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11-letter words containing a, g, s, i

  • bigeye scad — a carangid fish, Selar crumenophthalmus, of tropical seas and Atlantic coastal waters of the U.S., having prominent eyes and commonly used as bait.
  • bit bashing — (Also "bit diddling" or bit twiddling). Any of several kinds of low-level programming characterised by manipulation of bit, flag, nibble, and other smaller-than-character-sized pieces of data. These include low-level device control, encryption algorithms, checksum and error-correcting codes, hash functions, some flavours of graphics programming (see bitblt), and assembler/compiler code generation. May connote either tedium or a real technical challenge (more usually the former). "The command decoding for the new tape driver looks pretty solid but the bit-bashing for the control registers still has bugs." See also bit bang, mode bit.
  • blaspheming — to speak impiously or irreverently of (God or sacred things).
  • blister gas — a poison gas that burns or blisters the tissues of the body; vesicant.
  • bossnapping — kidnapping a company executive as part of industrial action
  • braggartism — the activity of a braggart
  • bratticings — a series of temporary wooden housings erected on top of a wall, esp a castle wall
  • brattishing — decorative work along the coping or on the cornice of a building
  • brisingamen — the magic necklace worn by Freya.
  • burglarious — of, constituting, or inclined to burglary
  • bushbashing — the process of forcing a path through the bush
  • bushranging — the life of a bushranger
  • bushwalking — an expedition on foot in the bush
  • busy signal — If you try to make a telephone call and get a busy signal, it means that you cannot make the call because the line is already being used by someone else.
  • cacogastric — relating to an upset stomach
  • cacogenesis — (medicine) A morbid, monstrous, or pathological growth or product; an abnormality in structure; a monstrosity.
  • calcigerous — containing lime or other salts
  • callipygous — having well-shaped buttocks.
  • campaigners — Plural form of campaigner.
  • capsulizing — Present participle of capsulize.
  • carcinogens — Plural form of carcinogen.
  • cardiograms — Plural form of cardiogram.
  • caressingly — In a caressing manner; soothingly.
  • carjackings — Plural form of carjacking.
  • carloadings — the number of railroad carloads shipped in or out within a given period
  • carousingly — in a carousing manner
  • case ending — a suffix on an inflected noun, pronoun, or adjective that indicates its grammatical function.
  • casein glue — a glue made from casein, used for plywood, cabinetwork, etc.
  • caseinogens — Plural form of caseinogen.
  • casing nail — a nail having a small, conical head, slenderer than a common nail of the same length, used for laying floors, fastening matchboarding, and other work in which the head may remain visible.
  • casing shoe — A casing shoe is the bottom of the casing string, including the cement around it.
  • castigating — Present participle of castigate.
  • castigation — to criticize or reprimand severely.
  • castigatory — to criticize or reprimand severely.
  • castiglione — Count Baldassare (baldasˈsaːre). 1478–1529, Italian diplomat and writer, noted particularly for his dialogue on ideal courtly life, Il Libro del Cortegiano (The Courtier) (1528)
  • casting rod — a fishing rod, generally 4–8 feet (1.2–2.4 meters) long, for casting bait or lures with a reel mounted near the handle that enables the thumb or finger to control the line during a cast, including rods used for bait casting and spinning.
  • catagenesis — the retrogressive evolution of a species. Compare anagenesis (def 1).
  • cataglottis — A passionate kiss which involves the touching of the tongues of the two people involved.
  • catechising — Present participle of catechise.
  • categorised — to arrange in categories or classes; classify.
  • categorizes — to arrange in categories or classes; classify.
  • cauligenous — originating or protruding from the stem of a plant
  • ch'iungshan — Qiongshan.
  • champignons — Plural form of champignon.
  • changelings — Plural form of changeling.
  • chasmogamic — relating or pertaining to chasmogamy
  • chinese tag — a variety of the game of tag in which the tagged player must hold one hand on the part of the body where he or she was tagged.
  • cholangitis — (medicine) An inflammation of the bile duct.
  • christogram — a symbol of Christ, especially the Chi-Rho.
  • cigar store — a retail store specializing in tobacco products, as cigars and cigarettes.
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