgium — a superheavy, synthetic, radioactive element with a very short half-life. Symbol: Sg; atomic number: 106.
- seakeeping — the ability of a vessel to endure rough conditions at sea and navigate safely during long storms.
- search dog — a dog trained to assist rescue workers in finding people buried under rubble by detection by smell
- segmentary — one of the parts into which something naturally separates or is divided; a division, portion, or section: a segment of an orange.
- segmentate — one of the parts into which something naturally separates or is divided; a division, portion, or section: a segment of an orange.
- segregable — to separate or set apart from others or from the main body or group; isolate: to segregate exceptional children; to segregate hardened criminals.
- segregated — characterized by or practicing racial segregation: a segregated school system.
- segregator — an instrument for collecting the urine excreted by one kidney only.
- seguidilla — Prosody. a stanza of four to seven lines with a distinctive rhythmic pattern.
- seignorial — of or relating to a seignior.
- seismogram — a record made by a seismograph.
- self-guard — to keep safe from harm or danger; protect; watch over: to guard the ruler.
- self-image — the idea, conception, or mental image one has of oneself.
- senegalese — of or relating to the republic of Senegal.
- senegambia — a region in W Africa between the Senegal and Gambia rivers, now mostly in Senegal.
- septuagint — the oldest Greek version of the Old Testament, traditionally said to have been translated by 70 or 72 Jewish scholars at the request of Ptolemy II: most scholars believe that only the Pentateuch was completed in the early part of the 3rd century b.c. and that the remaining books were translated in the next two centuries.
- 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.
- serigraphy — a print made by the silkscreen process.
- sewage gas — gas given off in the digestion of sewage consisting of approximately 66 per cent methane and 34 per cent carbon dioxide
- sex change — the alteration, by surgery and hormone treatments, of a person's physical sex characteristics to approximate those of the opposite sex: Born male, she now lives as a woman but has no plans for a sex change.
- sexagenary — of or relating to the number 60.
- sexagesima — the second Sunday before Lent.
- shagginess — covered with or having long, rough hair.
- shaggymane — an edible and elongated fungus or mushroom, Coprinus comatus, with shaggy scales across the cap and black spores
- shagreened — made, covered with, or resembling shagreen
- shanghaied — to enroll or obtain (a sailor) for the crew of a ship by unscrupulous means, as by force or the use of liquor or drugs.
- shanghaier — a person who shanghais