11-letter words containing a, g, u, c
- misguidance — to guide wrongly; misdirect.
- muck-raking — If you accuse someone of muck-raking, you are criticizing them for finding and spreading unpleasant or embarrassing information about someone, especially a public figure.
- multiagency — involving multiple agencies
- mycophagous — feeding on fungi.
- nonsurgical — pertaining to or involving surgery or surgeons.
- nova iguacu — a city in SE Brazil, NW of Rio de Janeiro.
- obfuscating — Present participle of obfuscate.
- onagraceous — belonging to the Onagraceae, the evening primrose family of plants.
- outclassing — Present participle of outclass.
- outmatching — Present participle of outmatch.
- outreaching — Present participle of outreach.
- packing nut — a nut that serves to condense packing and so to tighten its seal.
- parachuting — descent using parachute
- plough back — an agricultural implement used for cutting, lifting, turning over, and partly pulverizing soil.
- psychagogue — a necromancer
- public gaze — If someone or something is in the public gaze, they are receiving a lot of attention from the general public.
- quack grass — a couch grass, Agropyron repens, a pernicious weed in cultivated fields.
- quangocracy — Rule by quangos or similar unelected bodies. (from 20th c.).
- quick grass — the couch grass, Agropyron repens.
- quindecagon — a polygon having 15 angles and 15 sides.
- quitchgrass — Elymus repens.
- ramgunshoch — surly; bad-tempered; rude
- recatalogue — to catalogue (something, such as a book or collection of books) again
- rectangular — shaped like a rectangle.
- relaunching — an act or instance of launching something again.
- rusticating — to go to the country.
- sarcophagus — a stone coffin, especially one bearing sculpture, inscriptions, etc., often displayed as a monument.
- scapigerous — having a scape or leafless stalk
- scarborough — a seaport in North Yorkshire, in NE England.
- scatter rug — a small rug, placed on the floor in front of a chair, under a table, etc.
- scatter-gun — a shotgun
- screw auger — an auger having a helical outer surface suggesting a screw thread.
- space group — a set of symmetry elements that brings a periodic arrangement of points on a Bravais space lattice to its original position.
- specialogue — a mail-order catalogue aimed at a specific group of customers
- speculating — to engage in thought or reflection; meditate (often followed by on, upon, or a clause).
- stagestruck — obsessed with the desire to become an actor or actress.
- stock guard — a barrier for keeping cattle and other animals off the tracks or right of way.
- subcategory — a subordinate category or a division of a category.
- súgán chair — a chair with a seat made from woven súgáns
- sugar candy — large crystals of sugar formed by suspending strings in a strong sugar solution that hardens on the strings, used chiefly for sweetening coffee
- sugar-candy — excessively sweet; saccharine: sugar-candy stories in family magazines.
- sugar-cured — (especially of ham or bacon) cured in a mixture of sugar, salt, and sodium nitrate or sodium nitrite.
- sugarcoated — to cover with sugar: to sugarcoat a pill.
- superagency — a very large agency, especially a large government agency that oversees smaller ones.
- supercharge — to charge with an abundant or excessive amount, as of energy, emotion, or tension.
- surfcasting — the act, technique, or sport of fishing by casting from the shoreline into the sea, usually using heavy-duty tackle.
- tegucigalpa — a republic in NE Central America. 43,277 sq. mi. (112,087 sq. km). Capital: Tegucigalpa.
- thoughtcast — a mode of thought
- touring car — an open automobile designed for five or more passengers.
- traducingly — in a traducing manner