10-letter words containing a, g, l, s
- aspergilla — Plural form of aspergillum.
- asphalting — any of various dark-colored, solid, bituminous substances, native in various areas of the earth and composed mainly of hydrocarbon mixtures.
- aspiringly — in an aspiring manner
- assaulting — Present participle of assault.
- assemblage — An assemblage of people or things is a collection of them.
- assembling — to bring together or gather into one place, company, body, or whole.
- assignable — capable of being specified: The word has no assignable meaning in our language.
- assumingly — in a presuming manner
- assuringly — In an assuring manner.
- astacology — the investigation and analysis of crayfish
- astragalin — A chemical compound, a 3-O-glucoside of kaempferol, found in Phytolacca americana, the American pokeweed.
- astragalus — the talus, or anklebone, in humans
- astrologer — An astrologer is a person who uses astrology to try to tell you things about your character and your future.
- atmologist — a person who studies or is expert in atmology or the study of aqueous vapour
- autologous — (of a tissue graft, blood transfusion, etc) originating from the recipient rather than from a donor
- baby sling — a pouch supported by straps at the shoulder or neck, used to carry small babies on one's chest
- back slang — a type of slang in which words are spelled and, as far as possible, pronounced backwards
- backlights — Plural form of backlight.
- bagatelles — Plural form of bagatelle.
- ballasting — Nautical. any heavy material carried temporarily or permanently in a vessel to provide desired draft and stability.
- bangladesh — a republic in S Asia: formerly the Eastern Province of Pakistan; became independent in 1971 after civil war and the defeat of Pakistan by India; consists of the plains and vast deltas of the Ganges and Brahmaputra Rivers; prone to flooding: economy based on jute and jute products (over 70 per cent of world production); a member of the Commonwealth. Language: Bengali. Religion: Muslim. Currency: taka. Capital: Dhaka. Pop: 163 654 860 (2013 est). Area: 142 797 sq km (55 126 sq miles)
- bargepoles — Plural form of bargepole.
- basic slag — a furnace slag produced in steel-making, containing large amounts of calcium phosphate: used as a fertilizer
- batologist — someone who practises batology
- beer glass — a glass of a standard size (in Britain holding one pint, or half a pint) with straight sides, or with a handle, to drink beer from
- bell glass — a bell-shaped glass jar or cover for protecting delicate instruments, bric-a-brac, or the like, or for containing gases or a vacuum in chemical experiments.
- bespangled — covered or adorned with or as if with spangles or jewels
- bill gates — (person) William Henry Gates III, Chief Executive Officer of Microsoft, which he co-founded in 1975 with Paul Allen. In 1994 Gates is a billionaire, worth $9.35b and Microsoft is worth about $27b. He was a computer nerd who dropped out of Harvard and one of the first programmers to oppose software piracy ("Open Letter to Hobbyists," Computer Notes, February 3, 1976).
- black sage — a shrubby Californian plant, Salvia mellifera, of the mint family, having an interrupted spike of lavender-blue or white flowers.
- black shag — a large dark-coloured shag, Phalacrocorax carbo novaehollandis, of Australasian waters
- blacksburg — a town in SW Virginia.
- blazonings — heraldic adornments
- blogstream — the publication on the internet of content from weblogs rather than from mainstream media sources
- blue flags — any North American plant of the genus Iris, especially I. versicolor : the state flower of Tennessee.
- boulangism — the doctrines of militarism and reprisals against Germany, advocated, especially in the 1880s, by the French general Boulanger.
- branglings — a series of squabbles or disputes
- brattlings — a series of rattling or clattering sounds
- cablegrams — Plural form of cablegram.
- cagliostro — Count Alessandro di (alesˈsandro di), original name Giuseppe Balsamo. 1743–95, Italian adventurer and magician, who was imprisoned for life by the Inquisition for his association with freemasonry
- calcifuges — Plural form of calcifuge.
- caliginous — dark; dim
- canalising — Present participle of canalise.
- cartilages — Plural form of cartilage.
- case glass — glass composed of two or more layers of glass in different colors, often having the top layer cut or ground away so that the lower layer can serve as background or contrast.
- catalogers — Plural form of cataloger.
- catalogist — a list or record, as of items for sale or courses at a university, systematically arranged and often including descriptive material: a stamp catalog.
- catalogues — Plural form of catalogue.
- catalysing — Present participle of catalyse.
- challenges — Plural form of challenge.
- changeless — unchanging; immutable