11-letter words containing a, g, s, i
- turn signal — A car's turn signals are the flashing lights that tell you it is going to turn left or right.
- typecasting — the practice of casting an actor repeatedly in the same kind of role, esp because of his or physical appearance or previous success in such roles
- unambiguous — not ambiguous, or unclear; distinct; unequivocal: The object of the experiment was to reach an unambiguous conclusion about climate change.
- unamusingly — in an unamusing or unentertaining manner
- unassisting — providing no help or assistance
- unceasingly — not ceasing or stopping; continuous: an unceasing flow of criticism.
- undiagnosed — to determine the identity of (a disease, illness, etc.) by a medical examination: The doctor diagnosed the illness as influenza.
- ungarnished — to provide or supply with something ornamental; adorn; decorate.
- unreasoning — not reasoning or exercising reason; reasonless; thoughtless; irrational: an unreasoning fanatic.
- unsagacious — having or showing acute mental discernment and keen practical sense; shrewd: a sagacious lawyer.
- unsatiating — to supply with anything to excess, so as to disgust or weary; surfeit.
- unstartling — not startling
- unstrategic — pertaining to, characterized by, or of the nature of strategy: strategic movements.
- vanguardism — the beliefs and activities of persons who consider themselves to be leaders in a particular field or school of thought.
- vanguardist — the beliefs and activities of persons who consider themselves to be leaders in a particular field or school of thought.
- vanishingly — to the point of being nearly invisible or nonexistent
- very signal — a colored flare fired from a special pistol (Very pistol) for signaling at night
- vestigially — of, relating to, or of the nature of a vestige: a vestigial tail.
- vigilantism — a member of a vigilance committee.
- virginalist — Often, virginals. a rectangular harpsichord with the strings stretched parallel to the keyboard, the earlier types placed on a table: popular in the 16th and 17th centuries.
- visbreaking — Visbreaking is thermal cracking, when the vacuum residue is less viscous and it can then be used to produce valuable products.
- vital signs — pulse, temperature, breathing, etc.
- vulgarities — the state or quality of being vulgar: the vulgarity of his remark.
- waggishness — Waggish behaviour.
- wainscoting — wood, especially oak and usually in the form of paneling, for lining interior walls.
- wainwrights — Plural form of wainwright.
- waitressing — a woman who waits on tables, as in a restaurant.
- walking bus — a group of schoolchildren walking together along an agreed route to and from school, accompanied by adults, with children joining and leaving the group at prearranged points
- wang an shi — 1021–86, Chinese statesman and writer: remembered for his economic reforms, known as the New Policies (1069–76)
- warehousing — an act or instance of a person or company that warehouses something.
- warfighters — Plural form of warfighter.
- warm spring — a thermal spring having a temperature of up to 98°F (37°C).
- watchspring — the main spring inside a watch
- water wings — an inflatable contrivance shaped like a pair of wings, usually worn under the arms to keep the body afloat while one swims or learns to swim.
- waterskiing — Alternative spelling of water skiing.
- west-facing — orientated towards the west
- wharfingers — Plural form of wharfinger.
- white pages — A directory service for locating individuals by name (by analogy with the telephone directory). The Internet supports several databases that contain basic information about users, such as electronic mail addresses, telephone numbers and postal addresses. These databases can be searched to get information about particular individuals. See Knowbot, Netfind, whois, X.500, finger.
- wholegrains — Wholegrains are the grains of cereals such as wheat and maize that have not been processed.
- wholesaling — the sale of goods in quantity, as to retailers or jobbers, for resale (opposed to retail).
- wineglasses — Plural form of wineglass.
- winetasting — a gathering of critics, buyers, friends, etc., to taste a group of wines for comparative purposes.
- witch grass — a panic grass, Panicum capillare, having a bushlike compound panicle, common as a weed in North America.
- xenoglossia — an ability claimed by some mediums, clairvoyants, etc, to speak a language with which they are unfamiliar
- xeriscaping — environmental design of residential and park land using various methods for minimizing the need for water use.
- yugoslavian — formerly, a federal republic in S Europe: since 1992 comprised of Serbia and Montenegro; disbanded into independent countries in 2006. 39,449 sq. mi. (102,173 sq. km). Capital: Belgrade.
- zincographs — Plural form of zincograph.
- zygomaticus — (anatomy) One of several small subcutaneous facial muscles arising from or in relation with the zygoma.