11-letter words containing s, t, a, g, n
- speculating — to engage in thought or reflection; meditate (often followed by on, upon, or a clause).
- sponge bath — a bath in which the bather is cleaned by a wet sponge or washcloth dipped in water, without getting into a tub of water.
- spring rate — The spring rate is a measurement of the amount of force needed to compress a spring a particular distance.
- springwater — water from a spring
- st.-germain — St.-Germain-en-Laye.
- stabilizing — to make or hold stable, firm, or steadfast.
- stag's horn — the antlers of a stag used as a material for carved implements
- stagflation — an inflationary period accompanied by rising unemployment and lack of growth in consumer demand and business activity.
- stand guard — keep watch
- standing up — to cease to live; undergo the complete and permanent cessation of all vital functions; become dead.
- star rating — a rating indicated by stars (usually 1–5), the highest number of stars indicating the best quality, highest amount etc
- star-gazing — Star-gazing is the activity of studying the stars as an astronomer or astrologer.
- startlingly — creating sudden alarm, surprise, or wonder; astonishing.
- steam organ — calliope (def 1).
- steelmaking — the manufacture of steel.
- steganogram — a coded message
- stenography — the art of writing in shorthand.
- step change — A step change is a sudden or major change in the way that something happens or the way that someone behaves.
- stepdancing — a dance emphasizing footwork or certain steps instead of other bodily gestures or movement
- stevengraph — a small picture woven in colored silk thread: introduced in 1879 and mass-produced on a Jacquard-type loom.
- stimulating — to rouse to action or effort, as by encouragement or pressure; spur on; incite: to stimulate his interest in mathematics.
- stipulating — to make an express demand or arrangement as a condition of agreement (often followed by for).
- stocktaking — the examination or counting over of materials or goods on hand, as in a stockroom or store.
- stop-and-go — characterized by periodically enforced stops, as caused by heavy traffic or traffic signals: stop-and-go traffic.
- strain gage — A strain gage is a sensor for measuring the amount of strain on a solid surface.
- strangeness — the quality or condition of being strange.
- strangulate — Pathology, Surgery. to compress or constrict (a duct, intestine, vessel, etc.) so as to prevent circulation or suppress function.
- 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.
- straphanger — a passenger who stands in a crowded bus or subway train and holds onto a strap or other support suspended from above.
- stravaiging — Scot., Irish, and North England. to wander aimlessly.
- streamingly — in a streaming manner
- string band — a band consisting of stringed instruments
- string bass — double bass.
- string bean — any of various kinds of bean, as the green bean, the unripe pods of which are used as food, usually after stripping off the fibrous thread along the side.
- stringboard — a board or facing covering the ends of the steps in a staircase.
- strong gale — a wind of 47–54 miles per hour (21–24 m/sec).
- strong meat — anything arousing fear, anger, repulsion, etc, except among a tolerant or receptive minority
- subjugation — the act, fact, or process of subjugating, or bringing under control; enslavement: The subjugation of the American Indians happened across the country.
- subrogation — to put into the place of another; substitute for another.
- subungulate — any member of the superorder of animal termed Subungulata (also called Paenungulata), containing the elephant, sea cow and hyrax, as well as two extinct orders
- sugar tongs — small tongs used for serving cubed sugar.
- supplanting — to take the place of (another), as through force, scheming, strategy, or the like.
- suppurating — to produce or discharge pus, as a wound; maturate.
- surfcasting — the act, technique, or sport of fishing by casting from the shoreline into the sea, usually using heavy-duty tackle.
- surrogation — a person appointed to act for another; deputy.
- sweat gland — one of the minute, coiled, tubular glands of the skin that secrete sweat.
- swing state — a state of the U.S. in which the Democratic and Republican candidates both have a good chance of winning and that is considered key to the outcome of a presidential election: the swing states of Ohio and Indiana.
- syngnathous — (of fish) having a tubular snout, e.g. pipefish, seahorse
- syntagmatic — pertaining to a relationship among linguistic elements that occur sequentially in the chain of speech or writing, as the relationship between the sun and is shining or the and sun in the sentence The sun is shining.