11-letter words containing a, r, i, g
- strain gage — A strain gage is a sensor for measuring the amount of strain on a solid surface.
- strap hinge — a hinge having a flap, especially a long one, attached to one face of a door or the like.
- strap-hinge — a hinge having a flap, especially a long one, attached to one face of a door or the like.
- strategical — pertaining to, characterized by, or of the nature of strategy: strategic movements.
- strategized — to make up or determine strategy; plan.
- stravaiging — Scot., Irish, and North England. to wander aimlessly.
- strawweight — a boxer of the lightest competitive class, especially a boxer weighing up to 104 pounds (47.2 kg).
- streamingly — in a streaming manner
- string band — a band consisting of stringed instruments
- string bass — double bass.
- string bean — any of various kinds of bean, as the green bean, the unripe pods of which are used as food, usually after stripping off the fibrous thread along the side.
- stringboard — a board or facing covering the ends of the steps in a staircase.
- strippagram — a greetings message delivered by a stripper who does a striptease on delivery
- subirrigate — to irrigate beneath the surface of the ground, as with water passing through a system of underground porous pipes or transmitted through the subsoil from ditches, etc.
- submarginal — Biology. near the margin.
- submarining — a vessel that can be submerged and navigated under water, usually built for warfare and armed with torpedoes or guided missiles.
- subrogation — to put into the place of another; substitute for another.
- súgán chair — a chair with a seat made from woven súgáns
- sugar basin — sugar bowl.
- suppurating — to produce or discharge pus, as a wound; maturate.
- surfcasting — the act, technique, or sport of fishing by casting from the shoreline into the sea, usually using heavy-duty tackle.
- surrogation — a person appointed to act for another; deputy.
- swearing in — an official ceremony where a person takes an oath of office, allegiance, etc.
- swearing-in — an official ceremony where a person takes an oath of office, allegiance, etc.
- swiss guard — a member of a corps of bodyguards protecting the pope, with membership restricted to natives of Switzerland.
- switchgrass — a North American prairie grass
- take fright — be scared off
- tax sharing — revenue sharing.
- tearjerking — a pathetic story, play, movie, or the like; an excessively sentimental tale.
- telegraphic — of or relating to the telegraph.
- tengri khan — a mountain in central Asia, on the boundary between Kirghizia (Kyrgyzstan) and China: highest peak of the Tien Shan Mountains. About 23,950 feet (7300 meters).
- teratogenic — a drug or other substance capable of interfering with the development of a fetus, causing birth defects.
- terminating — to bring to an end; put an end to: to terminate a contract.
- tetragynian — related to or belonging to the Tetragynia class of plants having four pistils
- tetraplegia — quadriplegia.
- thanksgiver — a person who gives thanks.
- the giraffe — the constellation Camelopardalis
- the gracchi — the brothers Tiberius Sempronius Gracchus and Gaius Sempronius Gracchus, Roman tribunes and reformers
- there again — on second thoughts, however
- third grade — (in the US) the third year of school, when children are eight or nine years old
- threatening — tending or intended to menace: threatening gestures.
- thwartingly — in a thwarting manner; obstructingly
- ticonderoga — a village in NE New York, on Lake Champlain: site of French fort captured by the English 1759 and by Americans under Ethan Allen 1775.
- tiger prawn — a large edible prawn of the genus Penaeus with dark bands across the body, fished commercially in the Indian and Pacific oceans
- tiger shark — a large shark, Galeocerdo cuvieri, inhabiting warm seas, noted for its voracious habits.
- tiger snake — either of two highly venomous snakes, Notechis scutatus and N. ater, of Australia and Tasmania, that grow to a length of 5 feet (1.5 meters).
- tight-arsed — inhibited or conservative in attitude or behaviour
- timing gear — (in an internal-combustion engine) the drive between the crankshaft and the camshaft, usually giving a ratio of 2 : 1
- tomographic — relating to tomography
- top-ranking — A top-ranking person is someone who has a very high rank or status in a particular organization or field of activity.