12-letter words containing s, t, i, g, m
- reassignment — something assigned, as a particular task or duty: She completed the assignment and went on to other jobs.
- rigor mortis — the stiffening of the body after death.
- risorgimento — the period of or the movement for the liberation and unification of Italy 1750–1870.
- rush matting — a floor covering made from rushes (plants of the genus Juncus)
- salpingotomy — incision of a Fallopian tube.
- scapegoatism — the act or practice of assigning blame or failure to another, as to deflect attention or responsibility away from oneself.
- segmentalize — to make segmentalized.
- segmentation — division into segments.
- seismologist — the science or study of earthquakes and their phenomena.
- 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.
- seringapatam — a town in S Karnataka, in S India, former capital of Mysore state: taken by the British 1799.
- shortcomings — a failure, defect, or deficiency in conduct, condition, thought, ability, etc.: a social shortcoming; a shortcoming of his philosophy.
- sitting room — a small living room, often one that forms part of a suite in a hotel, private house, etc.
- smotheringly — in a smothering manner
- smyth sewing — a method of sewing together folded, gathered, and collated signatures with a single thread sewn through the folds of individual signatures.
- sodium light — the light produced by a sodium lamp
- somaticizing — to convert (anxiety) into physical symptoms.
- 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.
- steering arm — the part of a vehicle's chassis that directs the input from the steering box
- steinamanger — German name of Szombathely.
- stem-winding — wound by turning a knob at the stem.
- 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.
- stigmatizing — to set some mark of disgrace or infamy upon: The crime of the father stigmatized the whole family.
- storm signal — a visual signal, as a flag, giving advance notice of a heavy storm, used especially along coastal areas.
- straight man — an entertainer who plays the part of a foil for a comic partner.
- straight-arm — Football. to push (a potential tackler) away by holding the arm out straight; stiff-arm.
- streamlining — a teardrop line of contour offering the least possible resistance to a current of air, water, etc.
- strip mining — excavation method
- summerweight — (of clothes) suitable in weight for wear in the summer; relatively light
- svga monitor — (hardware, graphics) A monitor capable of displaying the output of an SVGA card.
- sympathizing — to be in sympathy or agreement of feeling; share in a feeling (often followed by with).
- syntagmatite — a dark crystalline form of hornblende
- tasting menu — a fixed-price restaurant meal or menu consisting of small portions of numerous dishes: We ordered the 6-course tasting menu for $125.
- tempus fugit — time flies
- thermalgesia — pain caused by heat.
- timbrologist — a stamp-collector
- time sharing — to use or occupy by time-sharing.
- time-sharing — time-sharing (def 2).
- time-wasting — causing someone to spend time doing something that is unnecessary or does not produce any benefit
- transforming — to change in form, appearance, or structure; metamorphose.
- transmigrant — a person or thing that transmigrates.
- transmigrate — to move or pass from one place to another.
- transmitting — to send or forward, as to a recipient or destination; dispatch; convey.
- transmogrify — to change in appearance or form, especially strangely or grotesquely; transform.
- traumatising — Pathology. to injure (tissues) by force or by thermal, chemical, etc., agents.
- trismegistus — Hermes Trismegistus.
- troglodytism — the condition of being a troglodyte
- tsunamigenic — producing a tsunami or tsunamis