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12-letter words containing s, i, g

  • scots gaelic — Scottish Gaelic
  • scouring pad — a small pad, as of steel wool or plastic mesh, used for scouring pots, pans, etc.
  • scramblingly — in a scrambling manner
  • scrapbooking — hobby: collaging
  • scratchingly — in a scratching manner, with a scratching action
  • scribblingly — in a scribbling manner
  • scribbly gum — any species of the genus Eucalyptus with smooth white bark marked with random patterns made by wood-boring insects
  • scrutinizing — to examine in detail with careful or critical attention.
  • scuba diving — deep-sea swimming
  • sea crossing — a journey by sea from one coast to another
  • seam binding — a narrow strip of fabric attached to the unfinished edge of a seam or hem to keep it from raveling.
  • seating plan — layout of seats at a venue or on transport
  • second sight — the faculty of seeing future events; clairvoyance.
  • section gang — a group of workers who take care of a section of railroad track.
  • sedge family — the plant family Cyperaceae, characterized by herbaceous plants, often found in wet areas, having solid stems, narrow, grasslike leaves with closed sheaths, spikes of very small flowers set in a scalelike bract, and a dry, flattened, convex fruit, and including the bulrush, chufa, cotton grass, papyrus, and umbrella plant.
  • see daylight — the light of day: At the end of the tunnel they could see daylight.
  • seeing glass — a looking glass; mirror.
  • segmentalize — to make segmentalized.
  • segmentation — division into segments.
  • seismography — the scientific measuring and recording of the shock and vibrations of earthquakes.
  • seismologist — the science or study of earthquakes and their phenomena.
  • self-antigen — autoantigen.
  • self-basting — (of a turkey) prepared with oil or butter to remain moist when cooked in an oven.
  • self-closing — the end or conclusion, as of a speech.
  • self-cooking — the act of a person or thing that cooks.
  • self-damning — causing incrimination: damning evidence.
  • self-dealing — financial transaction conducted on a personal, nonbusinesslike basis, as lending or borrowing of corporate money by a director.
  • self-denying — the sacrifice of one's own desires; unselfishness.
  • self-drawing — the act of a person or thing that draws.
  • self-driving — (of a machine) operating without the guidance of a human.
  • self-feeding — automatically supplying itself with what is needed, as a machine
  • self-filling — that fills or replenishes itself automatically
  • self-healing — curing or curative; prescribed or helping to heal.
  • self-heating — the state of a body perceived as having or generating a relatively high degree of warmth.
  • self-loading — noting or pertaining to an automatic or semiautomatic firearm.
  • self-locking — a device for securing a door, gate, lid, drawer, or the like in position when closed, consisting of a bolt or system of bolts propelled and withdrawn by a mechanism operated by a key, dial, etc.
  • self-mocking — to attack or treat with ridicule, contempt, or derision.
  • self-pitying — Someone who is self-pitying is full of self-pity.
  • self-playing — a dramatic composition or piece; drama.
  • self-priming — the powder or other material used to ignite a charge.
  • self-proving — to establish the truth or genuineness of, as by evidence or argument: to prove one's claim.
  • self-raising — a rule of transformational grammar that shifts the subject or object of an embedded clause into the subject or object position of the main clause, as in the derivation of The suspect appears to be innocent from It appears that the suspect is innocent.
  • self-reading — the action or practice of a person who reads.
  • self-sealing — capable of sealing itself automatically or without the application of adhesive, glue, or moisture: a self-sealing automobile tire; self-sealing envelopes.
  • self-seeking — the seeking of one's own interest or selfish ends.
  • self-serving — preoccupied with one's own interests, often disregarding the truth or the interests, well-being, etc., of others.
  • self-tanning — cosmetic substance applied to the skin to simulate a suntan
  • self-tapping — (of a screw) cutting its own thread when screwed into a plain hole in a metal sheet
  • self-winding — kept wound or wound periodically by a mechanism, as an electric motor or a system of weighted levers, so that winding by hand is not necessary.
  • selling race — a claiming race at the end of which the winning horse is offered for sale.
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