11-letter words containing s, i, p, n, g
- espaliering — Present participle of espalier.
- excerptings — a number of excerpted parts or passages (from a book, play, etc)
- finger post — a post with one or more directional signs, terminating in a pointed finger or hand.
- fingerpicks — Plural form of fingerpick.
- flying-spot — denoting an electronic system in which a rapidly moving spot of light is used to encode or decode data, for example to obtain a television signal by scanning a photographic film or slide
- flyspecking — A technique for painting furniture with flicked drops of paint.
- frangipanis — Plural form of frangipani.
- generalship — skill as commander of a large military force or unit.
- genioplasty — Mentoplasty.
- giant steps — a children's game in which a leader calls upon individual players to advance toward him or her in a given number and variety of steps, the object being for one person to tag the leader and for all of them to run back to the starting line without being caught by the leader. Any player who is caught becomes the leader.
- gingersnaps — Plural form of gingersnap.
- glans penis — the head of the penis (glans penis) or of the clitoris (glans clitoris)
- gloss paint — Gloss paint is paint that forms a shiny surface when it dries.
- gnat's piss — a very weak-tasting and unappetizing drink
- gonycampsis — abnormal curvature of the knee.
- graian alps — a mountain range in France and Italy, in the W Alps. Highest peak, Gran Paradiso, 13,324 feet (4061 meters).
- graphicness — The quality of being graphic: grotesqueness or vividness.
- grass snipe — the pectoral sandpiper.
- greasepaint — an oily mixture of melted tallow or grease and a pigment, used by actors, clowns, etc., for making up their faces.
- guttersnipe — a person belonging to or characteristic of the lowest social group in a city.
- gypsy winch — a small winch or crab.
- hairsprings — Plural form of hairspring.
- handsprings — Plural form of handspring.
- hardscaping — Hardscape.
- hot springs — city in central Ark., adjoining a national park: the park has 47 hot mineral springs: pop. 36,000
- hypnotising — Present participle of hypnotise.
- hypogenesis — underdevelopment of an organ or function, especially in the embryo.
- impregnates — to make pregnant; get with child or young.
- imprisoning — Present participle of imprison.
- improvising — Present participle of improvise.
- in progress — a movement toward a goal or to a further or higher stage: the progress of a student toward a degree.
- innerspring — having or characterized by a large number of enclosed coil springs within an overall padding: innerspring construction.
- inspiringly — to fill with an animating, quickening, or exalting influence: His courage inspired his followers.
- inspiriting — to infuse spirit or life into; enliven.
- interposing — Present participle of interpose.
- iron sponge — sponge iron.
- jasperizing — Present participle of jasperize.
- juxtaposing — to place close together or side by side, especially for comparison or contrast.
- kapuskasing — a town in central Ontario, in S Canada.
- kidnappings — Plural form of kidnapping.
- lampshading — The practice of decorating lampshades.
- landscaping — a section or expanse of rural scenery, usually extensive, that can be seen from a single viewpoint.
- leaf spring — a long, narrow, multiple spring composed of several layers of spring metal bracketed together: used in some suspension systems of carriages and automobiles.
- lightplanes — Plural form of lightplane.
- lipogenesis — (biochemistry) The biochemical production of fat, especially the conversion of carbohydrate into fat so that it may be stored as a long-term source of energy when food is scarce.
- long splice — a splice for forming a united rope narrow enough to pass through a block, made by unlaying the ends of two ropes for a considerable distance, overlapping the strands so as to make pairs of one strand from each rope, unlaying one of each pair, twisting the other strand into its place in the united rope, and tucking the yarns of the unlaid strand separately into place.
- mainsprings — Plural form of mainspring.
- managership — a person who has control or direction of an institution, business, etc., or of a part, division, or phase of it.
- megaphonist — Someone who uses a megaphone.
- misapplying — Present participle of misapply.