11-letter words containing a, g, u, c
- corrugating — Present participle of corrugate.
- corrugation — a corrugating or being corrugated
- corrugators — Plural form of corrugator.
- coruscating — A coruscating speech or performance is lively, intelligent, and impressive.
- couch grass — a grass, Agropyron repens, with a yellowish-white creeping underground stem by which it spreads quickly: a troublesome weed
- couch-grass — any of various grasses, especially Agropyron repens, known chiefly as troublesome weeds and characterized by creeping rootstocks that spread rapidly.
- cougar bait — a younger man who is often pursued by older women seeking a sexual relationship: We all agreed he was prime cougar bait.
- craniopagus — the condition of Siamese twins joined at the head
- creophagous — flesh-eating or carnivorous
- culminating — final; decisive
- cultivating — Present participle of cultivate.
- culture gap — a divide between two social groups that have different cultures
- curia regis — (in Norman England) the king's court, which performed all functions of government
- cutty grass — a species of sedge, Cyperus ustulatus, of New Zealand with sharp leaves
- cyano group — the univalent group CN; cyanogen.
- cytophagous — the ingestion of cells by other cells.
- decussating — Present participle of decussate.
- dichogamous — having the stamens and pistils maturing at different times, thereby preventing self-pollination, as a monoclinous flower (opposed to homogamous).
- discouraged — to deprive of courage, hope, or confidence; dishearten; dispirit.
- discourager — One who discourages.
- discourages — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of discourage.
- disgraceful — bringing or deserving disgrace; shameful; dishonorable; disreputable.
- disgracious — Lacking grace; not pleasing; disagreeable.
- dog curtain — a flap on a canvas cover for a binnacle, affording a view of the compass when raised.
- dramaturgic — Of or relating to the art of dramatic composition for the stage.
- drug addict — a person who is addicted to a narcotic.
- duck plague — an acute, highly fatal disease of ducks caused by a herpesvirus
- duo-decagon — dodecagon.
- duplicating — Present participle of duplicate.
- eagle scout — a boy scout who has achieved the highest rank in U.S. scouting.
- egg custard — sweet custard made with milk and egg and baked
- ejaculating — Present participle of ejaculate.
- elucidating — Present participle of elucidate.
- encapturing — Present participle of encapture.
- encouraging — Giving someone support or confidence; supportive.
- enunciating — Present participle of enunciate.
- eugenically — In a eugenic manner.
- exculpating — Present participle of exculpate.
- fecundating — Present participle of fecundate.
- fluctuating — to change continually; shift back and forth; vary irregularly: The price of gold fluctuated wildly last month.
- fungistatic — (of a substance or preparation) inhibiting the growth of a fungus.
- galli-curci — Amelita [ah-me-lee-tah] /ˌɑ mɛˈli tɑ/ (Show IPA), 1889–1964, Italian soprano in the U.S.
- gas furnace — a furnace using gas as a fuel.
- gas vacuole — a gas-filled structure that provides buoyancy in some aquatic bacteria
- geniculated — Geniculate.
- gesticulant — making or tending to make gestures or gesticulations: a gesticulant speaker.
- gesticulate — to make or use gestures, especially in an animated or excited manner with or instead of speech.
- glasscutter — a small hand tool that is specially designed for cutting sheets of glass, having a cutting wheel of steel or tungsten carbide and notches for snapping the glass
- glaucescent — becoming glaucous; somewhat glaucous.
- glauconitic — a greenish micaceous mineral consisting essentially of a hydrous silicate of potassium, aluminum, and iron and occurring in greensand, clays, etc.