10-letter words containing g, a, s, t
- aristology — the art of eating
- as against — If you discuss a particular set of facts or figures as against another set, you are comparing or contrasting the two sets of facts or figures.
- asperating — to make rough, harsh, or uneven: a voice asperated by violent emotion.
- asphalting — any of various dark-colored, solid, bituminous substances, native in various areas of the earth and composed mainly of hydrocarbon mixtures.
- aspirating — Phonetics. to articulate (a speech sound, especially a stop) so as to produce an audible puff of breath, as with the first t of total, the second t being unaspirated. to articulate (the beginning of a word or syllable) with an h -sound, as in which, pronounced (hwich), or hitch as opposed to witch or itch.
- assaulting — Present participle of assault.
- assignment — An assignment is a task or piece of work that you are given to do, especially as part of your job or studies.
- astacology — the investigation and analysis of crayfish
- astigmatic — relating to or affected with astigmatism
- astounding — If something is astounding, you are shocked or amazed that it could exist or happen.
- astragalin — A chemical compound, a 3-O-glucoside of kaempferol, found in Phytolacca americana, the American pokeweed.
- astragalus — the talus, or anklebone, in humans
- astricting — Present participle of astrict.
- astringent — An astringent is a liquid that you put on your skin to make it less oily or to make cuts stop bleeding.
- astringing — Present participle of astringe.
- astrogator — Astronavigator.
- astrograph — a navigational device for projecting altitude curves of the stars and planets onto charts or plotting sheets.
- astrologer — An astrologer is a person who uses astrology to try to tell you things about your character and your future.
- at a guess — You say at a guess to indicate that what you are saying is only an estimate or what you believe to be true, rather than being a definite fact.
- atmologist — a person who studies or is expert in atmology or the study of aqueous vapour
- attendings — physicians who attend to patients in a hospital
- aubergiste — an innkeeper or hotelier
- augustness — inspiring reverence or admiration; of supreme dignity or grandeur; majestic: an august performance of a religious drama.
- austringer — a person who keeps goshawks
- autodigest — To carry out autodigestion.
- autogamous — Botany. pollination of the ovules of a flower by its own pollen; self-fertilization (opposed to allogamy).
- autogenous — originating within the body
- autognosis — Self-knowledge; the understanding of one's character and peculiarities.
- autografts — Plural form of autograft.
- autographs — Plural form of autograph.
- autologous — (of a tissue graft, blood transfusion, etc) originating from the recipient rather than from a donor
- autopsying — Present participle of autopsy.
- autosexing — the breeding of birds to reveal specific sexual characteristics
- avigator's — aerial navigation.
- backlights — Plural form of backlight.
- backsights — Plural form of backsight.
- bagatelles — Plural form of bagatelle.
- ballasting — Nautical. any heavy material carried temporarily or permanently in a vessel to provide desired draft and stability.
- bantingism — a fat-reducing diet invented by William Banting, involving high protein intake, and low fat and carbohydrate intake
- bargestone — any of several stones forming the sloping edge of a gable.
- batologist — someone who practises batology
- batterings — Plural form of battering.
- beau geste — a noble or gracious gesture or act, esp one that is meaningless
- beet sugar — the sucrose obtained from sugar beet, identical in composition to cane sugar
- bent grass — any grass of the genus Agrostis, especially the redtop.
- bestraught — distraught; distracted
- bill gates — (person) William Henry Gates III, Chief Executive Officer of Microsoft, which he co-founded in 1975 with Paul Allen. In 1994 Gates is a billionaire, worth $9.35b and Microsoft is worth about $27b. He was a computer nerd who dropped out of Harvard and one of the first programmers to oppose software piracy ("Open Letter to Hobbyists," Computer Notes, February 3, 1976).
- blogstream — the publication on the internet of content from weblogs rather than from mainstream media sources
- boston bag — a two-handled bag for carrying books, papers, etc.
- brattlings — a series of rattling or clattering sounds