10-letter words containing a, g, t
- atomweight — (martial arts, combat sports) the weightclass below strawweight of less than 105lbs.
- atrophying — Also, atrophia [uh-troh-fee-uh] /əˈtroʊ fi ə/ (Show IPA). Pathology. a wasting away of the body or of an organ or part, as from defective nutrition or nerve damage.
- attack dog — a dog trained to attack on command
- attainting — Present participle of attaint.
- attempting — to make an effort at; try; undertake; seek: to attempt an impossible task; to attempt to walk six miles.
- attendings — physicians who attend to patients in a hospital
- attracting — Present participle of attract.
- aubergiste — an innkeeper or hotelier
- auctioning — Present participle of auction.
- augmenting — to make larger; enlarge in size, number, strength, or extent; increase: His salary is augmented by a small inheritance.
- auguration — The practice of augury.
- augustness — inspiring reverence or admiration; of supreme dignity or grandeur; majestic: an august performance of a religious drama.
- austringer — a person who keeps goshawks
- autecology — the ecological study of an individual organism or species
- authigenic — (of minerals) having crystallized in a sediment during or after deposition
- autodigest — To carry out autodigestion.
- autogamous — Botany. pollination of the ovules of a flower by its own pollen; self-fertilization (opposed to allogamy).
- autogenous — originating within the body
- autognosis — Self-knowledge; the understanding of one's character and peculiarities.
- autografts — Plural form of autograft.
- autographs — Plural form of autograph.
- autography — the writing of something in one's own handwriting; something handwritten
- autologous — (of a tissue graft, blood transfusion, etc) originating from the recipient rather than from a donor
- automaking — The manufacture of automobiles.
- automating — Present participle of automate.
- autophagia — sustenance by self-absorption of the tissues of the body
- autopsying — Present participle of autopsy.
- autosexing — the breeding of birds to reveal specific sexual characteristics
- avantgarde — the advance group in any field, especially in the visual, literary, or musical arts, whose works are characterized chiefly by unorthodox and experimental methods.
- avengement — (rare) The inflicting of retributive punishment; satisfaction taken.
- avigator's — aerial navigation.
- babbitting — Present participle of babbitt.
- back light — light falling on a photographic or television subject from the rear
- backbiting — If you accuse someone of backbiting, you mean that they say unpleasant or unkind things about someone who is not present, especially in order to stop them doing well at work.
- backdating — Present participle of backdate.
- backlights — Plural form of backlight.
- backsights — Plural form of backsight.
- bagatelles — Plural form of bagatelle.
- baggataway — a form of lacrosse as played originally by the Ojibwa Indians.
- baking tin — an open metal container in which dough, cake mixture etc can be placed for baking
- ballasting — Nautical. any heavy material carried temporarily or permanently in a vessel to provide desired draft and stability.
- bank night — Informal. (especially in the 1930s) an evening when prizes are awarded to members of the audience at a motion-picture theater.
- banqueting — A banqueting hall or room is a large room where banquets are held.
- bantingism — a fat-reducing diet invented by William Banting, involving high protein intake, and low fat and carbohydrate intake
- bar magnet — a bar-shaped, usually permanent, magnet.
- bargestone — any of several stones forming the sloping edge of a gable.
- baronetage — the order of baronets; baronets collectively
- barrington — Jonah. born 1940, British squash player; winner of the Open Championship 1966–67, 1969–72
- bartending — to serve or work as a bartender.
- batfowling — A method of catching birds at night, by holding a torch or other light, and beating the bush or perch where they roost so that the birds fly towards the light.