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12-letter words containing s, t, a, g, i, e

  • section gang — a group of workers who take care of a section of railroad track.
  • see daylight — the light of day: At the end of the tunnel they could see daylight.
  • segmentalize — to make segmentalized.
  • segmentation — division into segments.
  • self-antigen — autoantigen.
  • self-basting — (of a turkey) prepared with oil or butter to remain moist when cooked in an oven.
  • self-heating — the state of a body perceived as having or generating a relatively high degree of warmth.
  • self-tanning — cosmetic substance applied to the skin to simulate a suntan
  • self-tapping — (of a screw) cutting its own thread when screwed into a plain hole in a metal sheet
  • selling rate — the rate at which a bank is willing to sell foreign currency
  • semifloating — noting or pertaining to a driving axle of an automobile or the like, the inner end of which is carried by the differential gear and the outer end of which is keyed to a wheel supported by the axle housing.
  • septuagesima — the third Sunday before Lent.
  • sergeantfish — the cobia, Rachycentron canadum.
  • seringapatam — a town in S Karnataka, in S India, former capital of Mysore state: taken by the British 1799.
  • seronegative — showing no significant level of serum antibodies, or other immunologic marker in the serum, that would indicate previous exposure to the infectious agent being tested.
  • servant girl — a girl or woman employed as a servant who performs household duties
  • set straight — to give the correct facts to; inform properly
  • sewing table — a worktable for holding sewing materials, often supplied with a bag or pouch for needlework.
  • side against — one of the surfaces forming the outside of or bounding a thing, or one of the lines bounding a geometric figure.
  • signal tower — a tower from which railway signals are controlled or displayed
  • single track — a single pair of lines so that trains can travel in only one direction at a time
  • single-party — of or relating to a form of government in which only a single political party constitutes the government
  • single-track — (of a railroad or section of a railroad's route) having but one set of tracks, so that trains going in opposite directions must be scheduled to meet only at points where there are sidings.
  • sixth-grader — a pupil in their sixth US school year after kindergarten, who is usually around 11 or 12 years old
  • slant height — (of a right circular cone) the distance from the vertex to any point on the circumference of the base.
  • slide guitar — bottleneck (def 3).
  • sliding seat — a rower's seat that rides on wheels in metal tracks fastened to the boat's frame, allowing the seat to slide back and forth, thereby tapping the rower's leg strength to maximize the stroke.
  • space flight — journey into outer space
  • speed dating — an organized social event in which participants have one-on-one conversations typically limited to less than ten minutes, for the purpose of meeting people they would like to date.
  • speedboating — the act, practice, or sport of traveling in a speedboat.
  • speedskating — a form of ice skating in which contestants race against each other or the clock over various distances
  • spring water — water from natural underground source
  • stage fright — nervousness felt by a performer or speaker when appearing before an audience.
  • stage-driver — the driver of a stagecoach.
  • stageability — a single step or degree in a process; a particular phase, period, position, etc., in a process, development, or series.
  • staggeringly — tending to stagger or overwhelm: a staggering amount of money required in the initial investment.
  • staging area — an area, as a port of embarkation, where troops are assembled and readied for transit to a new field of operations.
  • stauropegion — (in an autocephalous church) a monastery subject directly to the primate.
  • steady-going — steadfast; faithful; unchanging: steady-going service to the cause of justice.
  • steam engine — an engine worked by steam, typically one in which a sliding piston in a cylinder is moved by the expansive action of the steam generated in a boiler.
  • steam-engine — an engine worked by steam, typically one in which a sliding piston in a cylinder is moved by the expansive action of the steam generated in a boiler.
  • steel guitar — an acoustic, handheld guitar having a metal resonator and producing a wailing, variable sound.
  • steering arm — the part of a vehicle's chassis that directs the input from the steering box
  • stegosaurian — having the characteristics of a stegosaur
  • steinamanger — German name of Szombathely.
  • stenographic — the art of writing in shorthand.
  • stigmasterol — a crystalline, water-insoluble steroid, C 2 9 H 4 8 O, present in soybeans or calabar beans, used chiefly as a raw material in the manufacture of progesterone.
  • stonewalling — the act of stalling, evading, or filibustering, especially to avoid revealing politically embarrassing information.
  • storage ring — a device for storing charged particles fed from an accelerator, consisting of a set of magnets placed in a ring and adjusted to keep the particles circulating until they are used.
  • storage unit — rented space to store items
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