9-letter words containing s, e, i, g
- serigraph — a print made by the silkscreen process.
- sermoning — the preaching of sermons
- serrating — Chiefly Biology. notched on the edge like a saw: a serrate leaf.
- servicing — an act of helpful activity; help; aid: to do someone a service.
- settlings — the act of a person or thing that settles.
- sexologic — pertaining to the study of human sexuality
- shaveling — Older Use: Disparaging. a clergyman with a shaven or tonsured head.
- shearling — Chiefly British. a yearling sheep that has been shorn once.
- sheathing — the act of a person who sheathes.
- shielding — a broad piece of armor, varying widely in form and size, carried apart from the body, usually on the left arm, as a defense against swords, lances, arrows, etc.
- shivering — to shake or tremble with cold, fear, excitement, etc.
- shoveling — an implement consisting of a broad blade or scoop attached to a long handle, used for taking up, removing, or throwing loose matter, as earth, snow, or coal.
- shreading — furring attached to the undersides of rafters.
- shredding — a piece cut or torn off, especially in a narrow strip.
- shrieking — a loud, sharp, shrill cry.
- shrinkage — the act or fact of shrinking.
- sickening — causing or capable of causing sickness, especially nausea, disgust, or loathing: sickening arrogance.
- sidelight — an item of incidental information.
- sieg heil — hail to victory: a Nazi salute, often accompanied by the raising of the right arm
- siegfried — (in the Nibelungenlied) the son of Sigmund and Sieglinde and the husband of Kriemhild. He kills the dragon Fafnir, acquires the treasure of the Nibelungs, wins Brünnhilde for Gunther, and is finally killed by Hagen at the behest of Brünnhilde, whom he had once promised to marry: corresponds to the Sigurd of the Volsunga Saga. Compare Brünnhilde.
- sieglinde — (in the Nibelungenlied) the wife of Sigmund and mother of Siegfried.
- sighthole — a hole, as on a quadrant, through which to see or to sight.
- sightless — unable to see; blind.
- sightline — any of the lines of sight between the spectators and the stage or playing area in a theater, stadium, etc.: Some of the sightlines are blocked by columns.
- sightseer — to go about seeing places and things of interest: In Rome, we only had two days to sightsee.
- sigillate — (of a ceramic object) having stamped decorations.
- sign over — a token; indication.
- sign test — a statistical test used to analyse the direction of differences of scores between the same or matched pairs of subjects under two experimental conditions
- signalize — to make notable or conspicuous.
- signalled — anything that serves to indicate, warn, direct, command, or the like, as a light, a gesture, an act, etc.: a traffic signal; a signal to leave.
- signaller — anything that serves to indicate, warn, direct, command, or the like, as a light, a gesture, an act, etc.: a traffic signal; a signal to leave.
- signature — a person's name, or a mark representing it, as signed personally or by deputy, as in subscribing a letter or other document.
- signeurie — seniority
- signified — the thing or concept denoted by a sign.
- signifier — a person or thing that signifies.
- signifies — (in linguistics) the signified.
- signore's — a conventional Italian term of address or title of respect for a married woman, either used separately or prefixed to the name.
- sigsberen — Archaic. a series of small hills.
- silencing — absence of any sound or noise; stillness.
- silvering — Chemistry. a white, ductile metallic element, used for making mirrors, coins, ornaments, table utensils, photographic chemicals, conductors, etc. Symbol: Ag; atomic weight: 107.870; atomic number: 47; specific gravity: 10.5 at 20°C.
- simmering — to cook or cook in a liquid at or just below the boiling point.
- simpering — to smile in a silly, self-conscious way.
- singapore — an island on the Strait of Singapore, off the S tip of the Malay Peninsula.
- singledom — the state of being unmarried or not involved in a long-term relationship
- singleton — a person or thing occurring singly, especially an individual set apart from others.
- singspiel — a German opera, especially of the 18th century, using spoken dialogue and resembling ballad opera.
- sintering — Sintering is when the density of a material is increased by melting which forms bridges between particles.
- siphonage — the action of a siphon.
- sitzkrieg — slow-moving warfare marked by repeated stalemate.
- sketching — a simply or hastily executed drawing or painting, especially a preliminary one, giving the essential features without the details.