9-letter words containing t, g, s
- staggered — to walk, move, or stand unsteadily.
- staghound — a hound trained to hunt stags and other large animals.
- stagirite — a native or inhabitant of Stagira.
- stagnance — not flowing or running, as water, air, etc.
- stagnancy — not flowing or running, as water, air, etc.
- stagnated — to cease to run or flow, as water, air, etc.
- stagyrite — a native or inhabitant of Stagira.
- star sign — one of 12 signs of the Zodiac
- stargazer — a person who stargazes, as an astronomer or astrologer.
- staringly — in a staring way
- starlight — the light emanating from the stars.
- startling — creating sudden alarm, surprise, or wonder; astonishing.
- stavanger — a seaport in SW Norway.
- steepling — an ornamental construction, usually ending in a spire, erected on a roof or tower of a church, public building, etc.
- steerling — a young or small steer
- stegnosis — a constriction of bodily pores, vessels, or ducts
- stegnotic — a medication that is constipating or astringent
- stegosaur — a plant-eating dinosaur of the genus Stegosaurus, from the Jurassic and Cretaceous periods, having a heavy, bony armor and a row of bony plates along its back, and growing to a length of 20 to 40 feet (6–12 meters).
- steinberg — Saul, 1914–1999, U.S. painter, cartoonist, and illustrator; born in Romania.
- sternberg — George Miller, 1838–1915, U.S. bacteriologist and medical researcher.
- stevenage — a town in N Hertfordshire, in SE England.
- stickling — the act or practice of making insistent demands
- stieglitz — Alfred, 1864–1946, U.S. photographer and editor (husband of Georgia O'Keeffe).
- stigmatic — Also, stigmatical. pertaining to a stigma, mark, spot, or the like.
- stilt bug — any of various slender, long-legged, brownish bugs of the family Berytidae, inhabiting dense vegetation: sometimes classified with the leaf-footed bugs.
- stingaree — a stingray.
- stingbull — Trachinus draco, a species of fish with venomous spines on their dorsal fins that are capable of wounding humans
- stingless — possessing no sting or stinger
- stink bug — any of numerous broad, flat bugs of the family Pentatomidae, that emit a disagreeable odor.
- stippling — to paint, engrave, or draw by means of dots or small touches.
- stitching — one complete movement of a threaded needle through a fabric or material such as to leave behind it a single loop or portion of thread, as in sewing, embroidery, or the surgical closing of wounds.
- stone age — the period in the history of humankind, preceding the Bronze Age and the Iron Age, and marked by the use of stone implements and weapons: subdivided into the Paleolithic, Mesolithic, and Neolithic periods.
- stop sign — a traffic sign requiring a motorist to stop before continuing.
- stoplight — traffic light.
- store pig — a pig that has not yet been weaned and weighs less than 40 kg
- stoughton — a city in E Massachusetts.
- straggler — to stray from the road, course, or line of march.
- straights — without a bend, angle, or curve; not curved; direct: a straight path.
- straining — to draw tight or taut, especially to the utmost tension; stretch to the full: to strain a rope.
- stranding — to form (a rope, cable, etc.) by twisting strands together.
- strangely — unusual, extraordinary, or curious; odd; queer: a strange remark to make.
- strangest — unusual, extraordinary, or curious; odd; queer: a strange remark to make.
- strangled — A strangled voice or cry sounds unclear because the throat muscles of the person speaking or crying are tight.
- strangler — to kill by squeezing the throat in order to compress the windpipe and prevent the intake of air, as with the hands or a tightly drawn cord.
- strangles — distemper1 (def 1b).
- strangury — painful urination in which the urine is emitted drop by drop owing to muscle spasms of the urethra or urinary bladder.
- straphang — to travel as a straphanger.
- strapping — powerfully built; robust.
- strasberg — Lee, 1901–82, U.S. theatrical director, teacher, and actor, born in Austria.
- stratagem — a plan, scheme, or trick for surprising or deceiving an enemy.