11-letter words containing g, s
- invigorates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of invigorate.
- inviscating — Present participle of inviscate.
- iridologist — the inspection of the iris of the eye as an aid in determining a person's state of health or in diagnosing a health problem.
- iron sights — conventional non-telescopic sights on a rifle
- iron sponge — sponge iron.
- ironmongers — Plural form of ironmonger.
- irreligious — not religious; not practicing a religion and feeling no religious impulses or emotions.
- irrigations — Plural form of irrigation.
- isogeotherm — an imaginary line connecting all points within the earth having the same mean temperature.
- isogradient — a line on a weather map or chart connecting points having the same horizontal gradient of a meteorological quantity, as temperature, pressure, or the like.
- isomagnetic — noting or pertaining to points of equal magnetic force.
- isomerizing — Present participle of isomerize.
- italicising — Present participle of italicise.
- jackass rig — a rig of sails not conforming to a recognized type.
- jaguarundis — Plural form of jaguarundi.
- james range — a mountain range in central Australia.
- jargonistic — the language, especially the vocabulary, peculiar to a particular trade, profession, or group: medical jargon.
- jasperizing — Present participle of jasperize.
- jazz singer — a singer whose vocal technique is similar to that of a musical instrument, and whose singing has a strong jazz feeling, chiefly imparted through phrasing, melodic improvisation, and rhythmic subtlety.
- jet-setting — You use jet-setting to describe people who are rich and successful and who have a luxurious lifestyle.
- jettisoning — to cast (goods) overboard in order to lighten a vessel or aircraft or to improve its stability in an emergency.
- jiggermasts — Plural form of jiggermast.
- job costing — a method of cost accounting by which the total cost of a given unit or quantity is determined by computing the costs that go into making a product as it moves through the manufacturing process.
- job sharing — to share the responsibility and duties of a single full-time job with one or more other employees.
- joggle post — a wooden king post having notches or raised areas for receiving and supporting the feet of struts.
- juggernauts — Plural form of juggernaut.
- jus gentium — the rules and principles of law derived from the customs and legislation of Rome, as opposed to those derived from the customs of all nations (jus gentium) or from fundamental ideas of right and wrong implicit in the human mind (jus naturale)
- juxtaposing — to place close together or side by side, especially for comparison or contrast.
- kalsomining — to wash or cover with calcimine.
- kapuskasing — a town in central Ontario, in S Canada.
- kashmir rug — a handmade Oriental rug that is woven flat without pile and covered entirely with embroidered patterns of colored yarns.
- kenogenesis — Alternative form of caenogenesis.
- keogh plans — a pension plan for an unincorporated business entity or self-employed person.
- ketogenesis — the production of ketone bodies in the body, as in diabetes mellitus or low-carbohydrate weight-loss diets.
- kew gardens — the Royal Botanic Gardens in the Greater London borough of Richmond-upon-Thames, on the River Thames; established in 1759 and given to the nation in 1841
- kidnappings — Plural form of kidnapping.
- kim il sung — 1912–94, North Korean political leader: premier 1948–72; president 1972–94.
- kim il-sung — 1912–94, North Korean statesman and marshal; prime minister (1948–72) and president (1972–94) of North Korea
- kinesiology — the science dealing with the interrelationship of the physiological processes and anatomy of the human body with respect to movement.
- king closer — a brick of regular length and thickness, used in building corners, having a long bevel from a point on one side to one about halfway across the adjacent end.
- king salmon — chinook salmon.
- king's blue — cobalt blue.
- king's evil — scrofula: so called because it was supposed to be curable by the touch of the reigning sovereign.
- king's lynn — a historic town in Norfolk, England.
- king's mark — one of the marks composing a hallmark, consisting of the head of a leopard, formerly a crowned head.
- kingfishers — Plural form of kingfisher.
- kings river — a river in central California, flowing S through Kings Canyon to the Tulare reservoir. 125 miles (201 km) long.
- kissing bug — Informal. a person much given to kissing. an irresistible desire to kiss or be kissed.
- kissing kin — any more or less distant kin familiar enough to be greeted with a kiss, as a cousin (kissing cousin)
- kitesurfing — The sport or pastime of riding on a modified surfboard while holding on to a specially designed kite, using the wind for propulsion.