11-letter words containing g, e, t, i
- belligerent — A belligerent person is hostile and aggressive.
- benefitting — something that is advantageous or good; an advantage: He explained the benefits of public ownership of the postal system.
- benightment — the state of being in physical, moral, or intellectual darkness
- benignantly — kind, especially to inferiors; gracious: a benignant sovereign.
- bequeathing — to dispose of (personal property, especially money) by last will: She bequeathed her half of the company to her niece.
- bering time — the civil time officially adopted for a country or region, usually the civil time of some specific meridian lying within the region. The standard time zones in the U.S. (Atlantic time, Eastern time, Central time, Mountain time, Pacific time, Yukon time, Alaska-Hawaii time, and Bering time) use the civil times of the 60th, 75th, 90th, 105th, 120th, 135th, 150th, and 165th meridians respectively, the difference of time between one zone and the next being exactly one hour.
- besiegement — the state of being besieged
- betting man — a person who is in the habit of placing bets
- betting tax — a tax on gambling
- big brother — People sometimes use Big Brother to refer to a person, government, or organization when they think it has complete control over people and is always checking what they do.
- big picture — a broad, overall view or perspective of an issue or problem.
- big society — the devolution of political power and social responsibility to local communities as opposed to centralized political power and state control
- big-hearted — If you describe someone as big-hearted, you think they are kind and generous, and always willing to help people.
- bilge water — Nautical. bilge (def 1d).
- binge-watch — to watch a large number of television programmes (especially all the shows from one series) in succession
- biogenetics — the branch of biology concerned with altering the genomes of living organisms
- birthweight — the weight of an infant at birth.
- blind tiger — speak-easy
- blister gas — a poison gas that burns or blisters the tissues of the body; vesicant.
- bootlegging — alcoholic liquor unlawfully made, sold, or transported, without registration or payment of taxes.
- brake light — a red light attached to the rear of a motor vehicle that lights up when the brakes are applied, serving as a warning to following drivers
- bridgewater — a town in E Massachusetts.
- bright idea — suggestion: clever
- bright-eyed — eager; fresh and enthusiastic
- bright-line — (of rules, standards, etc.) unambiguously clear: This muddies the waters of what should be a brightline rule.
- browbeating — to intimidate by overbearing looks or words; bully: They browbeat him into agreeing.
- bullfighter — A bullfighter is the person who tries to injure or kill the bull in a bullfight.
- candlelight — Candlelight is the light that a candle produces.
- care-taking — a person who is in charge of the maintenance of a building, estate, etc.; superintendent.
- cartelizing — Present participle of cartelize.
- castiglione — Count Baldassare (baldasˈsaːre). 1478–1529, Italian diplomat and writer, noted particularly for his dialogue on ideal courtly life, Il Libro del Cortegiano (The Courtier) (1528)
- catagenesis — the retrogressive evolution of a species. Compare anagenesis (def 1).
- cataloguize — to make a list of; catalogue
- catchweight — of or relating to a contest in which normal weight categories have been waived by agreement
- catechising — Present participle of catechise.
- catechizing — Present participle of catechize.
- categorical — If you are categorical about something, you state your views very definitely and firmly.
- categorised — to arrange in categories or classes; classify.
- categorized — to arrange in categories or classes; classify.
- categorizes — to arrange in categories or classes; classify.
- cattle grid — A cattle grid is a set of metal bars in the surface of a road which prevents cattle and sheep from walking along the road, but allows people and vehicles to pass.
- cauterizing — Present participle of cauterize.
- celebrating — Present participle of celebrate.
- centigramme — Alternative spelling of centigram.
- centimorgan — a unit of chromosome length, used in genetic mapping, equal to the length of chromosome over which crossing over occurs with 1 per cent frequency
- centrifugal — acting, moving, or tending to move away from a centre
- centrifuged — an apparatus that rotates at high speed and by centrifugal force separates substances of different densities, as milk and cream.
- centrifuges — Plural form of centrifuge.
- cerargyrite — a soft mineral, AgCl, that is an ore of silver; silver chloride
- cerebrating — Present participle of cerebrate.