11-letter words containing s, g, p
- steatopygia — extreme accumulation of fat on and about the buttocks, especially of women.
- steatopygic — extreme accumulation of fat on and about the buttocks, especially of women.
- stenography — the art of writing in shorthand.
- step change — A step change is a sudden or major change in the way that something happens or the way that someone behaves.
- stepdancing — a dance emphasizing footwork or certain steps instead of other bodily gestures or movement
- stepsibling — a stepbrother or stepsister.
- stereograph — a single or double picture for a stereoscope.
- stevengraph — a small picture woven in colored silk thread: introduced in 1879 and mass-produced on a Jacquard-type loom.
- stipulating — to make an express demand or arrangement as a condition of agreement (often followed by for).
- stockpiling — the activity of acquiring and storing a large quantity of something
- stoke poges — a village in S Buckinghamshire, in S England, W of London: the churchyard here is believed to be the setting of Gray's Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard.
- stop-and-go — characterized by periodically enforced stops, as caused by heavy traffic or traffic signals: stop-and-go traffic.
- straight up — without a bend, angle, or curve; not curved; direct: a straight path.
- straight-up — without a bend, angle, or curve; not curved; direct: a straight path.
- strap hinge — a hinge having a flap, especially a long one, attached to one face of a door or the like.
- strap-hinge — a hinge having a flap, especially a long one, attached to one face of a door or the like.
- straphanger — a passenger who stands in a crowded bus or subway train and holds onto a strap or other support suspended from above.
- stringpiece — a long, usually horizontal piece of timber, beam, etc., for strengthening, connecting, or supporting a framework.
- strip light — A strip light is an electric light in the form of a long tube.
- strippagram — a greetings message delivered by a stripper who does a striptease on delivery
- strongpoint — a fortified defensive position; stronghold.
- study group — an informal gathering of people who convene regularly to exchange ideas and information on a specific subject.
- stylography — the art of writing, tracing, drawing, etc., with a style.
- subpoenaing — the usual writ for the summoning of witnesses or the submission of evidence, as records or documents, before a court or other deliberative body.
- sucking-pig — a pig that is not yet weaned
- sugar apple — sweetsop.
- sugar maple — any of several maples having a sweet sap, especially Acer saccharum (the state tree of New York, Vermont, West Virginia, and Wisconsin), having a short trunk and long, curving branches, yielding a hard wood used for making furniture and being the chief source of maple sugar.
- sugar spoon — a small spoon for serving granulated sugar, resembling but having a wider bowl than a teaspoon.
- sulfo group — the univalent group SO 3 H–, derived from sulfuric acid.
- superagency — a very large agency, especially a large government agency that oversees smaller ones.
- superbright — exceptionally bright
- superceding — supersede.
- supercharge — to charge with an abundant or excessive amount, as of energy, emotion, or tension.
- superegoist — an exceptionally selfish or self-centred person; someone who is very self-important
- supergalaxy — a system of galaxies.
- supergrowth — exceptional growth; very rapid growth
- superorgasm — an extreme orgasm
- superseding — to replace in power, authority, effectiveness, acceptance, use, etc., as by another person or thing.
- supersinger — an exceptional singer
- superstring — any supersymmetric string theory in which each type of elementary particle is treated as a vibration of a single fundamental string (superstring) at a particular frequency.
- superstrong — extremely strong
- supplanting — to take the place of (another), as through force, scheming, strategy, or the like.
- suppressing — to put an end to the activities of (a person, body of persons, etc.): to suppress the Communist and certain left-leaning parties.
- suppurating — to produce or discharge pus, as a wound; maturate.
- surgeonship — the position or responsibility of a surgeon
- surplussing — something that remains above what is used or needed.
- swamp barge — A swamp barge is a vessel used for offshore drilling in very shallow water, which is towed out and then rests on the bottom.
- swamp buggy — an amphibious vehicle for use in and around swamps, typically having an automobile engine, four-wheel drive, large wheels with deep treads, and a raised chassis.
- swan-upping — the taking up of young swans to mark them with nicks on the beak for identification.
- swing space — a temporary working environment, used esp while renovations are being carried out