11-letter words containing a, g, d, e
- endophagous — relating to endophagy
- energy band — a range of energies associated with the quantum states of electrons in a crystalline solid. In a semiconductor or an insulator there is a valence band containing many states, most of which are occupied. Above this is a forbidden band with only a few isolated states caused by impurities. Above this is a conduction band containing many states most of which are empty. In a metal there is a continuous valence-conduction band
- engagedness — The state of being deeply interested; earnestness; zeal.
- enough said — understood
- ensanguined — Simple past tense and past participle of ensanguine.
- eradicating — Present participle of eradicate.
- evangelized — Simple past tense and past participle of evangelize.
- exaggerated — That has been described as greater than it actually is; abnormally increased or enlarged.
- excogitated — Simple past tense and past participle of excogitate.
- exsanguined — without blood; anaemic
- extraditing — Present participle of extradite.
- far-sighted — seeing objects at a distance more clearly than those near at hand; hyperopic.
- fare-dodger — a person who tries to travel on public transport without paying the fare
- fastigiated — Alternative form of fastigiate.
- featheredge — an edge that thins out like a feather.
- fecundating — Present participle of fecundate.
- feed grains — grains used to feed livestock
- field glass — Usually, field glasses. binoculars for use out of doors.
- field grade — military rank applying to mid-level army officers, as majors, lieutenant colonels, and colonels.
- fifth grade — the fifth year of school, when children are ten or eleven years old
- figureheads — Plural form of figurehead.
- finedrawing — Present participle of finedraw.
- fingerboard — (of a violin, cello, etc.) the strip of wood on the neck against which the strings are stopped by the fingers.
- fingerguard — something that protects the fingers
- fire damage — damage caused to a building or other object by fire
- first grade — school year: age 6-7
- five-gaited — noting an American saddle horse that has been trained to execute the rack and slow gait in addition to the walk, trot, and canter, and that is used chiefly for showing.
- flabagasted — Alternative form of flabbergasted.
- flagellated — to whip; scourge; flog; lash.
- flying head — a read/write head supported on a thin cushion of air over a rotating magnetic disk.
- footdragger — One who deliberately delays obligatory action.
- foreign aid — economic, technical, or military aid given by one nation to another for purposes of relief and rehabilitation, for economic stabilization, or for mutual defense.
- forgathered — Simple past tense and past participle of forgather.
- forge ahead — move forward with determination
- frankpledge — a system of dividing a community into tithings or groups of ten men, each member of which was responsible for the conduct of the other members of his group and for the assurance that a member charged with a breach of the law would be produced at court.
- freeloading — to take advantage of others for free food, entertainment, etc.
- frigatebird — Any of five species of bird in the genus Fregata, the only genus in the family Fregatidae.
- frogmarched — Simple past tense and past participle of frogmarch.
- fur brigade — (formerly) a convoy of canoes, horses, or dog sleighs that transported furs and other goods between trading posts and towns or factories
- gaff-rigged — (of a sailboat) having one or more gaff sails.
- galactoside — A glycoside yielding galactose on hydrolysis.
- gallbladder — a pear-shaped, muscular sac attached to the undersurface of the right lobe of the liver, in which bile is stored and concentrated.
- galliardise — the state of being gay or merry
- gallivanted — Simple past tense and past participle of gallivant.
- game warden — a public official who enforces game laws.
- gamma decay — type of radioactivity in which an unstable atomic nucleus dissipates energy by gamma emission, producing gamma rays.
- ganglioside — any of a class of glycolipids, found chiefly in nerve ganglia, that upon hydrolysis yield sphingosine, neuraminic acid, a fatty acid, and a monosaccharide.
- gangsterdom — the world of gangsters; gangland
- gap-toothed — having a noticeable space between two teeth.
- garage band — a rough-and-ready amateurish rock group