11-letter words containing s, u, r, g, i
- guttiferous — relating to plants that produce gum or gum-like fluids
- gutturalism — The quality of being guttural.
- gypsiferous — containing gypsum.
- hattiesburg — a city in SE Mississippi.
- high summer — High summer is the middle of summer.
- high-strung — at great tension; highly excitable or nervous; edgy: high-strung nerves; a high-strung person.
- hip huggers — trousers that begin at the hips instead of the waist
- hip-huggers — (of a garment) having a close-fitting waistline placed at the hip rather than at the natural waist: hiphugger jeans.
- hormigueros — a city in W Puerto Rico, S of Mayagüez.
- huckstering — Present participle of huckster.
- icing sugar — Icing sugar is very fine white sugar that is used for making icing and sweets.
- ignoramuses — Plural form of ignoramus.
- inaugurates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of inaugurate.
- incongruous — out of keeping or place; inappropriate; unbecoming: an incongruous effect; incongruous behavior.
- instructing — to furnish with knowledge, especially by a systematic method; teach; train; educate.
- insurgently — In an insurgent manner.
- irreligious — not religious; not practicing a religion and feeling no religious impulses or emotions.
- jaguarundis — Plural form of jaguarundi.
- kashmir rug — a handmade Oriental rug that is woven flat without pile and covered entirely with embroidered patterns of colored yarns.
- kitesurfing — The sport or pastime of riding on a modified surfboard while holding on to a specially designed kite, using the wind for propulsion.
- laryngismus — Laryngospasm.
- launderings — Plural form of laundering.
- legislature — a deliberative body of persons, usually elective, who are empowered to make, change, or repeal the laws of a country or state; the branch of government having the power to make laws, as distinguished from the executive and judicial branches of government.
- life guards — (in Britain) a cavalry regiment forming part of the ceremonial guard of the monarch.
- lightstruck — (of beer) Spoiled by exposure to light, which causes riboflavin to react with and break down the isohumulones.
- lignivorous — xylophagous.
- lignotubers — Plural form of lignotuber.
- long radius — the distance from the centre of a regular polygon to a vertex
- ludwigsburg — a city in Baden-Württemberg state, SW Germany.
- magisterium — the authority and power of the church to teach religious truth.
- marguerites — Plural form of marguerite.
- martinsburg — a city in NE West Virginia.
- maunderings — Plural form of maundering.
- microfungus — A fungus in which no sexual process has been observed or in which the reproductive organs are microscopic.
- misery guts — if you describe someone as a misery guts, you mean they are miserable when they could or should be happy
- misregulate — to control or direct by a rule, principle, method, etc.: to regulate household expenses.
- mistrusting — Present participle of mistrust.
- monseigneur — a French title of honor given to princes, bishops, and other persons of eminence.
- mudspringer — mudskipper.
- mushrooming — any of various fleshy fungi including the toadstools, puffballs, coral fungi, morels, etc.
- neurologist — a physician specializing in neurology.
- night nurse — a nurse whose duty is to look after a patient or patients during the night
- nitrogenous — containing nitrogen.
- nonsingular — not singular. Compare singular (def 7).
- nonsurgical — pertaining to or involving surgery or surgeons.
- number sign — a symbol (#) for “number” or “numbered”: item #8 on the list.
- nursing bra — a bra for breastfeeding mothers which provides additional support and has cups that can be folded down so the infant can be fed without the mother having to remove the bra
- obstructing — Present participle of obstruct.
- offscouring — Often, offscourings. something scoured off; filth; refuse.
- oligomerous — having a small number of component parts