9-letter words containing g, s, t
- astonying — Present participle of astony.
- astragali — Plural form of astragalus.
- astragals — Plural form of astragal.
- astrangia — a genus of corals forming small, encrusting colonies, found in shallow waters off both coasts of the U.S.
- astringed — to compress; bind together; constrict.
- astringer — a styptic or constrictive substance
- astrogate — (science fiction, intransitive) To astronavigate; to control and guide a spacecraft.
- astroglia — The group of star-shaped glial cells in the brain and spinal cord.
- astrology — Astrology is the study of the movements of the planets, sun, moon, and stars in the belief that these movements can have an influence on people's lives.
- athelings — Plural form of atheling.
- attesting — to bear witness to; certify; declare to be correct, true, or genuine; declare the truth of, in words or writing, especially affirm in an official capacity: to attest the truth of a statement.
- aughtlins — in the least; to the least degree.
- augustine — Saint. 354–430 ad, one of the Fathers of the Christian Church; bishop of Hippo in North Africa (396–430), who profoundly influenced both Catholic and Protestant theology. His most famous works are Confessions, a spiritual autobiography, and De Civitate Dei, a vindication of the Christian Church. Feast day: Aug 28
- autogiros — Plural form of autogiro.
- b-setting — a shutter setting in which the shutter remains open until the shutter control is released
- backsight — the sight of a rifle nearer the stock
- backstage — In a theatre, backstage refers to the areas behind the stage.
- baguettes — Plural form of baguette.
- baptising — Present participle of baptise.
- beastings — beestings
- bee-sting — a sting from a bee
- bee-stung — (of the lips) pouting and sensuous
- beestings — the first milk secreted by the mammary glands of a cow or similar animal immediately after giving birth; colostrum
- bentgrass — any perennial grass of the genus Agrostis, esp A. tenuis, which has a spreading panicle of tiny flowers. Some species are planted for hay or in lawns
- bergstrom — Sune (ˈsʊnə). 1916–2004, Swedish biochemist; shared the Nobel prize for medicine and physiology (1982) for work on prostaglandin
- besetting — tempting, harassing, or assailing (esp in the phrase besetting sin)
- best girl — one's sweetheart
- biestings — beestings
- big beast — an important or powerful person
- big skate — See under skate2 .
- big stick — force or the threat of using force
- big style — to a great degree or extent
- biologist — a specialist in biology.
- bogo-sort — (algorithm, humour) /boh"goh-sort"/ (Or "stupid-sort") The archetypical perversely awful algorithm (as opposed to bubble sort, which is merely the generic *bad* algorithm). Bogo-sort is equivalent to repeatedly throwing a deck of cards in the air, picking them up at random, and then testing whether they are in order. It serves as a sort of canonical example of awfulness. Looking at a program and seeing a dumb algorithm, one might say "Oh, I see, this program uses bogo-sort." Also known as "monkey sort" after the Infinite Monkey Theorem. Compare brute force, Lasherism.
- bombsight — a mechanical or electronic device in an aircraft for aiming bombs
- boresight — to verify the alignment of the sights and bore of (a firearm).
- bowstring — the string of an archer's bow, usually consisting of three strands of hemp
- breasting — Anatomy, Zoology. (in bipeds) the outer, front part of the thorax, or the front part of the body from the neck to the abdomen; chest.
- brightest — radiating or reflecting light; luminous; shining: The bright coins shone in the gloom.
- brightish — fairly bright
- bristling — Bristling means thick, hairy, and rough. It is used to describe things such as moustaches, beards, or eyebrows.
- bundestag — (in Germany and formerly in West Germany) the legislative assembly, which is elected by universal adult suffrage and elects the federal chancellor
- by rights — If something is not the case but you think that it should be, you can say that by rights it should be the case.
- castering — a person or thing that casts.
- castigate — If you castigate someone or something, you speak to them angrily or criticize them severely.
- catfights — Plural form of catfight.
- cent sign — the symbol ¢ placed after a number to indicate that the number represents cents.
- cgs units — a metric system of units based on the centimetre, gram, and second. For scientific and technical purposes these units have been replaced by SI units
- chartings — Plural form of charting.
- chitlings — the small intestine of swine, especially when prepared as food.