11-letter words containing g
- apophthegms — Plural form of apophthegm.
- appallingly — causing dismay or horror: an appalling accident; an appalling lack of manners.
- apparelling — Present participle of apparel.
- appealingly — evoking or attracting interest, desire, curiosity, sympathy, or the like; attractive.
- appeasingly — in an appeasing manner
- apple green — a bright light green or moderate yellowish-green
- apple grunt — Chiefly Eastern Massachusetts. apple pandowdy. Compare grunt (def 6).
- appleringie — an aromatic shrubby wormwood, Artemisia abrotanum, of South Europe, having finely dissected leaves and small drooping heads of yellowish flowers
- approaching — coming closer in time
- approbating — Present participle of approbate.
- approvingly — to speak or think favorably of; pronounce or consider agreeable or good; judge favorably: to approve the policies of the administration.
- apron stage — a stage that projects into the auditorium so that the audience sit on three sides of it
- aquaplaning — loss of contact with the road because of surface water
- aquariology — The study of the fauna and flora of aquaria.
- aquatinting — Present participle of aquatint.
- arab league — the league of independent Arab states formed in 1945 to further cultural, economic, military, political, and social cooperation
- arab legion — a police force (1920–56) under British supervision, responsible for keeping order among desert tribesmen in Trans-Jordan.
- arab spring — The Arab Spring is a period of time in and around 2011 to 2012 during which people in the Middle East and Africa tried to achieve democratic reforms.
- arachnology — the study of arachnids
- arbitrageur — a person who engages in arbitrage
- arbitrating — to decide as arbitrator or arbiter; determine.
- arc tangent — the angle, measured in radians, that has a tangent equal to a given number. Symbol: tan −1. Abbreviation: arc tan;
- arc welding — a technique in which metal is welded by heat generated by an electric arc struck between two electrodes or between one electrode and the metal workpiece
- arcade game — An arcade game is a computer game of the type that is often played in amusement arcades.
- archaeology — Archaeology is the study of the societies and peoples of the past by examining the remains of their buildings, tools, and other objects.
- archangelic — Theology. a chief or principal angel; in medieval angelology one of the nine orders of celestial attendants on God. Compare angel (def 1).
- archegonial — relating to an archegonium
- archegonium — a female sex organ, occurring in mosses, spore-bearing vascular plants, and gymnosperms, that produces a single egg cell in its swollen base
- archeologic — (American spelling) alternative spelling of archaeologic.
- archipelago — An archipelago is a group of islands, especially small islands.
- arcticology — the scientific study of the Polar Regions.
- arena stage — the central acting area found in a theatre-in-the-round
- areographic — relating to areography
- argand lamp — an oil lamp with a chimney, having a tubular wick that permits air to reach the center of the flame.
- argentinean — a native or inhabitant of Argentina.
- argentinian — Argentinian means belonging or relating to Argentina or its people.
- argumentive — argumentative
- argyllshire — (until 1975) a county of W Scotland, part of Strathclyde region (1975–96), now part of Argyll and Bute
- arkeologist — Someone who studies the story of Noah's Ark, particularly by searching for physical evidence which would corroborate it.
- arkhangelsk — seaport in NW Russia, at the mouth of the Northern Dvina River: pop. 407,000
- armageddons — Plural form of armageddon.
- armed guard — a guard who is carrying a gun
- arms-length — not closely or intimately connected or associated; distant; remote: an arm's-length relationship.
- aromatizing — Present participle of aromatize.
- arpeggiated — having arpeggios
- arraignment — Arraignment is when someone is brought before a court of law to answer a particular charge.
- arrangeable — to place in proper, desired, or convenient order; adjust properly: to arrange books on a shelf.
- arrangement — Arrangements are plans and preparations which you make so that something will happen or be possible.
- arrangments — Plural form of arrangement.
- arrestingly — attracting or capable of attracting attention or interest; striking: an arresting smile.