11-letter words containing g, i, o, r
- swingometer — a device used in television broadcasting during a general election to indicate the swing of votes from one political party to another
- sword fight — duel with long-bladed weapons
- syringotomy — surgical removal of a fistula
- teleworking — Teleworking is working from home using equipment such as telephones, fax machines, and modems to contact people.
- temporizing — an agreement for a limited period of time
- 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.
- thermogenic — causing or pertaining to the production of heat.
- thoroughpin — an abnormal swelling just above the hock of a horse, usually appearing on both sides of the leg and sometimes causing lameness.
- 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.
- tiring room — a dressing room, especially in a theater.
- to go right — If you say that things are going right, you mean that your life or a situation is developing as you intended or expected and you are pleased with it.
- 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.
- tomographic — relating to tomography
- top-ranking — A top-ranking person is someone who has a very high rank or status in a particular organization or field of activity.
- topdressing — an application of fertiliser to soil
- topographic — the detailed mapping or charting of the features of a relatively small area, district, or locality.
- torsiograph — a graph indicating vibrating movements
- touring car — an open automobile designed for five or more passengers.
- tragi-comic — Something that is tragi-comic is both sad and amusing at the same time.
- 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.
- transposing — the act of transposing
- tribologist — a student of, or expert in, tribology
- trimetrogon — of or relating to a system of aerial photography using three cameras, one pointed directly downward and the others at 60° to it.
- tritagonist — (in ancient Greece) the third member of an acting troupe, which always consisted of three actors. Compare protagonist (def 4), deuteragonist.
- troglobiont — any creature having a cave-dwelling mode of life.
- troglodytic — a prehistoric cave dweller.
- trothplight — engagement to be married; betrothal.
- 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.
- tselinograd — a former name of Akmola.
- tumorigenic — (of cells or a substance) capable of producing tumors.
- tuning fork — a steel instrument consisting of a stem with two prongs, producing a musical tone of definite, constant pitch when struck, and serving as a standard for tuning musical instruments, making acoustical experiments, and the like.
- typographia — matter relating to printing or printers
- typographic — of or relating to typography.
- tyroglyphid — a tick or mite of the family Tyroglyphidae
- ulcerogenic — producing or inducing the formation of an ulcer.
- unapproving — expressing disapproval or displeasure
- unforgiving — not disposed to forgive or show mercy; unrelenting.
- unglorified — to cause to be or treat as being more splendid, excellent, etc., than would normally be considered.
- unignorable — to refrain from noticing or recognizing: to ignore insulting remarks.
- unignorably — to refrain from noticing or recognizing: to ignore insulting remarks.
- uninforming — not informative
- unlabouring — not labouring