11-letter words containing g, r, i, t, c
- greenockite — a yellow mineral, cadmium sulfide, CdS, associated with zinc ores and used as a source of cadmium.
- greenschist — schist colored green by an abundance of chlorite, epidote, or actinolite.
- ground itch — a disease of the skin of the feet, caused by penetration of hookworm larvae, characterized by a blisterlike eruption and itching.
- gynocentric — Centered on or concerned exclusively with women; taking a female (or specifically a feminist) point of view.
- gyrostatics — the science that deals with the laws of rotating bodies.
- haircutting — an act or instance of cutting the hair.
- heartaching — emotional pain or distress; sorrow; grief; anguish.
- hectoringly — So as to hector or bully.
- heterogenic — of, relating to, or characterized by heterogenesis.
- heterogonic — exhibiting allometry
- high arctic — the regions of Canada, esp the northern islands, within the Arctic Circle
- huckstering — Present participle of huckster.
- hygrometric — of or relating to the hygrometer or hygrometry.
- hypogastric — of, relating to, or situated in the hypogastrium.
- imbricating — Present participle of imbricate.
- imprecating — Present participle of imprecate.
- incarnating — Present participle of incarnate.
- incongruent — not congruent.
- incongruity — the quality or condition of being incongruous.
- incurvating — Present participle of incurvate.
- instructing — to furnish with knowledge, especially by a systematic method; teach; train; educate.
- interacting — to act one upon another.
- interagency — made up of, involving, or representing two or more government agencies: interagency cooperation.
- interceding — Present participle of intercede.
- interchange — to put each in the place of the other: to interchange pieces of modular furniture.
- interfacing — a surface regarded as the common boundary of two bodies, spaces, or phases.
- interlacing — Present participle of interlace.
- intricating — Present participle of intricate.
- introducing — to present (a person) to another so as to make acquainted.
- jacklighter — a person who hunts or fishes at night with the aid of a jacklight.
- jargonistic — the language, especially the vocabulary, peculiar to a particular trade, profession, or group: medical jargon.
- latchstring — a string passed through a hole in a door, for raising the latch from the outside.
- lethargical — of, relating to, or affected with lethargy; drowsy; sluggish; apathetic.
- light cream — sweet cream with less butterfat than heavy cream.
- light curve — a graph showing variations in brightness of celestial objects over time.
- lightstruck — (of beer) Spoiled by exposure to light, which causes riboflavin to react with and break down the isohumulones.
- logarithmic — pertaining to a logarithm or logarithms.
- logocentric — a method of literary analysis in which words and language are regarded as a fundamental expression of external reality, excluding nonlinguistic factors such as historical context.
- lubricating — to apply some oily or greasy substance to (a machine, parts of a mechanism, etc.) in order to diminish friction; oil or grease (something).
- magistratic — relating to a magistrate
- merchanting — the act of selling commodities
- merogenetic — of or relating to schizogony
- metallurgic — the technique or science of working or heating metals so as to give them certain desired shapes or properties.
- microgamete — (in heterogamous reproduction) the smaller and, usually, the male of two conjugating gametes.
- microlights — Plural form of microlight.
- micturating — Present participle of micturate.
- mistracking — track system.
- monergistic — the doctrine that the Holy Ghost acts independently of the human will in the work of regeneration. Compare synergism (def 3).
- monogastric — (biology) Having a simple single-chambered stomach.
- morgan city — a city in S Louisiana: headquarters for offshore oil drilling and base for shrimp fleet.