11-letter words containing g
- algesimeter — an instrument for determining the sensitiveness of the skin to a painful stimulus.
- algin fiber — an alkali-soluble fiber produced by injecting a fine stream of alkaline algin into an aqueous solution of a metallic salt, used chiefly in the manufacture of fine threads.
- algological — Of or pertaining to algology.
- algophagous — feeding on algae, as certain insects.
- algophilist — Person who is subject to algophilia; person who enjoys pain and gets sexual pleasure from it.
- algorithmic — a set of rules for solving a problem in a finite number of steps, as for finding the greatest common divisor.
- aliturgical — designating those days on which the celebration of certain liturgies, especially the Eucharist, is forbidden.
- alkalifying — Present participle of alkalify.
- alkyl group — any of a series of univalent groups of the general formula C n H 2n+1 , derived from aliphatic hydrocarbons, as the methyl group, CH 3 −, or ethyl group, C 2 H 5 −.
- all get-out — used in comparisons to intensify an adjective
- all-nighter — an entertainment, such as a pop concert or film screening, that lasts all night
- allegations — Plural form of allegation.
- allegiances — the loyalty of a citizen to his or her government or of a subject to his or her sovereign.
- allegorical — An allegorical story, poem, or painting uses allegory.
- allegorized — Simple past tense and past participle of allegorize.
- allegorizer — a person who talks in or explains by means of allegories
- allegrettos — Plural form of allegretto.
- alleviating — to make easier to endure; lessen; mitigate: to alleviate sorrow; to alleviate pain.
- alley light — a searchlight mounted on a public-safety vehicle or other motor vehicle for sideways lighting.
- alligations — Plural form of alligation.
- alligatored — Damaged by alligatoring.
- alloantigen — an antigen present in some but not all individuals of the same species, as those in different human blood groups.
- allographic — Relating to allographs or allography.
- allopelagic — living or growing at different depths.
- allowancing — Present participle of allowance.
- allyl group — the univalent group C 3 H 5 , derived from propylene.
- alpha cygni — Deneb
- alpha-omega — the beginning and the end. Rev. 1:8.
- alternating — happening in succession
- amalgamable — that can be amalgamated
- amalgamated — Combined from two or more entities into one specific entity whilst retaining the defining characteristics of the original source entities.
- amalgamates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of amalgamate.
- amalgamator — a person or object that carries out amalgamation
- amazingness — The state or quality, of being amazing.
- ambiguating — Present participle of ambiguate.
- ambiguation — Act of ambiguating.
- ambiguities — Uncertainty or inexactness of meaning in language.
- ambiguously — open to or having several possible meanings or interpretations; equivocal: an ambiguous answer.
- ambitioning — an earnest desire for some type of achievement or distinction, as power, honor, fame, or wealth, and the willingness to strive for its attainment: Too much ambition caused him to be disliked by his colleagues.
- amblygonite — a white or greyish mineral consisting of lithium aluminium fluorophosphate in triclinic crystalline form. It is a source of lithium. Formula: (Li,Na)Al(PO4)(F,OH)
- ambuscading — Present participle of ambuscade.
- amino group — the univalent group, −NH 2 .
- amino-sugar — a monosaccharide with an amino or substituted amino group in place of a nonglycosidic hydroxyl group.
- ammonifying — Present participle of ammonify.
- amniography — an x-ray examination of the amniotic sac after the injection of an opaque solution, performed to permit visualization of the umbilical cord and the placenta.
- amphibology — ambiguity of expression, esp when due to a grammatical construction, as in save rags and waste paper
- amphigenous — (of certain parasitic fungi) growing on both sides of leaves.
- amphigories — Plural form of amphigory.
- amusingness — the quality or state of being amusing
- anaglyptics — (arts) The art of carving or embossing in low relief.