10-letter words containing s, e, g, a
- sharenting — the habitual use of social media to share news, images, etc of one’s children
- sharpening — the act of making the edge of something very thin or of making its end pointed
- shattering — to break (something) into pieces, as by a blow.
- shear legs — shear (def 16).
- shebagging — the practice by a female passenger on public transport of placing a bag on the seat beside her, so denying it to another passenger
- shell game — a sleight-of-hand swindling game resembling thimblerig but employing walnut shells or the like instead of thimblelike cups.
- shenanigan — Usually, shenanigans. mischief; prankishness: Halloween shenanigans. deceit; trickery.
- shillelagh — a cudgel, traditionally of blackthorn or oak.
- short game — the aspect of golf considered in relation to the ability of a player to hit medium or short shots, as chip shots, pitch shots, and putts, with accuracy. Compare long game (def 1).
- shot angle — the angle from which a shot is taken
- show a leg — to get up in the morning
- sialagogue — sialagogic (def 1).
- sialogogue — sialagogic (def 1).
- siegecraft — the science or skill of conducting a siege
- sight-read — Someone who can sight-read can play or sing music from a printed sheet the first time they see it, without practising it beforehand.
- signal red — pimento (def 3).
- signalment — a detailed description, especially of distinctive features, of a person for identification, usually for police purposes.
- silica gel — a highly adsorbent gelatinous form of silica, used chiefly as a dehumidifying and dehydrating agent.
- silver age — Classical Mythology. the second of the four ages of humankind, inferior to the golden age but superior to the bronze age that followed: characterized by an increase of impiety and of human weakness.
- singhalese — Sinhalese
- single man — an individual checker restricted to forward moves, as contrasted with a king.
- single tax — a tax, as on land, that constitutes the sole source of public revenue.
- slackening — an act of becoming looser
- slate-grey — of a dark grey colour
- slathering — to spread or apply thickly: to slather butter on toast.
- slaughtery — a slaughterhouse
- slip gauge — a very accurately ground block of hardened steel used to measure a gap with close accuracy: used mainly in tool-making and inspection
- sluicegate — an artificial channel for conducting water, often fitted with a gate (sluice gate) at the upper end for regulating the flow.
- small game — wild animals and birds hunted for sport, as rabbits or doves, that are smaller than animals, as deer and bears, classified as big game.
- smaragdine — of or relating to emeralds.
- smaragdite — a green, foliated member of the amphibole group.
- smattering — slight or superficial knowledge; smattering.
- sneakingly — acting in a furtive or underhand way.
- snmp agent — (networking) A software process that responds to queries using the Simple Network Management Protocol to provide status and statistics about a network node.
- snow gauge — an instrument for measuring the depth of snow.
- sole agent — the only appointed agent or representative
- soundstage — a soundproof room or building in which cinematic films are shot
- south gate — a city in SW California, near Los Angeles.
- spattering — to scatter or dash in small particles or drops: The dog spattered mud on everyone when he shook himself.
- speakingly — in an eloquent manner
- spectating — to participate as a spectator, as at a horse race.
- speed gear — an adjustable gear for driving a machine at various speeds.
- spent gnat — an angler's name for the spinner of various mayflies, esp Ephemeris danica and E. vulgata, particularly when lying spent on the water surface after mating and egg-laying
- sphenogram — a cuneiform character.
- spindleage — total number or capacity of spindles in a mill, area, etc.
- spinigrade — a type of spiny echinoderm
- split page — (in a newspaper) a page replacing one of an earlier edition and containing chiefly the same material in altered form.
- sponge bag — a small, usually waterproof, case for carrying toilet articles.
- spongeable — able to be cleaned with a sponge
- spongecake — sweet cake of eggs and flour