11-letter words containing s, l, o, g
- sleep rough — to spend the night in the open; be without a home or without shelter
- slog it out — If two or more people slog it out, they work very hard to try to be the one who is successful or who has their ideas and wishes accepted.
- slot racing — the activity of racing slot cars.
- slough over — to gloss over; minimize
- slow-acting — working or acting slowly, not immediately
- slow-moving — proceeding with or characterized by slow, sluggish, or leisurely movement or activity.
- slug it out — to strike heavily; hit hard, especially with the fist.
- slumgullion — a stew of meat, vegetables, potatoes, etc.
- small goods — meats bought from a delicatessen, such as sausages
- smouldering — burning slowly without flame, usually emitting smoke
- snorkelling — the activity of swimming with a snorkel
- snowballing — a ball of snow pressed or rolled together, as for throwing.
- snowblading — the activity or sport of skiing with short skis (snowblades) and no poles
- socializing — to make social; make fit for life in companionship with others.
- sociologese — the recondite writing characteristic of sociology and sociologists
- sociologism — an explanation, expression, concept, etc., characteristic of sociology, especially when lacking reference to other disciplines concerned with human development.
- sociologist — the science or study of the origin, development, organization, and functioning of human society; the science of the fundamental laws of social relations, institutions, etc.
- sock lining — a thin piece of material, as leather, that is laid on top of the insole of a shoe, boot, or other footwear.
- sockdolager — something unusually large, heavy, etc.
- sockdoliger — a conclusive argument; a hard blow
- sockdologer — a decisive blow or remark
- soil boring — Soil boring is a technique used to survey soil by taking several shallow cores out of the sediment. It is used when a drilling jacket or jack-up rig is to be supported on the soil.
- solenoglyph — any poisonous snake of the viper family with hollow, paired, erectile fangs
- solid angle — an angle formed by three or more planes intersecting in a common point or formed at the vertex of a cone.
- soteriology — the doctrine of salvation through Jesus Christ.
- soul-baring — confessing intimate thoughts
- sovereignly — a monarch; a king, queen, or other supreme ruler.
- sovietology — Kremlinology.
- specialogue — a mail-order catalogue aimed at a specific group of customers
- spectrology — the study of ghosts, phantoms, or apparitions.
- sphagnology — the study of sphagna
- sphygmology — the study and examination of the pulse
- splodginess — the state of being splodgy
- spring lock — a lock that fastens automatically by a spring.
- spring roll — an egg roll.
- stagflation — an inflationary period accompanied by rising unemployment and lack of growth in consumer demand and business activity.
- stockpiling — the activity of acquiring and storing a large quantity of something
- stomatology — the science dealing with the mouth and its diseases.
- storm glass — a sealed tube containing a solution supposed to change in appearance according to the weather
- streetology — knowledge of how to get along in an urban neighborhood; street smarts.
- strong gale — a wind of 47–54 miles per hour (21–24 m/sec).
- strongyloid — of or relating to a strongyle
- struggle on — If you struggle on, you continue doing something rather than stopping, even though it is difficult.
- stylography — the art of writing, tracing, drawing, etc., with a style.
- subglobular — globe-shaped; spherical.
- suicidology — the study of the causes and prevention of suicide.
- sulfo group — the univalent group SO 3 H–, derived from sulfuric acid.
- summer-long — lasting all summer
- swage block — an iron block containing holes and grooves of various sizes, used for heading bolts and shaping objects not easily worked on an anvil.
- sweat lodge — (especially among North American Indians) a special building used for cleansing and purifying one's body by sweating, in which heated water is poured over heated stones to produce steam.