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11-letter words containing g, i, t, s

  • aphlogistic — (archaic) flameless.
  • apologetics — the branch of theology concerned with the defence and rational justification of Christianity
  • arkeologist — Someone who studies the story of Noah's Ark, particularly by searching for physical evidence which would corroborate it.
  • arrestingly — attracting or capable of attracting attention or interest; striking: an arresting smile.
  • arthralgias — Plural form of arthralgia.
  • as anything — You use as anything after an adjective to emphasize a quality that someone has.
  • ashen light — a faint glow visible on the unlit side of the planet Venus in its crescent phase.
  • aspergation — the action of sprinkling, suffusing or irrigating with water
  • assentingly — in a concurring or complying manner
  • assignation — An assignation is a secret meeting with someone, especially with a lover.
  • assignments — Plural form of assignment.
  • associating — to connect or bring into relation, as thought, feeling, memory, etc.: Many people associate dark clouds with depression and gloom.
  • asterisking — Present participle of asterisk.
  • astigmatism — If someone has astigmatism, the front of their eye has a slightly irregular shape, so they cannot see properly.
  • astonishing — Something that is astonishing is very surprising.
  • astringence — Alternative spelling of astringency.
  • astringency — An astringent taste.
  • astringents — Plural form of astringent.
  • astrogation — (in science fiction) navigation in outer space.
  • astrologian — (obsolete) An astrologer.
  • astrologist — the study that assumes and attempts to interpret the influence of the heavenly bodies on human affairs.
  • audiologist — the study of hearing disorders, including evaluation of hearing function and rehabilitation of patients with hearing impairments.
  • augustinian — of or relating to Saint Augustine of Hippo, his doctrines, or any of the Christian religious orders that were founded on his doctrines
  • auspicating — Present participle of auspicate.
  • authorising — Present participle of authorise.
  • autogenesis — spontaneous generation
  • babysitting — to take charge of a child while the parents are temporarily away.
  • backcasting — Present participle of backcast.
  • backlisting — Present participle of backlist.
  • baitcasting — (angling) A form of casting in which the weight of the bait pulls the fishing line off of the spool (subject to some control by thumb pressure).
  • banistering — Present participle of banister.
  • banquetings — Plural form of banqueting.
  • basingstoke — a town in S England, in N Hampshire. Pop: 90 171 (2001)
  • bass guitar — a guitar that has the same pitch and tuning as a double bass, usually electrically amplified
  • battologist — wearisome repetition of words in speaking or writing.
  • besiegement — the state of being besieged
  • big society — the devolution of political power and social responsibility to local communities as opposed to centralized political power and state control
  • biogenetics — the branch of biology concerned with altering the genomes of living organisms
  • biologistic — relating to biologism
  • bit bashing — (Also "bit diddling" or bit twiddling). Any of several kinds of low-level programming characterised by manipulation of bit, flag, nibble, and other smaller-than-character-sized pieces of data. These include low-level device control, encryption algorithms, checksum and error-correcting codes, hash functions, some flavours of graphics programming (see bitblt), and assembler/compiler code generation. May connote either tedium or a real technical challenge (more usually the former). "The command decoding for the new tape driver looks pretty solid but the bit-bashing for the control registers still has bugs." See also bit bang, mode bit.
  • blister gas — a poison gas that burns or blisters the tissues of the body; vesicant.
  • book rights — the legal right to make use of the text of a printed book
  • braggartism — the activity of a braggart
  • bratticings — a series of temporary wooden housings erected on top of a wall, esp a castle wall
  • brattishing — decorative work along the coping or on the cornice of a building
  • british gum — dextrin.
  • burns night — (in Scotland) 25 January, the traditional date for holding a celebratory meal (Burns supper) in honour of Robert Burns
  • cacogastric — relating to an upset stomach
  • castigating — Present participle of castigate.
  • castigation — to criticize or reprimand severely.
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