9-letter words containing g, a, s, t
- astragali — Plural form of astragalus.
- astragals — Plural form of astragal.
- astrangia — a genus of corals forming small, encrusting colonies, found in shallow waters off both coasts of the U.S.
- astringed — to compress; bind together; constrict.
- astringer — a styptic or constrictive substance
- astrogate — (science fiction, intransitive) To astronavigate; to control and guide a spacecraft.
- astroglia — The group of star-shaped glial cells in the brain and spinal cord.
- astrology — Astrology is the study of the movements of the planets, sun, moon, and stars in the belief that these movements can have an influence on people's lives.
- athelings — Plural form of atheling.
- attesting — to bear witness to; certify; declare to be correct, true, or genuine; declare the truth of, in words or writing, especially affirm in an official capacity: to attest the truth of a statement.
- aughtlins — in the least; to the least degree.
- augustine — Saint. 354–430 ad, one of the Fathers of the Christian Church; bishop of Hippo in North Africa (396–430), who profoundly influenced both Catholic and Protestant theology. His most famous works are Confessions, a spiritual autobiography, and De Civitate Dei, a vindication of the Christian Church. Feast day: Aug 28
- autogiros — Plural form of autogiro.
- backsight — the sight of a rifle nearer the stock
- backstage — In a theatre, backstage refers to the areas behind the stage.
- baguettes — Plural form of baguette.
- baptising — Present participle of baptise.
- beastings — beestings
- bentgrass — any perennial grass of the genus Agrostis, esp A. tenuis, which has a spreading panicle of tiny flowers. Some species are planted for hay or in lawns
- big beast — an important or powerful person
- big skate — See under skate2 .
- breasting — Anatomy, Zoology. (in bipeds) the outer, front part of the thorax, or the front part of the body from the neck to the abdomen; chest.
- bundestag — (in Germany and formerly in West Germany) the legislative assembly, which is elected by universal adult suffrage and elects the federal chancellor
- castering — a person or thing that casts.
- castigate — If you castigate someone or something, you speak to them angrily or criticize them severely.
- catfights — Plural form of catfight.
- chartings — Plural form of charting.
- cogitates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of cogitate.
- cognisant — a frequent misspelling of cognizant.
- collagist — a technique of composing a work of art by pasting on a single surface various materials not normally associated with one another, as newspaper clippings, parts of photographs, theater tickets, and fragments of an envelope.
- conestoga — a large, heavy, broad-wheeled covered wagon, used especially for transporting pioneers and freight across North America during the early westward migration.
- contangos — Plural form of contango.
- costalgia — Pain in the ribs, or the costal muscles.
- cottagers — Plural form of cottager.
- craggiest — Superlative form of craggy.
- crataegus — (botany) Any plant of the genus Crataegus, the hawthorns.
- cut glass — Cut glass is glass that has patterns cut into its surface.
- cut-grass — any grass (esp. Leersia oryzoides) having tiny hooks along the edges of the blades that cause scratches on the human skin
- cystogram — A diagnostic image produced by cystography.
- daghestan — a constituent republic of S Russia, on the Caspian Sea: annexed from Persia in 1813; rich mineral resources. Capital: Makhachkala. Pop: 2 584 200 (2002). Area: 50 278 sq km (19 416 sq miles)
- dashlight — a light illuminating the dashboard of an automobile, esp at night
- datastage — (database, tool) A tool set for designing, developing, and running applications that populate one or more tables in a data warehouse or data mart.
- daughters — Plural form of daughter.
- daylights — consciousness or wits (esp in the phrases scare, knock, or beat the (living) daylights out of someone)
- degustate — to taste or savor carefully or appreciatively.
- delegates — Plural form of delegate.
- derogates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of derogate.
- desalting — Present participle of desalt.
- designate — When you designate someone as something, you formally choose them to do that particular job.
- devasting — Present participle of devast.