12-letter words containing s, i, g, n, p
- send packing — to dismiss peremptorily
- seringapatam — a town in S Karnataka, in S India, former capital of Mysore state: taken by the British 1799.
- shaving soap — a special soap for lathering the face to soften and condition the beard for shaving, capable of producing a thick lather due to its high fat content and low alkalinity.
- sheepherding — the act of herding or tending sheep
- shepherdling — a young or little shepherd
- shipbuilding — a person whose occupation is the designing or constructing of ship.
- shipping ton — a unit of weight, equivalent to 2000 pounds (0.907 metric ton) avoirdupois (short ton) in the U.S. and 2240 pounds (1.016 metric tons) avoirdupois (long ton) in Great Britain.
- shopbreaking — the act of breaking into a shop
- shopping bag — a strong, usually paper or plastic, bag with handles, used to carry purchases or belongings.
- show jumping — sport: horseriding event
- showstopping — Theater. a performer or performance that wins enthusiastic or prolonged applause.
- sidestepping — the act of ascending or descending by facing sideways and lifting each ski alternately
- sign-posting — a post bearing a sign that gives information or guidance.
- signal corps — a branch of the army responsible for military communications, meteorological studies, and related work.
- single-party — of or relating to a form of government in which only a single political party constitutes the government
- single-payer — noting or relating to a healthcare or health insurance system in which the government or a publicly owned and regulated agency pays all medical costs from a single fund.
- single-phase — noting or pertaining to a circuit having an alternating current with one phase or with phases differing by 180°.
- single-space — to type (copy) on each line space.
- skiing pants — warm, waterproof, protective trousers worn while skiing
- skip welding — a technique of spacing welds on thin structural members in order to balance and minimize internal stresses due to heat.
- slap dashing — slab dashing.
- sleeping bag — a warmly lined or padded body-length bag, usually waterproof and with a closure, in which one or two persons can sleep, especially outdoors, as when camping.
- sleeping car — a railroad car fitted with berths, compartments, bedrooms, or drawing rooms for passengers to sleep in.
- sleepwalking — an act of sleepwalking; somnambulation.
- slip casting — a pottery-making process in which partially liquefied clay is poured into a plaster mold.
- slopping out — In prisons where prisoners have to use buckets as toilets, slopping out is the practice in which they empty the buckets.
- smoking lamp — formerly, a lamp aboard ship for lighting pipes, now used figuratively to indicate when smoking is or is not allowed: The smoking lamp is lit.
- snapshotting — an informal photograph, especially one taken quickly by a handheld camera.
- snow pudding — a pudding, prepared by folding egg whites into a lemon gelatin mixture.
- space-saving — that saves space.
- spade guinea — a guinea decorated with a spade-shaped shield, coined during the reign of George III
- span loading — the act of a person or thing that loads.
- spearfishing — any of several fishes of the genus Tetrapturus, resembling the sailfish but having the first dorsal fin much less developed: inhabiting all seas, but rare.
- spearheading — the sharp-pointed head that forms the piercing end of a spear.
- specialising — to pursue some special line of study, work, etc.; have a specialty: The doctor specializes in gastroenterology.
- speechifying — Speechifying is the making of speeches, especially because you want to appear important.
- speed dating — an organized social event in which participants have one-on-one conversations typically limited to less than ten minutes, for the purpose of meeting people they would like to date.
- speedballing — the practice of taking cocaine and heroin together intravenously
- speedboating — the act, practice, or sport of traveling in a speedboat.
- speedskating — a form of ice skating in which contestants race against each other or the clock over various distances
- speedwriting — a system of shorthand that is based on the sound of words and utilizes letters of the alphabet rather than symbols.
- spellbinding — to hold or bind by or as if by a spell; enchant; entrance; fascinate.
- spelling bee — a spelling competition won by the individual or team spelling the greatest number of words correctly; spelldown.
- spermagonium — Botany, Mycology. spermogonium.
- spermogonium — one of the cup-shaped or flask-shaped receptacles in which the spermatia of certain fungi and red algae are produced.
- spiegeleisen — a lustrous, crystalline pig iron containing a large amount of manganese, sometimes 15 percent or more, used in making steel.
- spin casting — spinning (def 3).
- spin fishing — spinning (def 3).
- spinning box — centrifugal box.
- spinning rod — a flexible fishing rod, often made of fiberglass, used with a spinning reel.