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11-letter words containing a, l, g, e, c

  • parcel-gilt — the gilding of only some areas or ornaments of a piece of furniture.
  • pedagogical — of or relating to a pedagogue or pedagogy.
  • pedological — the scientific study of the nature and development of children.
  • pencil gate — any of a large number of narrow gates used for rapid distribution of metal in large castings.
  • penological — the study of the punishment of crime, in both its deterrent and its reformatory aspects.
  • periglacial — occurring or operating adjacent to the margin of a glacier.
  • plagioclase — any of the feldspar minerals varying in composition from acidic albite, NaAlSi 3 O 8 , to basic anorthite, CaAl 2 Si 2 O 8 , found in most igneous rocks: shows twinning striations on good cleavage surfaces.
  • plectognath — belonging to the Plectognathi, a group or order of fishes having the teeth fused into a beak and thick, often spiny, scaleless skin, and including the filefish, globefish, puffer, and triggerfish.
  • preachingly — in a preaching manner, with preaching
  • public gaze — If someone or something is in the public gaze, they are receiving a lot of attention from the general public.
  • racewalking — the activity of racing by walking fast rather than running
  • recatalogue — to catalogue (something, such as a book or collection of books) again
  • rechallenge — a call or summons to engage in any contest, as of skill, strength, etc.
  • rectangular — shaped like a rectangle.
  • relaunching — an act or instance of launching something again.
  • scaffoldage — a scaffold or scaffolding
  • scatterling — a person with no fixed home; a wanderer; a vagabond
  • scent gland — any of various specialized skin glands, occurring in many kinds of animals, that emit an odor commonly functioning as a social or sexual signal or a defensive weapon.
  • screamingly — If you say that something is, for example, screamingly funny or screamingly boring, you mean that it is extremely funny or extremely boring.
  • searchingly — examining carefully or thoroughly: a searching inspection.
  • searchlight — a device, usually consisting of a light and reflector, for throwing a beam of light in any direction.
  • self-acting — acting by itself; automatic.
  • serological — the science dealing with the immunological properties and actions of serum.
  • shellacking — lac that has been purified and formed into thin sheets, used for making varnish.
  • side glance — a look sideways at someone or something
  • side-glance — a glance directed to the side; an oblique or sideways look: a side-glance of displeasure at her interrupter.
  • singletrack — (of a railroad or section of a railroad's route) having but one set of tracks, so that trains going in opposite directions must be scheduled to meet only at points where there are sidings.
  • slag cement — a cement composed of about 80 percent granulated slag and about 20 percent hydrated lime.
  • sockdolager — something unusually large, heavy, etc.
  • spaceflight — the flying of manned or unmanned spacecraft into or in outer space.
  • 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).
  • strategical — pertaining to, characterized by, or of the nature of strategy: strategic movements.
  • swage block — an iron block containing holes and grooves of various sizes, used for heading bolts and shaping objects not easily worked on an anvil.
  • tegucigalpa — a republic in NE Central America. 43,277 sq. mi. (112,087 sq. km). Capital: Tegucigalpa.
  • telecottage — a communal workplace, situated in a rural area, which contains computers and other facilities linked into a communications network, thereby enabling people to work from remote locations
  • telegraphic — of or relating to the telegraph.
  • theogonical — of or relating to theogony
  • theological — of, relating to, or involved with theology: a theological student.
  • toll charge — traffic fee payable on a road
  • unceasingly — not ceasing or stopping; continuous: an unceasing flow of criticism.
  • uncongenial — agreeable, suitable, or pleasing in nature or character: congenial surroundings.
  • unglaciated — to cover with ice or glaciers.
  • unguiculate — bearing or resembling a nail or claw.
  • unrecalling — not undone or unacted
  • vellicating — to pluck; twitch.
  • victuallage — supplies or food; victuals
  • wages clerk — a worker in an office who calculates staff wages
  • wallaceburg — a town in SE Ontario, in S Canada.
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