11-letter words containing g
- authorizing — Present participle of authorize.
- auto racing — the sport of racing automobiles in which drivers compete against each other on a course designed for racing or on closed public roads.
- autoantigen — an antigen of one's own cells or cell products.
- autochanger — a device in a record player or CD player that enables a small stack of records or CDs to be dropped automatically onto the turntable or player tray one at a time and played separately
- autoclaving — Present participle of autoclave.
- autogenesis — spontaneous generation
- autogenetic — self-generated.
- autographed — Simple past tense and past participle of autograph.
- autographic — of, for, or like an autograph or autographs
- autogravure — a particular process of photographic engraving in which images are projected directly onto a plate
- autoloading — self-loading
- autological — (grammar) Of a phrase (especially an adjective), possessing the property it describes.
- automagical — (of a usually complicated technical or computer process) done, operating, or happening in a way that is hidden from or not understood by the user, and in that sense, apparently “magical”: I just downloaded an automagical update to my word processing software that somehow fixed the problems.
- autophagous — self-consuming or devouring of itself
- autosuggest — to influence one's own thoughts or behaviour through methods other than conscious thought
- autozeroing — (electronics) A sampling technique that measures an offset from zero and later compensates by subtracting the difference.
- avant-garde — Avant-garde art, music, theatre, and literature is very modern and experimental.
- average joe — An average Joe is an average or ordinary man.
- average out — If a set of numbers average out to a particular figure or if you average them out to that figure, their average is calculated to be that figure.
- averageness — a quantity, rating, or the like that represents or approximates an arithmetic mean: Her golf average is in the 90s. My average in science has gone from B to C this semester.
- awkward age — early adolescence.
- awning deck — a weather deck supported on very light scantlings.
- axiological — the branch of philosophy dealing with values, as those of ethics, aesthetics, or religion.
- axle grease — lubricant for axles
- azido group — the univalent group N 3 −, derived from hydrazoic acid.
- azores high — a subtropical high centered near the Azores.
- babysitting — to take charge of a child while the parents are temporarily away.
- back garden — a garden at the rear of a house
- back-logged — a reserve or accumulation, as of stock, work, or business: a backlog of business orders.
- backcasting — Present participle of backcast.
- backdraught — a reverse movement of air, gas, or liquid
- backfilling — material used for refilling an excavation.
- backflowing — Flowing backwards.
- backgammons — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of backgammon.
- backgrounds — Plural form of background.
- backhanding — Present participle of backhand.
- backing dog — a dog that moves a flock of sheep by jumping on their backs
- backlashing — a sudden, forceful backward movement; recoil.
- backlighted — Simple past tense and past participle of backlight.
- backlisting — Present participle of backlist.
- backloading — to defer to a later date, as wages, benefits, or costs: The union agreed to back-load pay raises.
- backlogging — a reserve or accumulation, as of stock, work, or business: a backlog of business orders.
- backpacking — If you go backpacking, you go travelling with a backpack.
- backsliding — If you accuse someone of backsliding, you disapprove of them because they have failed to do something they promised or agreed to do, or have started again doing something undesirable that they had previously stopped doing.
- backsolving — Present participle of backsolve.
- backspacing — Present participle of backspace.
- backtalking — Present participle of backtalk.
- backwashing — A form of water treatment in which water is pumped backwards through the filter media, sometimes with intermittent use of compressed air.
- baconburger — a hamburger topped with strips of cooked bacon.
- bad homburg — a city in W central Germany on the S slope of the Taunus Mountains, near Frankfurt.