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11-letter words containing a, s, t, i, n, g

  • astringents — Plural form of astringent.
  • astrogation — (in science fiction) navigation in outer space.
  • astrologian — (obsolete) An astrologer.
  • augustinian — of or relating to Saint Augustine of Hippo, his doctrines, or any of the Christian religious orders that were founded on his doctrines
  • auspicating — Present participle of auspicate.
  • authorising — Present participle of authorise.
  • autogenesis — spontaneous generation
  • babysitting — to take charge of a child while the parents are temporarily away.
  • backcasting — Present participle of backcast.
  • backlisting — Present participle of backlist.
  • baitcasting — (angling) A form of casting in which the weight of the bait pulls the fishing line off of the spool (subject to some control by thumb pressure).
  • banistering — Present participle of banister.
  • banquetings — Plural form of banqueting.
  • basingstoke — a town in S England, in N Hampshire. Pop: 90 171 (2001)
  • bit bashing — (Also "bit diddling" or bit twiddling). Any of several kinds of low-level programming characterised by manipulation of bit, flag, nibble, and other smaller-than-character-sized pieces of data. These include low-level device control, encryption algorithms, checksum and error-correcting codes, hash functions, some flavours of graphics programming (see bitblt), and assembler/compiler code generation. May connote either tedium or a real technical challenge (more usually the former). "The command decoding for the new tape driver looks pretty solid but the bit-bashing for the control registers still has bugs." See also bit bang, mode bit.
  • bratticings — a series of temporary wooden housings erected on top of a wall, esp a castle wall
  • brattishing — decorative work along the coping or on the cornice of a building
  • castigating — Present participle of castigate.
  • castigation — to criticize or reprimand severely.
  • castiglione — Count Baldassare (baldasˈsaːre). 1478–1529, Italian diplomat and writer, noted particularly for his dialogue on ideal courtly life, Il Libro del Cortegiano (The Courtier) (1528)
  • casting rod — a fishing rod, generally 4–8 feet (1.2–2.4 meters) long, for casting bait or lures with a reel mounted near the handle that enables the thumb or finger to control the line during a cast, including rods used for bait casting and spinning.
  • catagenesis — the retrogressive evolution of a species. Compare anagenesis (def 1).
  • catechising — Present participle of catechise.
  • chinese tag — a variety of the game of tag in which the tagged player must hold one hand on the part of the body where he or she was tagged.
  • cholangitis — (medicine) An inflammation of the bile duct.
  • climatising — to acclimate to a new environment.
  • coasteering — the sport of following a coastline by swimming, climbing, diving, and walking while wearing a wetsuit, a life jacket, and a helmet
  • cogitations — concerted thought or reflection; meditation; contemplation: After hours of cogitation he came up with a new proposal.
  • consolating — Present participle of consolate.
  • contrasting — to compare in order to show unlikeness or differences; note the opposite natures, purposes, etc., of: Contrast the political rights of Romans and Greeks.
  • coruscating — A coruscating speech or performance is lively, intelligent, and impressive.
  • cosignatory — a person, country, etc, that signs a document jointly with others
  • danger list — on
  • decussating — Present participle of decussate.
  • degustation — the act of sampling a wide variety of foods, wines, etc.
  • delegations — Plural form of delegation.
  • demagnetise — To make something nonmagnetic by removing its magnetic properties.
  • depasturing — Present participle of depasture.
  • derogations — Plural form of derogation.
  • desecrating — Present participle of desecrate.
  • desiccating — Present participle of desiccate.
  • designating — Present participle of designate.
  • designation — A designation is a description, name, or title that is given to someone or something. Designation is the fact of giving that description, name, or title.
  • designative — to mark or point out; indicate; show; specify.
  • designators — Plural form of designator.
  • designatory — to mark or point out; indicate; show; specify.
  • despatching — Present participle of despatch.
  • detasseling — Present participle of detassel.
  • devastating — If you describe something as devastating, you are emphasizing that it is very harmful or damaging.
  • diagnostics — the art or practice of diagnosis, esp of diseases
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