11-letter words containing i, n, s, g
- isomerizing — Present participle of isomerize.
- italicising — Present participle of italicise.
- jaguarundis — Plural form of jaguarundi.
- jargonistic — the language, especially the vocabulary, peculiar to a particular trade, profession, or group: medical jargon.
- jasperizing — Present participle of jasperize.
- jazz singer — a singer whose vocal technique is similar to that of a musical instrument, and whose singing has a strong jazz feeling, chiefly imparted through phrasing, melodic improvisation, and rhythmic subtlety.
- jet-setting — You use jet-setting to describe people who are rich and successful and who have a luxurious lifestyle.
- jettisoning — to cast (goods) overboard in order to lighten a vessel or aircraft or to improve its stability in an emergency.
- job costing — a method of cost accounting by which the total cost of a given unit or quantity is determined by computing the costs that go into making a product as it moves through the manufacturing process.
- job sharing — to share the responsibility and duties of a single full-time job with one or more other employees.
- jus gentium — the rules and principles of law derived from the customs and legislation of Rome, as opposed to those derived from the customs of all nations (jus gentium) or from fundamental ideas of right and wrong implicit in the human mind (jus naturale)
- juxtaposing — to place close together or side by side, especially for comparison or contrast.
- kalsomining — to wash or cover with calcimine.
- kapuskasing — a town in central Ontario, in S Canada.
- kenogenesis — Alternative form of caenogenesis.
- ketogenesis — the production of ketone bodies in the body, as in diabetes mellitus or low-carbohydrate weight-loss diets.
- kidnappings — Plural form of kidnapping.
- kim il sung — 1912–94, North Korean political leader: premier 1948–72; president 1972–94.
- kim il-sung — 1912–94, North Korean statesman and marshal; prime minister (1948–72) and president (1972–94) of North Korea
- kinesiology — the science dealing with the interrelationship of the physiological processes and anatomy of the human body with respect to movement.
- king closer — a brick of regular length and thickness, used in building corners, having a long bevel from a point on one side to one about halfway across the adjacent end.
- king salmon — chinook salmon.
- king's blue — cobalt blue.
- king's evil — scrofula: so called because it was supposed to be curable by the touch of the reigning sovereign.
- king's lynn — a historic town in Norfolk, England.
- king's mark — one of the marks composing a hallmark, consisting of the head of a leopard, formerly a crowned head.
- kingfishers — Plural form of kingfisher.
- kings river — a river in central California, flowing S through Kings Canyon to the Tulare reservoir. 125 miles (201 km) long.
- kissing bug — Informal. a person much given to kissing. an irresistible desire to kiss or be kissed.
- kissing kin — any more or less distant kin familiar enough to be greeted with a kiss, as a cousin (kissing cousin)
- kitesurfing — The sport or pastime of riding on a modified surfboard while holding on to a specially designed kite, using the wind for propulsion.
- knightheads — Plural form of knighthead.
- knighthoods — Plural form of knighthood.
- knowingness — affecting, implying, or deliberately revealing shrewd knowledge of secret or private information: a knowing glance.
- konigshutte — German name of Chorzów.
- laborsaving — designed or intended to reduce or replace human labor: The dishwasher is a laborsaving device.
- ladyfingers — Plural form of ladyfinger.
- lampshading — The practice of decorating lampshades.
- landscaping — a section or expanse of rural scenery, usually extensive, that can be seen from a single viewpoint.
- langoustine — a large prawn, Nephrops norvegicus, used for food.
- languidness — The property of being languid.
- languishing — becoming languid, in any way.
- laryngismus — Laryngospasm.
- lastingness — The property of lasting; duration, permanence.
- latchstring — a string passed through a hole in a door, for raising the latch from the outside.
- laugh lines — Laugh lines are wrinkles which some older people have at the outside corners of their eyes.
- launderings — Plural form of laundering.
- lead singer — main singer in a popular music group
- leaf spring — a long, narrow, multiple spring composed of several layers of spring metal bracketed together: used in some suspension systems of carriages and automobiles.
- legendaries — of, relating to, or of the nature of a legend.