11-letter words containing e, r, g, i, o
- 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.
- toe-curling — If you describe something as toe-curling, you mean that it makes you feel very embarrassed.
- toggle iron — a pin, bolt, or rod placed transversely through a chain, an eye or loop in a rope, etc., as to bind it temporarily to another chain or rope similarly treated.
- toghril beg — ?990–1063 ad, Sultan of Turkey (1055–63), who founded the Seljuq dynasty and conquered Baghdad (1055)
- toll bridge — a bridge at which a toll is charged.
- topdressing — an application of fertiliser to soil
- tragic hero — a great or virtuous character in a dramatic tragedy who is destined for downfall, suffering, or defeat: Oedipus, the classic tragic hero.
- tragicomedy — a dramatic or other literary composition combining elements of both tragedy and comedy.
- trimetrogon — of or relating to a system of aerial photography using three cameras, one pointed directly downward and the others at 60° to it.
- troy weight — a system of weights in use for precious metals and gems (formerly also for bread, grain, etc.): 24 grains = 1 pennyweight (1.555 grams); 20 pennyweights = 1 ounce (31.103 grams); 12 ounces = 1 pound (0.373 kilogram). The grain, ounce, and pound are the same as in apothecaries' weight, the grain alone being the same as in avoirdupois weight. The troy pound is no longer a standard weight in Great Britain.
- trypsinogen — a precursor of trypsin that is secreted by the pancreas and is activated to trypsin in the small intestine.
- tselinograd — a former name of Akmola.
- tumorigenic — (of cells or a substance) capable of producing tumors.
- ulcerogenic — producing or inducing the formation of an ulcer.
- unglorified — to cause to be or treat as being more splendid, excellent, etc., than would normally be considered.
- unignorable — to refrain from noticing or recognizing: to ignore insulting remarks.
- unobserving — not observing
- unorganized — not organized; without organic structure.
- unoriginate — not having an origin
- unreasoning — not reasoning or exercising reason; reasonless; thoughtless; irrational: an unreasoning fanatic.
- unreckoning — to count, compute, or calculate, as in number or amount.
- unrejoicing — not joyful; sad
- unreligious — irreligious.
- unreproving — not reprimanding or reproaching
- unrighteous — not righteous; not upright or virtuous; wicked; sinful; evil: an unrighteous king.
- unsovereign — a group or body of persons or a state having sovereign authority.
- variegation — an act of variegating.
- venographic — of or relating to venography
- vertiginous — whirling; spinning; rotary: vertiginous currents of air.
- videography — the art or process of making films with a video camera.
- vine grower — a person who cultivates grapevines
- vinegarroon — a large, nonpoisonous whipscorpion, Mastigoproctus giganteus, of the southern U.S. and Mexico, which, when disturbed, emits a volatile fluid having a vinegary odor.
- voice range — the range of pitches that can be made by a human voice
- volga river — a river flowing from the Valdai Hills in the W Russian Federation E and then S to the Caspian Sea: the longest river in Europe. 2325 miles (3745 km).
- vortex ring — a stable perturbation in a fluid that takes the form of a torus in which the flow rotates in the section of the torus so that the pressure difference between the inside and outside of the torus balances body forces. The best-known vortex ring is a smoke ring
- warehousing — an act or instance of a person or company that warehouses something.
- weight room — weight-training gym
- welding rod — filler metal supplied in the form of a rod, usually coated with flux
- welsh corgi — one of either of two Welsh breeds of dogs having short legs, erect ears, and a foxlike head. Compare Cardigan (def 2), Pembroke (def 3).
- whole-grain — of or being natural or unprocessed grain containing the germ and bran.
- wholegrains — Wholegrains are the grains of cereals such as wheat and maize that have not been processed.
- wiggle room — room to maneuver; latitude.
- wild orange — laurel cherry.
- wine grower — a person who owns or works in a vineyard and winery.
- winegrowing — the work or business of a winegrower.
- wing covert — any of the feathers concealing the bases of a bird's wing feathers.
- wireworking — the use of wire to make functional or decorative works
- wonder girl — an outstanding girl or woman
- wonderingly — In a wondering manner; with wonderment.
- working bee — a voluntary group doing a job for charity