11-letter words containing s, p, r, i, g
- serpiginous — (formerly) a creeping or spreading skin disease, as ringworm.
- shepherding — a person who herds, tends, and guards sheep.
- ship-rigged — (of a sailing vessel) rigged as a ship; full-rigged.
- sialography — radiography of salivary glands once they have been injected with a contrast medium
- singaporean — an island on the Strait of Singapore, off the S tip of the Malay Peninsula.
- skyscraping — of or like a skyscraper; very high: a skyscraping chimney.
- sociography — the branch of sociology that uses statistical data to describe social phenomena.
- spacefaring — space travel
- sparagmatic — denoting a type of Precambrian rock found in Scandinavia
- sparklingly — in a sparkling manner
- sphragistic — of or relating to seals or signet rings.
- spin-drying — a technique for extracting water from clothes, linen, etc, by spinning them in a perforated drum
- spiral gear — a type of helical gear used for transmitting power between shafts that are at an angle to each other.
- spirketting — deck planking near the bulwarks
- spirography — the study of breathing using a spirograph
- spitsbergen — a group of islands in the Arctic Ocean, N of and belonging to Norway. 24,293 sq. mi. (62,920 sq. km).
- spitzbergen — a group of islands in the Arctic Ocean, N of and belonging to Norway. 24,293 sq. mi. (62,920 sq. km).
- spitzenburg — any of several red or yellow varieties of apple that ripen in the autumn.
- splintering — a small, thin, sharp piece of wood, bone, or the like, split or broken off from the main body.
- sponge iron — finely divided, porous iron, reduced from an oxide at a temperature below the melting point.
- sporogonium — the sporangium of mosses and liverworts.
- spreadingly — in a spreading manner
- sprightless — without any spirit or liveliness
- spring lamb — a lamb born in the late winter or early spring and sold for slaughter before July 1.
- spring line — warp (def 16).
- spring lock — a lock that fastens automatically by a spring.
- spring rate — The spring rate is a measurement of the amount of force needed to compress a spring a particular distance.
- spring roll — an egg roll.
- spring snow — corn snow.
- spring tide — the large rise and fall of the tide at or soon after the new or the full moon.
- springboard — a flexible board, projecting over water, from which divers leap or spring.
- springfield — a state in the central United States: a part of the Midwest. 56,400 sq. mi. (146,075 sq. km). Capital: Springfield. Abbreviation: IL (for use with zip code), Ill.
- springhouse — a small storehouse built over a spring or part of a brook, for keeping such foods as meat and dairy products cool and fresh.
- springiness — characterized by spring or elasticity; flexible; resilient: He walks with a springy step.
- springsteen — Bruce. born 1949, US rock singer, songwriter, and guitarist. His albums include Born to Run (1975), Darkness on the Edge of Town (1978), Born in the USA (1984), The Ghost of Tom Joad (1995), The Rising (2002), Magic (2007), and Wrecking Ball (2012)
- springville — a town in central Utah.
- springwater — water from a spring
- spur blight — a disease of raspberries, characterized by reddish-brown spots on the stems, caused by a fungus, Didymella applanata.
- straight up — without a bend, angle, or curve; not curved; direct: a straight path.
- straight-up — without a bend, angle, or curve; not curved; direct: a straight path.
- strap hinge — a hinge having a flap, especially a long one, attached to one face of a door or the like.
- strap-hinge — a hinge having a flap, especially a long one, attached to one face of a door or the like.
- stringpiece — a long, usually horizontal piece of timber, beam, etc., for strengthening, connecting, or supporting a framework.
- strip light — A strip light is an electric light in the form of a long tube.
- strippagram — a greetings message delivered by a stripper who does a striptease on delivery
- strongpoint — a fortified defensive position; stronghold.
- superbright — exceptionally bright
- superceding — supersede.
- superegoist — an exceptionally selfish or self-centred person; someone who is very self-important
- superseding — to replace in power, authority, effectiveness, acceptance, use, etc., as by another person or thing.