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14-letter words containing a, t, o, n, i, g

  • subcontracting — outsourcing of contract work
  • supererogation — to do more than duty requires.
  • tablet coating — A tablet coating is a covering over a tablet, used to mask the taste, make it easier to swallow, or protect the active medication inside.
  • take soundings — to try to find out people's opinions on a subject
  • tape recording — sound reproduction on cassette
  • tarpon springs — a town in W Florida.
  • tax-collecting — the collection of taxes owed by individuals
  • tayside region — a former local government region in E Scotland: formed in 1975 from Angus, Kinross-shire, and most of Perthshire; replaced in 1996 by the council areas of Angus, City of Dundee, and Perth and Kinross
  • tendovaginitis — the swelling of both a tendon and its sheath
  • tenzing norgay — 1914–86, Nepalese mountaineer. With Sir Edmund Hillary, he was the first to reach the summit of Mount Everest (1953)
  • teratogenicity — the production or induction of malformations or monstrosities, especially of a developing embryo or fetus.
  • tergiversation — to change repeatedly one's attitude or opinions with respect to a cause, subject, etc.; equivocate.
  • terminological — the system of terms belonging or peculiar to a science, art, or specialized subject; nomenclature: the terminology of botany.
  • thanatological — relating to thanatology, the study of death and dying
  • the mabinogion — a collection of Welsh tales based on old Celtic legends and mythology in which magic and the supernatural play a large part
  • the-mabinogion — a collection of medieval Welsh romances that were translated (1838–49) by Lady Charlotte Guest.
  • thermomagnetic — of or relating to the effect of heat on the magnetic properties of a substance.
  • thermostatting — a device, including a relay actuated by thermal conduction or convection, that functions to establish and maintain a desired temperature automatically or signals a change in temperature for manual adjustment.
  • thread rolling — the production of a screw thread by a rolling swaging process using hardened profiled rollers. Rolled threads are stronger than threads machined by a cutting tool
  • throat seizing — cuckold's knot.
  • to ring a bell — If you say that something rings a bell, you mean that it reminds you of something, but you cannot remember exactly what it is.
  • tongue-lashing — severe scolding
  • topiary garden — a garden that features topiary work
  • total fighting — a combat sport in which very few restrictions are placed on the type of blows or tactics that may be used
  • trading nation — a nation that trades with other countries
  • trading period — A trading period is a set length of time, usually a number of weeks, months, quarters, or years, in which sales are measured and compared to previous periods.
  • trailing phlox — a prostrate plant, Phlox nivalis, of the southeastern U.S., having pink or white flowers.
  • train-spotting — (of a train enthusiast) the activity of going to train stations and recording the numbers of trains
  • training shoes — running shoes for sports training, esp in contrast to studded or spiked shoes worn for the sport itself
  • transit lounge — a waiting room at an international airport used mainly by passengers transferring from one flight to another without presenting themselves to customs or immigration officials
  • transmigration — the act of transmigrating.
  • transportingly — in a way to be transported or to transport
  • tubal ligation — a method of permanent sterilization for women, involving the surgical sealing of the fallopian tubes to prevent the ovum from passing from the ovary to the uterus.
  • turkish angora — a long-haired breed of cat, similar to the Persian
  • uncongeniality — the condition of being uncongenial
  • underthroating — (on a cornice) a cove extended outward and downward to form a drip.
  • undogmatically — in an undogmatic manner
  • unegoistically — pertaining to or of the nature of egoism.
  • unequivocating — to use ambiguous or unclear expressions, usually to avoid commitment or in order to mislead; prevaricate or hedge: When asked directly for his position on disarmament, the candidate only equivocated.
  • uninterrogated — to ask questions of (a person), sometimes to seek answers or information that the person questioned considers personal or secret.
  • unintoxicating — (of a drink, wine, substance, etc) not intoxicating
  • uterogestation — gestation in the womb, i.e. normal pregnancy
  • vaulting horse — a padded, somewhat cylindrical floor-supported apparatus, braced horizontally at an adjustable height, used for hand support and pushing off in vaulting.
  • victory garden — a vegetable garden, especially a home garden, cultivated to increase food production during a war or period of shortages.
  • virginia stock — a plant, Malcolmia maritima, of the mustard family, native to the Mediterranean region, having oblong leaves on a weak, often reclining stem and reddish or white flowers.
  • vistula lagoon — a shallow lagoon on the SW coast of the Baltic Sea, between Danzig and Kaliningrad, crossed by the border between Poland and Russia
  • vitilitigation — contention or backbiting
  • voice training — the process of training and improving vocal ability
  • voting machine — a mechanical apparatus used in a polling place to register and count the votes.
  • vulvovaginitis — inflammation of the vulva and vagina.
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