11-letter words containing i, g, n, t
- bring about — To bring something about means to cause it to happen.
- bring forth — to give birth to
- browbeating — to intimidate by overbearing looks or words; bully: They browbeat him into agreeing.
- bugging out — Also called true bug, hemipteran, hemipteron. a hemipterous insect.
- bullbaiting — a type of blood sport involving the baiting of a bull by dogs
- bunch light — a light consisting of a group of small light bulbs mounted in a reflecting box.
- burning out — to undergo rapid combustion or consume fuel in such a way as to give off heat, gases, and, usually, light; be on fire: The fire burned in the grate.
- burns night — (in Scotland) 25 January, the traditional date for holding a celebratory meal (Burns supper) in honour of Robert Burns
- calculating — If you describe someone as calculating, you disapprove of the fact that they deliberately plan to get what they want, often by hurting or harming other people.
- calibrating — Mark (a gauge or instrument) with a standard scale of readings.
- candlelight — Candlelight is the light that a candle produces.
- captivating — Someone or something that is captivating fascinates or attracts you.
- carbonating — Present participle of carbonate.
- care-taking — a person who is in charge of the maintenance of a building, estate, etc.; superintendent.
- cartelizing — Present participle of cartelize.
- castigating — Present participle of castigate.
- castigation — to criticize or reprimand severely.
- castiglione — Count Baldassare (baldasˈsaːre). 1478–1529, Italian diplomat and writer, noted particularly for his dialogue on ideal courtly life, Il Libro del Cortegiano (The Courtier) (1528)
- casting rod — a fishing rod, generally 4–8 feet (1.2–2.4 meters) long, for casting bait or lures with a reel mounted near the handle that enables the thumb or finger to control the line during a cast, including rods used for bait casting and spinning.
- catagenesis — the retrogressive evolution of a species. Compare anagenesis (def 1).
- cataloguing — a list or record, as of items for sale or courses at a university, systematically arranged and often including descriptive material: a stamp catalog.
- catapulting — Present participle of catapult.
- catechising — Present participle of catechise.
- catechizing — Present participle of catechize.
- cauterizing — Present participle of cauterize.
- celebrating — Present participle of celebrate.
- centigramme — Alternative spelling of centigram.
- centimorgan — a unit of chromosome length, used in genetic mapping, equal to the length of chromosome over which crossing over occurs with 1 per cent frequency
- centrifugal — acting, moving, or tending to move away from a centre
- centrifuged — an apparatus that rotates at high speed and by centrifugal force separates substances of different densities, as milk and cream.
- centrifuges — Plural form of centrifuge.
- cerebrating — Present participle of cerebrate.
- cga monitor — a type of (early) computer monitor designed to operate with CGA technology
- chain grate — a type of mechanical stoker for a furnace, in which the grate consists of an endless chain that draws the solid fuel into the furnace as it rotates
- checkmating — Present participle of checkmate.
- chinese tag — a variety of the game of tag in which the tagged player must hold one hand on the part of the body where he or she was tagged.
- chingtechen — Jingdezhen.
- chinwangtao — Qinhuangdao
- chitterling — part of the small intestine of swine
- cholangitis — (medicine) An inflammation of the bile duct.
- christening — A christening is a Christian ceremony in which a baby is made a member of the Christian church and is officially given his or her name. Compare baptism.
- christingle — (in Britain) a Christian service for children held shortly before Christmas, in which each child is given a decorated fruit with a lighted candle in it
- cicatrizing — Present participle of cicatrize.
- circulating — Moving about freely.
- clientelage — (dated) clientele; customers or patrons.
- climatising — to acclimate to a new environment.
- climatizing — to acclimate to a new environment.
- clingstones — Plural form of clingstone.
- cloistering — Present participle of cloister.
- coagulating — Present participle of coagulate.