9-letter words containing s, e, r, g
- semigroup — an algebraic system closed under an associative binary operation.
- semirigid — not fully rigid; partly rigid.
- serengeti — a plain in NW Tanzania, including a major wildlife reserve (Serengeti National Park)
- sergeancy — the position or rank of a sergeant
- sergeanty — a form of land tenure in which a tenant holding of the king rendered him exclusive services in a status below that of a knight.
- sergius i — died a.d. 701, Italian ecclesiastic: pope 687–701.
- serigraph — a print made by the silkscreen process.
- sermoning — the preaching of sermons
- serogroup — a group of bacteria with a common antigen
- 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.
- sewer gas — a mixture of toxic and non-toxic gases (mainly methane) produced and collected in sewers by the decomposition of waste matter such as faeces or dirty water from homes and factories
- shearlegs — shear (def 16).
- shearling — Chiefly British. a yearling sheep that has been shorn once.
- sheerlegs — shear (def 16).
- shivering — to shake or tremble with cold, fear, excitement, etc.
- shore bug — any of various small, predaceous hemipterous insects of the family Saldidae, some of which are burrowers, commonly occurring along grassy shores of ponds, streams, brackish lakes, and seacoasts.
- short leg — a fielding position on the leg side near the batsman's wicket
- 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.
- shroffage — the commission charged by a money dealer
- 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.
- sightseer — to go about seeing places and things of interest: In Rome, we only had two days to sightsee.
- sign over — a token; indication.
- 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
- signifier — a person or thing that signifies.
- 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.
- 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.
- sintering — Sintering is when the density of a material is increased by melting which forms bridges between particles.
- sitzkrieg — slow-moving warfare marked by repeated stalemate.
- skagerrak — an arm of the North Sea, between Denmark and Norway. 150 miles (240 km) long; 80–90 miles (130–145 km) wide.
- skewering — a long pin of wood or metal for inserting through meat or other food to hold or bind it in cooking.
- skybridge — Also called skywalk. a bridgelike structure for pedestrians built to link one building with another over a public alley or street.
- slaughter — Frank, 1908–2001, U.S. novelist and physician.
- slavering — to let saliva run from the mouth; slobber; drool.
- slivering — a small, slender, often sharp piece, as of wood or glass, split, broken, or cut off, usually lengthwise or with the grain; splinter.
- sloganeer — a person who creates and uses slogans frequently.
- sniggerer — a person who sniggers or laughs in a suppressed manner
- soldering — any of various alloys fused and applied to the joint between metal objects to unite them without heating the objects to the melting point.
- sortilege — the drawing of lots for divination; divination by lot.
- sovereign — a monarch; a king, queen, or other supreme ruler.
- spear gun — a device for shooting a barbed missile under water, usually by means of gas under pressure, a strong rubber band, or a powerful spring.