11-letter words containing g
- art college — a college at which students study and make art of various kinds, such as drawing, painting and sculpture
- art gallery — a place where works of art are displayed
- arteriogram — an X-ray of a vein or artery which has been injected with dye in order to diagnose obstruction or damage
- arthralgias — Plural form of arthralgia.
- arthrograms — Plural form of arthrogram.
- arts degree — a degree in an arts subject
- as anything — You use as anything after an adjective to emphasize a quality that someone has.
- ascendingly — moving upward; rising.
- ashen light — a faint glow visible on the unlit side of the planet Venus in its crescent phase.
- aspergation — the action of sprinkling, suffusing or irrigating with water
- aspergillum — a brush or perforated container for sprinkling holy water
- aspergillus — any ascomycetous fungus of the genus Aspergillus, having chains of conidia attached like bristles to a club-shaped stalk: family Aspergillaceae
- ass-kissing — the practice or an instance of attempting to curry favor by the excessive use of compliments, praise, or the like.
- assemblages — Plural form of assemblage.
- assentingly — in a concurring or complying manner
- assessingly — So as to assess.
- assignation — An assignation is a secret meeting with someone, especially with a lover.
- assignments — Plural form of assignment.
- associating — to connect or bring into relation, as thought, feeling, memory, etc.: Many people associate dark clouds with depression and gloom.
- assuagement — to make milder or less severe; relieve; ease; mitigate: to assuage one's grief; to assuage one's pain.
- assubjugate — to cause to be oppressed or overpowered
- assyriology — the study of the culture, history, and archaeological remains of ancient Assyria
- asterisking — Present participle of asterisk.
- astigmatism — If someone has astigmatism, the front of their eye has a slightly irregular shape, so they cannot see properly.
- astonishing — Something that is astonishing is very surprising.
- astringence — Alternative spelling of astringency.
- astringency — An astringent taste.
- astringents — Plural form of astringent.
- astrogation — (in science fiction) navigation in outer space.
- astrography — The art of describing or delineating the stars; a description or mapping of the heavens.
- astrologers — Plural form of astrologer.
- astrologian — (obsolete) An astrologer.
- astrologist — the study that assumes and attempts to interpret the influence of the heavenly bodies on human affairs.
- at a gallop — If you do something at a gallop, you do it very quickly.
- at a glance — If you see something at a glance, you see or recognize it immediately, and without having to think or look carefully.
- at an angle — If something is at an angle, it is leaning in a particular direction so that it is not straight, horizontal, or vertical.
- at gunpoint — If you are held at gunpoint, someone is threatening to shoot and kill you if you do not obey them.
- atherogenic — causing atheroma
- attapulgite — a clay mineral, basic hydrous silicate of magnesium and aluminum, the active ingredient of fuller's earth.
- attempering — Present participle of attemper.
- attenuating — to weaken or reduce in force, intensity, effect, quantity, or value: to attenuate desire.
- attributing — to regard as resulting from a specified cause; consider as caused by something indicated (usually followed by to): She attributed his bad temper to ill health.
- audiologist — the study of hearing disorders, including evaluation of hearing function and rehabilitation of patients with hearing impairments.
- auditioning — Present participle of audition.
- augmentable — Capable of being augmented or increased.
- augmentless — (grammar) lacking augment.
- augustinian — of or relating to Saint Augustine of Hippo, his doctrines, or any of the Christian religious orders that were founded on his doctrines
- aurignacian — of, relating to, or produced during a flint culture of the Upper Palaeolithic type characterized by the use of bone and antler tools, pins, awls, etc, and also by cave art and evidence of the beginnings of religion
- auspicating — Present participle of auspicate.
- authorising — Present participle of authorise.