10-letter words containing c, a, g, i
- slackening — an act of becoming looser
- sling-back — Also called sling. a woman's shoe with an open back and a strap or sling encircling the heel of the foot to keep the shoe secure.
- slip a cog — (not in technical use) a gear tooth, formerly especially one of hardwood or metal, fitted into a slot in a gearwheel of less durable material.
- sluicegate — an artificial channel for conducting water, often fitted with a gate (sluice gate) at the upper end for regulating the flow.
- sodcasting — the practice of playing music through the speakers of a mobile phone in a public space
- spectating — to participate as a spectator, as at a horse race.
- sternalgic — relating to or having sternalgia
- strategics — strategy (def 1).
- subglacial — beneath a glacier: a subglacial stream.
- sungchiang — Older Spelling. Songjiang.
- supragenic — beyond the limits or above the level of genes.
- surgically — pertaining to or involving surgery or surgeons.
- switchgear — switching equipment used in an electric power station.
- tamagotchi — a handheld digital toy, consisting of a digital 'pet' that the owner looks after; very popular in the 1990s
- tomcatting — (of a man) the practice of being sexually promiscuous or having many sexual partners
- tragically — characteristic or suggestive of tragedy: tragic solemnity.
- tragicomic — a dramatic or other literary composition combining elements of both tragedy and comedy.
- transgenic — of, relating to, or containing a gene or genes transferred from another species: transgenic mice.
- truncating — the process of shortening a variable
- ufological — of or relating to ufology
- ulcerating — to form an ulcer; become ulcerous: His skin ulcerated after exposure to radioactive material.
- unaccusing — to charge with the fault, offense, or crime (usually followed by of): He accused him of murder.
- unchanging — to make the form, nature, content, future course, etc., of (something) different from what it is or from what it would be if left alone: to change one's name; to change one's opinion; to change the course of history.
- undogmatic — relating to or of the nature of a dogma or dogmas or any strong set of principles concerning faith, morals, etc., as those laid down by a church; doctrinal: We hear dogmatic arguments from both sides of the political spectrum.
- unexacting — not exacting; relaxed rather than sternly precise
- ungracious — discourteous; ill-mannered: ungracious behavior.
- unmatching — a person or thing that equals or resembles another in some respect.
- unmenacing — something that threatens to cause evil, harm, injury, etc.; a threat: Air pollution is a menace to health.
- unstacking — a more or less orderly pile or heap: a precariously balanced stack of books; a neat stack of papers.
- urographic — of or relating to urography
- urticating — to sting with or as if with nettles.
- vagotropic — affecting the vagus nerve.
- vagrancies — the conduct of a vagrant.
- victualage — food; provisions; victuals.
- victualing — victuals, food supplies; provisions.
- vocalising — to make vocal; utter; articulate; sing.
- vodcasting — the creation and provision of video files for download to a computer, MP3 player, etc
- wage claim — the wage demanded from management for workers by their union representatives
- watchnight — Alternative form of watch night.
- webcasting — the broadcasting of news, entertainment, etc., using the Internet, specifically the World Wide Web.
- wing chair — a large upholstered chair having a back with wings.
- wingbacked — Having wingbacks.
- witchgrass — Any of several grasses, of the genus Panicum, often found as a weed.
- xiphopagic — making up or constituting a xiphopagus
- zincograph — (formerly) a zinc plate produced by zincography.
- zoological — of or relating to zoology.