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11-letter words containing a, g, t, e, r

  • right angle — the angle formed by two radii of a circle that are drawn to the extremities of an arc equal to one quarter of the circle; the angle formed by two perpendicular lines that intersect; an angle of 90°.
  • right brace — (character)   "}". ASCII character 125. Common names: close brace; right brace; right squiggly; right squiggly bracket/brace; right curly bracket/brace; ITU-T: closing brace. Rare: unbrace; uncurly; rytit ("" = leftit); right squirrelly; {INTERCAL: bracelet ("" = embrace).

    Paired with {left brace

  • right heart — the half of the heart, containing the right ventricle and right atrium, which supplies dark-red, oxygen-deficient venous blood to the lungs for oxygenation
  • right stage — the part of the stage that is right of center as one faces the audience.
  • right whale — any of several large whalebone whales of the genus Balaena, of circumpolar seas: the species B. glacialis is greatly reduced in numbers.
  • ring magnet — a ring-shaped permanent magnet.
  • ring-tailed — having the tail ringed with alternating colors, as a raccoon.
  • ringstraked — ring-streaked.
  • rogue state — When politicians or journalists talk about a rogue state, they mean a country that they regard as a threat to their own country's security, for example because it supports terrorism.
  • roller gate — (on certain dams) a cylindrical gate that rises and falls by rotating against inclined racks.
  • rotogravure — a photomechanical process by which pictures, typeset matter, etc., are printed from an intaglio copper cylinder.
  • rough trade — male homosexual prostitution, especially involving brutality or sadism.
  • rummage out — to search thoroughly or actively through (a place, receptacle, etc.), especially by moving around, turning over, or looking through contents.
  • scatter rug — a small rug, placed on the floor in front of a chair, under a table, etc.
  • scatter-gun — a shotgun
  • scattergood — a spendthrift.
  • scattergram — a graphic representation of bivariate data as a set of points in the plane that have Cartesian coordinates equal to corresponding values of the two variates.
  • scatterling — a person with no fixed home; a wanderer; a vagabond
  • scsi target — (hardware)   A SCSI device that executes a command from a SCSI initiator to perform some task. Typically the target is a SCSI peripheral device but the host adapter can also be a target.
  • searchlight — a device, usually consisting of a light and reflector, for throwing a beam of light in any direction.
  • segregation — the act or practice of segregating; a setting apart or separation of people or things from others or from the main body or group: gender segregation in some fundamentalist religions.
  • segregative — to separate or set apart from others or from the main body or group; isolate: to segregate exceptional children; to segregate hardened criminals.
  • septifragal — (of a capsule) dehiscing by breaking away from the partitions but remaining attached to the common axis; dehiscing at the valves or backs of the carpels but leaving the septa intact.
  • sgml tagger — (tool)   A tool to assist with adding SGML to a piece of text. The Tagger only lets the user insert a mark-up tag which is correct in that particular context.
  • shaft grave — a grave consisting of a deep, rectangular pit with vertical sides, roofed over with a stone slab.
  • shag carpet — shag pile carpet
  • shift gears — change speed manually in a vehicle
  • short-range — having a limited extent, as in distance or time: a short-range shot; a short-range plan.
  • shortchange — to give less than the correct change to.
  • signatories — having signed, or joined in signing, a document: the signatory powers to a treaty.
  • singletrack — (of a railroad or section of a railroad's route) having but one set of tracks, so that trains going in opposite directions must be scheduled to meet only at points where there are sidings.
  • sixth grade — (in the US) the sixth school year after kindergarten, usually containing pupils around 11 or 12 years old
  • slaughtered — the killing or butchering of cattle, sheep, etc., especially for food.
  • soft target — sth easy to hit
  • software ag — (company)   A German software engineering company that started with the ADABAS database. Natural is their 4GL development environment, EntireX is their DCOM for Unix and IBM. BOLERO, is an object-oriented development environment and application server specially made for Electronic Business applications. Mailing-list: <[email protected]>.
  • spectrogram — a representation or photograph of a spectrum.
  • sports page — newspaper page carrying sports results
  • spring rate — The spring rate is a measurement of the amount of force needed to compress a spring a particular distance.
  • springwater — water from a spring
  • st.-germain — St.-Germain-en-Laye.
  • stable girl — a girl or woman who looks after or attends horses in stables
  • stage brace — a brace for supporting upright pieces of theatrical scenery.
  • stage right — Stage right is the right side of the stage for an actor who is standing facing the audience.
  • stage screw — a large, tapered screw fitted with a handle, used to secure braces for scenery to the floor of a stage.
  • stagestruck — obsessed with the desire to become an actor or actress.
  • staggerbush — an ericaceous deciduous shrub, Lyonia mariana, of E North America, having white or pinkish flowers: it is poisonous to livestock
  • starlighted — lit by the stars
  • steam organ — calliope (def 1).
  • steamer rug — a coarse, heavy lap robe used by ship passengers sitting in deck chairs.
  • steerageway — sufficient speed to permit a vessel to be maneuvered.
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