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12-letter words containing a, g, i, t, e

  • bengal tiger — a large tiger found in S. Asia
  • beta testing — (programming)   Evaluation of a pre-release (potentially unreliable) version of a piece of software (or possibly hardware) by making it available to selected users ("beta testers") before it goes on general distribution. Beta testign aims to discover bugs that only occur in certain environments or under certain patterns of use, while reducing the volume of feedback to a manageable level. The testers benefit by having earlier access to new products, features and fixes. Beta testing may be preceded by "alpha testing", performed in-house by a handful of users (e.g. other developers or friends), who can be expected to give rapid, high quality feedback on design and usability. Once the product is considered to be usable for its intended purpose it then moves on to "beta testing" by a larger, but typically still limited, number of ordinary users, who may include external customers. Some companies such as Google or Degree Jungle stretch the definition, claiming their products are "in beta" for many months by millions of users. The term derives from early 1960s terminology for product cycle checkpoints, first used at IBM but later standard throughout the industry. "Alpha test" was the unit test, module test or component test phase; "Beta Test" was initial system test. These themselves came from earlier A- and B-tests for hardware. The A-test was a feasibility and manufacturability evaluation done before any commitment to design and development. The B-test was a demonstration that the engineering model functioned as specified. The C-test (corresponding to today's beta) was the B-test performed on early samples of the production design.
  • biflagellate — having two flagella
  • billingsgate — the largest fish market in London, on the N bank of the River Thames; moved to new site at Canary Wharf in 1982 and the former building converted into offices
  • binge eating — the practice of eating excessive amounts of food over a short period of time
  • biomagnetics — the study of magnetic fields as a form of therapy
  • biomagnetism — animal magnetism.
  • biting stage — the second part of the oral phase of psychosexual development, approximately 8 to18 months of age, during which a child has the urge to bite or chew objects.
  • blues guitar — blues guitar music
  • boating lake — a lake in a park where rowing boats can be hired
  • boulangerite — a bluish lead-gray mineral, lead antimony sulfide, Pb 5 Sb 4 S 11 , a minor ore of lead.
  • breathtaking — If you say that something is breathtaking, you are emphasizing that it is extremely beautiful or amazing.
  • bridge party — a gathering for the purpose of playing bridge
  • bridge table — a square card table with folding legs.
  • cablecasting — relating to broadcasting by cable
  • cage cricket — a form of cricket played in an enclosed space, in which six players compete as individuals
  • camp meeting — a religious meeting held in a large tent or outdoors, often lasting several days
  • camping site — A camping site is the same as a campsite.
  • carpentering — a person who builds or repairs wooden structures, as houses, scaffolds, or shelving.
  • carry weight — to be important, influential, etc.
  • cartwheeling — Present participle of cartwheel.
  • casting vote — When a committee has given an equal number of votes for and against a proposal, the chairperson can give a casting vote. This vote decides whether or not the proposal will be passed.
  • catching pen — a pen adjacent to a shearer's stand containing the sheep ready for shearing
  • categorially — in a manner relating to or involving categories
  • categoricity — The quality of being categorical.
  • categorising — to arrange in categories or classes; classify.
  • categorizing — Present participle of categorize.
  • caterwauling — the shrieking and yowling made by a cat, for example when it is on heat or fighting
  • centimorgans — Plural form of centimorgan.
  • centralising — Present participle of centralise.
  • centralizing — Present participle of centralize.
  • centrifugate — the denser of the centrifuged materials.
  • change point — a point to which a foresight and backsight are taken in levelling; turning point
  • chapter ring — a ringlike band on the dial of a clock that bears the numerals or other symbols of the hours.
  • chincoteague — a town on a small island in a lagoon (Chincoteague Bay) in E Virginia: annual wild pony roundup.
  • cinematizing — Present participle of cinematize.
  • circumgyrate — to cause (something) to move in a circular motion
  • citrangequat — A trigenic hybrid cross of two types of orange and a kumquat.
  • city manager — (in the US) an administrator hired by a municipal council to manage its affairs
  • cladogenetic — relating to cladogenesis
  • clatteringly — With a clattering sound.
  • claw setting — a jewellery setting with clawlike prongs
  • clean eating — the practice of following a diet that contains only natural foods, and is low in sugar, salt, and fat
  • clearcutting — the act of felling all trees in area
  • clearsighted — seeing clearly
  • cleistogamic — Alternative form of cleistogamous.
  • closing date — The closing date for a competition or offer is the final date by which entries or applications must be received.
  • co-parenting — a divorced or separated parent who shares equally with the other parent in the custody and care of a child.
  • cogeneration — the process of generating electricity and steam from the same power plant
  • cogitatively — In a cogitative manner.
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