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.