11-letter words containing g, e, t, o, i
- sopping wet — soaked, dripping
- soteriology — the doctrine of salvation through Jesus Christ.
- southbridge — a town in S Massachusetts.
- sovereignty — the quality or state of being sovereign, or of having supreme power or authority.
- sovietology — Kremlinology.
- spot height — the elevation of a certain point.
- steatopygia — extreme accumulation of fat on and about the buttocks, especially of women.
- steatopygic — extreme accumulation of fat on and about the buttocks, especially of women.
- stenohygric — able to withstand only a narrow range of humidity
- stereoimage — the single three-dimensional image perceived in the brain by the coordination of the two slightly different views seen by the eyes.
- stevedoring — the act or practice of loading or unloading a ship, ship's cargo, etc
- stourbridge — an industrial town in W central England, in Dudley unitary authority, West Midlands. Pop: 55 480 (2001)
- strong side — the side of the offensive line where the tight end is positioned, thereby the side having the greater number of players.
- suggestions — the act of suggesting.
- superegoist — an exceptionally selfish or self-centred person; someone who is very self-important
- swing voter — to cause to move to and fro, sway, or oscillate, as something suspended from above: to swing one's arms in walking.
- swingometer — a device used in television broadcasting during a general election to indicate the swing of votes from one political party to another
- tautologize — to use tautology.
- technologic — of or relating to technology; relating to science and industry.
- teetotaling — of or relating to, advocating, or pledged to total abstinence from intoxicating drink.
- teleologist — the doctrine that final causes exist.
- telephoning — an apparatus, system, or process for transmission of sound or speech to a distant point, especially by an electric device.
- telescoping — an optical instrument for making distant objects appear larger and therefore nearer. One of the two principal forms (refracting telescope) consists essentially of an objective lens set into one end of a tube and an adjustable eyepiece or combination of lenses set into the other end of a tube that slides into the first and through which the enlarged object is viewed directly; the other form (reflecting telescope) has a concave mirror that gathers light from the object and focuses it into an adjustable eyepiece or combination of lenses through which the reflection of the object is enlarged and viewed. Compare radio telescope.
- teleworking — Teleworking is working from home using equipment such as telephones, fax machines, and modems to contact people.
- telling-off — If you give someone a telling-off, you tell them that you are very angry with them about something they have done.
- temporizing — an agreement for a limited period of time
- tense logic — the study of the logical properties of tense operators, and of the logical relations between sentences having tense, by means of consideration of appropriate formal systems
- tentiginous — relating to feelings of lust
- teratogenic — a drug or other substance capable of interfering with the development of a fetus, causing birth defects.
- terminology — the system of terms belonging or peculiar to a science, art, or specialized subject; nomenclature: the terminology of botany.
- terrigenous — produced by the earth.
- terrorising — to fill or overcome with terror.
- tettigoniid — long-horned grasshopper.
- theogonical — of or relating to theogony
- theological — of, relating to, or involved with theology: a theological student.
- thermogenic — causing or pertaining to the production of heat.
- 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.
- to give way — If an object that is supporting something gives way, it breaks or collapses, so that it can no longer support that thing.
- 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.
- tongue-tied — unable to speak, as from shyness, embarrassment, or surprise.
- topdressing — an application of fertiliser to soil
- toxicogenic — generating or producing toxic products or poisons.
- 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.