11-letter words containing g, e, t, o
- 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.
- tessaraglot — relating to four languages grouped together
- 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
- tettigoniid — long-horned grasshopper.
- the argonne — a wooded region of NE France: scene of major battles in both World Wars
- the gallows — execution by hanging
- the godhead — God
- the gorbals — a district of Glasgow, formerly known for its slums
- the neogene — the Neogene period or system
- the wagoner — Auriga
- theatergoer — a person who goes to the theater, especially often or habitually.
- theatregoer — a person who is at the theatre or who goes regularly to the theatre to see plays
- theogonical — of or relating to theogony
- theological — of, relating to, or involved with theology: a theological student.
- theophagous — relating to theophagy or the practice of symbolically consuming the body of God or a god
- thermogenic — causing or pertaining to the production of heat.
- thermograph — a thermometer that records the temperatures it measures.
- thoughtless — lacking in consideration for others; inconsiderate; tactless: a thoughtless remark.
- 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 a degree — any of a series of steps or stages, as in a process or course of action; a point in any scale.
- 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.
- to go broke — If a company or person goes broke, they lose money and are unable to continue in business or to pay their debts.
- to the good — morally excellent; virtuous; righteous; pious: a good man.
- toe-curling — If you describe something as toe-curling, you mean that it makes you feel very embarrassed.
- toggle bolt — an anchor bolt having two hinged wings, ordinarily held open by a spring, for engaging the rough sides of a hole drilled in masonry or the inner surface of a hollow wall.
- 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.
- toll charge — traffic fee payable on a road
- tongue sole — tonguefish.
- tongue worm — any wormlike invertebrate of the phylum Pentastomida (or subphylum of Arthropoda), having two pairs of hooks at the sides of the mouth: all are parasitic, some in the respiratory tracts of mammals.
- tongue-lash — to reprimand severely; scold
- tongue-tied — unable to speak, as from shyness, embarrassment, or surprise.
- tongues wag — If tongues are wagging, people are talking a lot about someone and their behaviour.
- topdressing — an application of fertiliser to soil
- topographer — a specialist in topography.
- touch judge — one of the two linesmen in rugby
- tower wagon — a trailer carrying an extensible ladder for use in firefighting, photography, repairing overhead wires, trimming trees, etc. Compare cherry picker (def 2).
- toxicogenic — generating or producing toxic products or poisons.
- tracker dog — canine trained to detect
- tragic hero — a great or virtuous character in a dramatic tragedy who is destined for downfall, suffering, or defeat: Oedipus, the classic tragic hero.