11-letter words containing a, n, g, s
- franchising — a privilege of a public nature conferred on an individual, group, or company by a government: a franchise to operate a bus system.
- frangipanis — Plural form of frangipani.
- frustrating — to make (plans, efforts, etc.) worthless or of no avail; defeat; nullify: The student's indifference frustrated the teacher's efforts to help him.
- fuel-saving — (of a vehicle) using less fuel for a further distance
- fundraising — to collect by fund-raising: The charity needs to fund-raise more than a million dollars.
- fungistatic — (of a substance or preparation) inhibiting the growth of a fungus.
- fungus gnat — any of several mosquitolike insects of the family Mycetophilidae, the larvae of which feed on fungi or decaying vegetation.
- fustigating — Present participle of fustigate.
- fustigation — A beating with a club.
- gainesville — a city in N Florida.
- gainfulness — The state or quality of being gainful; profitableness.
- gainsharing — a system in which employees are financially rewarded for reducing operating costs and working more efficiently. The reward may or may not be in relation to individual performance
- gallantness — The quality of being gallant.
- gallantries — dashing courage; heroic bravery; noble-minded behavior.
- gallicanism — the movement or body of doctrines, chiefly associated with the Gallican church, advocating the restriction of papal authority in certain matters.
- gallowsness — the quality of being bold or reckless
- galvanising — Present participle of galvanise.
- gaming laws — laws relating to gambling and playing games for money
- gammerstang — an awkwardly tall person, esp a woman
- gamogenesis — sexual reproduction.
- gang switch — a collection of switches connected to separate circuits and operating simultaneously.
- gangbangers — Plural form of gangbanger.
- gangbusters — a law-enforcement officer who specializes in breaking up organized crime, often by forceful or sensational means.
- gangbusting — the activity of a gangbuster
- ganglioside — any of a class of glycolipids, found chiefly in nerve ganglia, that upon hydrolysis yield sphingosine, neuraminic acid, a fatty acid, and a monosaccharide.
- gangsta rap — a type of rap music whose lyrics feature violence, sexual exploits, and the like.
- gangsterdom — the world of gangsters; gangland
- gangsterish — (informal) Gangsterlike.
- gangsterism — the methods or behavior of gangsters.
- garden hose — tube for spraying plants with water
- garden seat — a seat, usually kept permanently outdoors in a garden
- garlandless — without a garland or garlands
- garmentless — Without garments.
- garnishment — Law. a warning, served on a third party to hold, subject to the court's direction, money or property belonging to a debtor who is being sued by a creditor. a summons to a third party to appear in litigation pending between a creditor and debtor.
- garrisoning — Present participle of garrison.
- gas fitting — the work or business of a gas fitter.
- gas furnace — a furnace using gas as a fuel.
- gas station — service station (def 1).
- gas turbine — a turbine utilizing the gaseous products of combustion.
- gas welding — a method of welding in which a combination of gases, usually oxyacetylene, is used to provide a hot flame
- gasconading — extravagant boasting; boastful talk.
- gaslighting — Present participle of gaslight.
- gastrodynia — (pathology) gastralgia (stomach pain).
- gastromancy — a form of divination by interpreting words and sounds seeming to come from the stomach
- gastronomer — A lover of good food; a connoisseur or gourmet.
- gastronomes — Plural form of gastronome.
- gastronomic — the art or science of good eating.
- gauge boson — a boson that mediates the interaction between elementary particles. There are several types: photons for electromagnetic interactions, W and Z intermediate vector bosons for weak interactions, and gravitons for gravitational interactions
- gawkishness — awkward; ungainly; clumsy.
- gay gordons — an energetic old-time dance