11-letter words containing a, g, u, s
- 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.
- life guards — (in Britain) a cavalry regiment forming part of the ceremonial guard of the monarch.
- ligamentous — pertaining to, of the nature of, or forming a ligament.
- litigatious — (rare) litigious.
- logical sum — union (def 10a).
- long radius — the distance from the centre of a regular polygon to a vertex
- longanimous — Long-suffering; patient; showing self-control and restraint.
- lumbaginous — relating to, or suffering from, lumbago
- machineguns — Plural form of machinegun.
- magisterium — the authority and power of the church to teach religious truth.
- magnanimous — generous in forgiving an insult or injury; free from petty resentfulness or vindictiveness: to be magnanimous toward one's enemies.
- magnum opus — a great work, especially the chief work of a writer or artist: Proust's magnum opus is Remembrance of Things Past.
- mangalsutra — a necklace worn by a Hindu woman to signify that she is married
- manna sugar — mannitol.
- maple sugar — a yellowish-brown sugar produced by boiling down maple syrup.
- marguerites — Plural form of marguerite.
- marsh buggy — swamp buggy.
- martinsburg — a city in NE West Virginia.
- massasaugas — Plural form of massasauga.
- maunderings — Plural form of maundering.
- megalosaurs — Plural form of megalosaur.
- megatsunami — (informal, often used by journalists) A very large tsunami.
- meliphagous — feeding on honey
- misguidance — to guide wrongly; misdirect.
- misregulate — to control or direct by a rule, principle, method, etc.: to regulate household expenses.
- mississauga — a city in SE Ontario, in S Canada, on the SW shore of Lake Ontario: suburb of Toronto.
- monophagous — feeding on only one kind of food.
- museography — The systematic description of objects in museums.
- 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.
- muskallonge — muskellunge.
- 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.
- mycophagous — feeding on fungi.
- 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?
- nonsingular — not singular. Compare singular (def 7).
- nonsurgical — pertaining to or involving surgery or surgeons.
- nursing bra — a bra for breastfeeding mothers which provides additional support and has cups that can be folded down so the infant can be fed without the mother having to remove the bra
- obfuscating — Present participle of obfuscate.
- omega minus — an unstable negatively charged elementary particle, classified as a baryon, that has a mass 3273 times that of the electron
- onagraceous — belonging to the Onagraceae, the evening primrose family of plants.
- 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.