11-letter words containing a, g, u, s, t
- hucksterage — the business of a huckster; peddling
- inaugurates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of inaugurate.
- insinuating — tending to instill doubts, distrust, etc.; suggestive: an insinuating letter.
- juggernauts — Plural form of juggernaut.
- juxtaposing — to place close together or side by side, especially for comparison or contrast.
- langoustine — a large prawn, Nephrops norvegicus, used for food.
- languescent — becoming languid
- legislature — a deliberative body of persons, usually elective, who are empowered to make, change, or repeal the laws of a country or state; the branch of government having the power to make laws, as distinguished from the executive and judicial branches of government.
- ligamentous — pertaining to, of the nature of, or forming a ligament.
- litigatious — (rare) litigious.
- magisterium — the authority and power of the church to teach religious truth.
- mangalsutra — a necklace worn by a Hindu woman to signify that she is married
- marguerites — Plural form of marguerite.
- martinsburg — a city in NE West Virginia.
- megatsunami — (informal, often used by journalists) A very large tsunami.
- misregulate — to control or direct by a rule, principle, method, etc.: to regulate household expenses.
- musette bag — Also called musette bag. a small leather or canvas bag with a shoulder strap, used for carrying personal belongings, food, etc., while hiking, marching, or the like.
- mustard gas — an oily liquid, C 4 H 8 Cl 2 S, used as a chemical-warfare gas, blistering the skin and damaging the lungs, often causing blindness and death: introduced by the Germans in World War I.
- mutagenesis — the origin and development of a mutation.
- mystagogues — Plural form of mystagogue.
- natural gas — a combustible mixture of gaseous hydrocarbons that accumulates in porous sedimentary rocks, especially those yielding petroleum, consisting usually of over 80 percent methane together with minor amounts of ethane, propane, butane, nitrogen, and, sometimes, helium: used as a fuel and to make carbon black, acetylene, and synthesis gas.
- naughtiness — disobedient; mischievous (used especially in speaking to or about children): Weren't we naughty not to eat our spinach?
- obfuscating — Present participle of obfuscate.
- onslaughter — An onslaught.
- orange rust — a disease of blackberries and raspberries, characterized by an orange, powdery mass of spores on the undersides of the leaves and stunted, misshapen foliage, caused by a rust fungus, Gymnoconia interstitialis.
- organistrum — a stringed instrument played by two people
- out-a-sight — out-of-sight.
- outclassing — Present participle of outclass.
- outgenerals — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of outgeneral.
- outsmarting — Present participle of outsmart.
- outspanning — Present participle of outspan.
- outstanding — prominent; conspicuous; striking: an outstanding example of courage.
- outswearing — Present participle of outswear.
- passthrough — a windowlike opening, as one for passing food or dishes between a kitchen and a dining area.
- pentagynous — (of plants) belonging to the order Pentagynia, characterized by the presence of five styles or pistils
- plattsburgh — a city in NE New York, on Lake Champlain: battle, 1814.
- ploughstaff — one of the handles of a plough
- postulating — to ask, demand, or claim.
- prognathous — having protrusive jaws; having a gnathic index over 103.
- quadrigatus — a silver coin of ancient Rome, bearing an image of Jupiter in a quadriga on the reverse.
- quitchgrass — Elymus repens.
- retroussage — the technique or action, in etching or engraving, of drawing up ink from within the incised lines of an inked plate by deftly passing a soft cloth across its surface in order to spread ink to the adjacent areas.
- 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.
- rusticating — to go to the country.
- sagittarius — zodiac sign: Archer
- salting out — the addition of salt to a mixture to precipitate proteins, soaps, and other simple organic compounds.
- salting-out — Salting-out is the effect when adding a salt to a solvent containing an organic solute reduces the solubility of that solute.
- samuel ting — Samuel C(hao) C(hung) [chou choo ng] /tʃaʊ tʃʊŋ/ (Show IPA), born 1936, U.S. physicist: Nobel prize 1976.
- scatter rug — a small rug, placed on the floor in front of a chair, under a table, etc.
- scatter-gun — a shotgun