9-letter words containing s, i, g
- sintering — Sintering is when the density of a material is increased by melting which forms bridges between particles.
- siphonage — the action of a siphon.
- siphoning — a tube or conduit bent into legs of unequal length, for use in drawing a liquid from one container into another on a lower level by placing the shorter leg into the container above and the longer leg into the one below, the liquid being forced up the shorter leg and into the longer one by the pressure of the atmosphere.
- sit tight — to rest with the body supported by the buttocks or thighs; be seated.
- sitatunga — an antelope, Tragelaphus spekei, inhabiting marshy regions of central and eastern Africa.
- situtunga — an antelope, Tragelaphus spekei, inhabiting marshy regions of central and eastern Africa.
- sitzkrieg — slow-moving warfare marked by repeated stalemate.
- six sigma — a business management strategy that uses statistical methods to identify defects and improve performance
- sketching — a simply or hastily executed drawing or painting, especially a preliminary one, giving the essential features without the details.
- skewering — a long pin of wood or metal for inserting through meat or other food to hold or bind it in cooking.
- skiagraph — a radiograph.
- skijoring — a sport in which a skier is pulled over snow or ice, generally by a horse.
- skimmings — Usually, skimmings. something that is removed by skimming.
- skin game — a dishonest or unscrupulous business operation, scheme, etc.
- skintight — fitting almost as tightly as skin: skintight trousers.
- skirtings — fabric for making skirts.
- skybridge — Also called skywalk. a bridgelike structure for pedestrians built to link one building with another over a public alley or street.
- skydiving — the sport of jumping from an airplane at a moderate or high altitude and free-falling and using one's body to control direction or movements before opening one's parachute.
- slaveling — a person in a condition of servility or slavery.
- slavering — to let saliva run from the mouth; slobber; drool.
- sleighing — a light vehicle on runners, usually open and generally horse-drawn, used especially for transporting persons over snow or ice.
- sleuthing — a detective. Synonyms: investigator, private investigator; private eye, gumshoe, shamus.
- slidingly — in a smooth, sliding manner
- slightest — small in amount, degree, etc.: a slight increase; a slight odor.
- slighting — small in amount, degree, etc.: a slight increase; a slight odor.
- slightish — rather slight
- sligo bay — an inlet of the Atlantic Ocean situated in the NW Republic of Ireland
- sling off — to laugh or jeer (at)
- slingback — Also called sling. a woman's shoe with an open back and a strap or sling encircling the heel of the foot to keep the shoe secure.
- slingshot — a Y -shaped stick with an elastic strip between the prongs for shooting stones and other small missiles.
- slip ring — a metal ring, usually of copper or cast iron, mounted so that current may be conducted through stationary brushes into or out of a rotating member.
- slivering — a small, slender, often sharp piece, as of wood or glass, split, broken, or cut off, usually lengthwise or with the grain; splinter.
- sloganize — to make a slogan of; express as a slogan: to sloganize one's opinions.
- sloop rig — gaff-topsail catfish.
- sloughing — the outer layer of the skin of a snake, which is cast off periodically.
- slow gait — (of a horse) a slow rack.
- slurrying — a thin mixture of an insoluble substance, as cement, clay, or coal, with a liquid, as water or oil.
- smilingly — If someone does something smilingly, they smile as they do it.
- smooching — smutch.
- smooshing — to mash or push, especially to push down or in; compress: to smush a pie in someone's face.
- smuggling — to import or export (goods) secretly, in violation of the law, especially without payment of legal duty.
- snap ring — any of various kinds of metal rings that must be forced open to be used and snap back into place to make a snug fit.
- snatching — to make a sudden effort to seize something, as with the hand; grab (usually followed by at).
- sniggerer — a person who sniggers or laughs in a suppressed manner
- sniveling — to weep or cry with sniffling.
- snow ring — basket (def 8).
- soakingly — so as to saturate or soak
- soaringly — in a soaring manner
- sobbingly — in a sobbing manner
- sociogram — a sociometric diagram representing the pattern of relationships between individuals in a group, usually expressed in terms of which persons they prefer to associate with.