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11-letter words containing g, a, n, e, t

  • 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.
  • straphanger — a passenger who stands in a crowded bus or subway train and holds onto a strap or other support suspended from above.
  • streamingly — in a streaming manner
  • 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.
  • strong gale — a wind of 47–54 miles per hour (21–24 m/sec).
  • strong meat — anything arousing fear, anger, repulsion, etc, except among a tolerant or receptive minority
  • subungulate — any member of the superorder of animal termed Subungulata (also called Paenungulata), containing the elephant, sea cow and hyrax, as well as two extinct orders
  • sweat gland — one of the minute, coiled, tubular glands of the skin that secrete sweat.
  • swing state — a state of the U.S. in which the Democratic and Republican candidates both have a good chance of winning and that is considered key to the outcome of a presidential election: the swing states of Ohio and Indiana.
  • taking lens — a camera in which the image appears on a ground-glass viewer (focusing screen) after being reflected by a mirror or after passing through a prism or semitransparent glass; in one type (single-lens reflex camera) light passes through the same lens to both the ground glass and the film, while in another type (twin-lens reflex camera) light passes through one lens (viewing lens) to the ground glass and through a second lens (taking lens) to the film, the lenses being mechanically coupled for focusing.
  • taletelling — the act of telling stories
  • tangentally — pertaining to or of the nature of a tangent; being or moving in the direction of a tangent.
  • tangle with — get involved with
  • tangleberry — a huckleberry, Gaylussacia frondosa, of the eastern U.S.
  • tank engine — locomotive train
  • tanning bed — a boxlike bed having a hinged cover and equipped with sunlamps to produce a suntan.
  • tearjerking — a pathetic story, play, movie, or the like; an excessively sentimental tale.
  • teetotaling — of or relating to, advocating, or pledged to total abstinence from intoxicating drink.
  • tegumentary — a covering or vestment; integument.
  • telebanking — a facility enabling customers to make use of banking services by means of a computer network
  • 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).
  • tenth grade — (in the US) the tenth year of school, when students are 15 or 16 years old
  • 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.
  • teton range — a mountain range in NW Wyoming and SE Idaho: a part of the Rocky Mountains. Highest peak, Grand Teton, about 13,700 feet (4175 meters).
  • tetragonous — related to a tetragon
  • tetragynian — related to or belonging to the Tetragynia class of plants having four pistils
  • thanksgiver — a person who gives thanks.
  • the argonne — a wooded region of NE France: scene of major battles in both World Wars
  • the wagoner — Auriga
  • theogonical — of or relating to theogony
  • there again — on second thoughts, however
  • threatening — tending or intended to menace: threatening gestures.
  • 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 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).
  • time signal — a signal sent electrically or by radio to indicate a precise moment of time as a means of checking or regulating timepieces.
  • time-saving — (of methods, devices, etc.) reducing the time spent or required to do something.
  • timetabling — the act of scheduling something to happen or do something at a particular time
  • timing gear — (in an internal-combustion engine) the drive between the crankshaft and the camshaft, usually giving a ratio of 2 : 1
  • tongue-lash — to reprimand severely; scold
  • tongues wag — If tongues are wagging, people are talking a lot about someone and their behaviour.
  • tower wagon — a trailer carrying an extensible ladder for use in firefighting, photography, repairing overhead wires, trimming trees, etc. Compare cherry picker (def 2).
  • tragedienne — an actress especially noted for performing tragic roles.
  • transecting — to cut across; dissect transversely.
  • transfigure — to change in outward form or appearance; transform.
  • transgender — noting or relating to a person whose gender identity does not correspond to that person’s biological sex assigned at birth: the transgender movement; transgender rights.
  • transgenics — (used with a singular verb) the branch of biology concerned with the transfer of genes to other species.
  • triangulate — composed of or marked with triangles.
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