11-letter words containing s, i, p, n, g
- 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.
- 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.
- 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
- telescoping — an optical instrument for making distant objects appear larger and therefore nearer. One of the two principal forms (refracting telescope) consists essentially of an objective lens set into one end of a tube and an adjustable eyepiece or combination of lenses set into the other end of a tube that slides into the first and through which the enlarged object is viewed directly; the other form (reflecting telescope) has a concave mirror that gathers light from the object and focuses it into an adjustable eyepiece or combination of lenses through which the reflection of the object is enlarged and viewed. Compare radio telescope.
- top slicing — mining of thick orebodies in a series of stopes from top to bottom, the roof being caved with its timbers as each stope is exhausted.
- topdressing — an application of fertiliser to soil
- townscaping — the act of designing a town
- transpiring — to occur; happen; take place.
- transposing — the act of transposing
- trypsinogen — a precursor of trypsin that is secreted by the pancreas and is activated to trypsin in the small intestine.
- turing plus — Systems programming language, a concurrent descendant of Turing. Available from Holt Software Assocs, Toronto <[email protected]>.
- typecasting — the practice of casting an actor repeatedly in the same kind of role, esp because of his or physical appearance or previous success in such roles
- typesetting — the process or action of setting an article, book, or other printed matter into type.
- uninspiring — to fill with an animating, quickening, or exalting influence: His courage inspired his followers.
- unperishing — not perishing; enduring
- unpresuming — not presumptuous; humble
- unpromising — unlikely to be favorable or successful, as the weather, a situation, or a career.
- uprightness — erect or vertical, as in position or posture.
- uptightness — the quality or state of being uptight
- warm spring — a thermal spring having a temperature of up to 98°F (37°C).
- watchspring — the main spring inside a watch
- wellsprings — Plural form of wellspring.
- whimperings — Plural form of whimpering.
- whisperings — Plural form of whispering.
- worshipping — reverent honor and homage paid to God or a sacred personage, or to any object regarded as sacred.
- xeriscaping — environmental design of residential and park land using various methods for minimizing the need for water use.
- zincographs — Plural form of zincograph.