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11-letter words containing g, r, t

  • authorising — Present participle of authorise.
  • authorizing — Present participle of authorize.
  • auto racing — the sport of racing automobiles in which drivers compete against each other on a course designed for racing or on closed public roads.
  • autochanger — a device in a record player or CD player that enables a small stack of records or CDs to be dropped automatically onto the turntable or player tray one at a time and played separately
  • autographed — Simple past tense and past participle of autograph.
  • autographic — of, for, or like an autograph or autographs
  • autogravure — a particular process of photographic engraving in which images are projected directly onto a plate
  • autozeroing — (electronics) A sampling technique that measures an offset from zero and later compensates by subtracting the difference.
  • avant-garde — Avant-garde art, music, theatre, and literature is very modern and experimental.
  • average out — If a set of numbers average out to a particular figure or if you average them out to that figure, their average is calculated to be that figure.
  • backdraught — a reverse movement of air, gas, or liquid
  • baking tray — A baking tray is the same as a baking sheet.
  • banistering — Present participle of banister.
  • bankrupting — Present participle of bankrupt.
  • banteringly — in a bantering fashion
  • bargemaster — the owner of a barge
  • bass guitar — a guitar that has the same pitch and tuning as a double bass, usually electrically amplified
  • bathygraphy — The scientific description of the depth of the ocean.
  • baton rouge — the capital of Louisiana, in the SE part on the Mississippi River. Pop: 225 090 (2003 est)
  • battery egg — an egg from a battery hen
  • be great on — to be informed about
  • bearbaiting — an old form of diversion in which dogs were made to torment a chained bear
  • beardtongue — a plant of the genus Penstemon
  • belligerati — intellectuals, such as writers, who advocate war or imperialism
  • belligerent — A belligerent person is hostile and aggressive.
  • bering time — the civil time officially adopted for a country or region, usually the civil time of some specific meridian lying within the region. The standard time zones in the U.S. (Atlantic time, Eastern time, Central time, Mountain time, Pacific time, Yukon time, Alaska-Hawaii time, and Bering time) use the civil times of the 60th, 75th, 90th, 105th, 120th, 135th, 150th, and 165th meridians respectively, the difference of time between one zone and the next being exactly one hour.
  • big brother — People sometimes use Big Brother to refer to a person, government, or organization when they think it has complete control over people and is always checking what they do.
  • big picture — a broad, overall view or perspective of an issue or problem.
  • big-hearted — If you describe someone as big-hearted, you think they are kind and generous, and always willing to help people.
  • bilge water — Nautical. bilge (def 1d).
  • bioprinting — the construction of replacement body parts using techniques developed for three-dimensional printing
  • birthweight — the weight of an infant at birth.
  • bit-robbing — in-band signalling
  • blind tiger — speak-easy
  • blister gas — a poison gas that burns or blisters the tissues of the body; vesicant.
  • block grant — (in Britain) an annual grant made by the government to a local authority to help to pay for the public services it provides, such as health, education, and housing
  • bogtrotting — the act of roaming over boggy areas, or living in boggy areas
  • book rights — the legal right to make use of the text of a printed book
  • bottom gear — the lowest gear of a car, lorry, etc
  • brachiating — Botany. having widely spreading branches in alternate pairs.
  • braggartism — the activity of a braggart
  • brake light — a red light attached to the rear of a motor vehicle that lights up when the brakes are applied, serving as a warning to following drivers
  • 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
  • brent goose — a small goose, Branta bernicla, that has a dark grey plumage and short neck and occurs in most northern coastal regions
  • bridgewater — a town in E Massachusetts.
  • bright coal — coal consisting of alternating layers of clarain and vitrain.
  • bright idea — suggestion: clever
  • bright wool — the wool of sheep raised east of the Mississippi River.
  • bright-eyed — eager; fresh and enthusiastic
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