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11-letter words containing k, a, g

  • smoking ban — the prohibition of smoking cigarettes, etc in public places
  • smoking car — smoker (def 2a).
  • sockdolager — something unusually large, heavy, etc.
  • sparklingly — in a sparkling manner
  • sponge cake — a light, sweet cake made with a comparatively large proportion of eggs but no shortening.
  • squeakingly — in a squeaking manner
  • stagestruck — obsessed with the desire to become an actor or actress.
  • steelmaking — the manufacture of steel.
  • stock guard — a barrier for keeping cattle and other animals off the tracks or right of way.
  • stocktaking — the examination or counting over of materials or goods on hand, as in a stockroom or store.
  • swage block — an iron block containing holes and grooves of various sizes, used for heading bolts and shaping objects not easily worked on an anvil.
  • take charge — able or seemingly able to take charge: She is a take-charge management type.
  • take flight — an act or instance of fleeing or running away; hasty departure.
  • take fright — be scared off
  • take-charge — able or seemingly able to take charge: She is a take-charge management type.
  • taking lens — a camera in which the image appears on a ground-glass viewer (focusing screen) after being reflected by a mirror or after passing through a prism or semitransparent glass; in one type (single-lens reflex camera) light passes through the same lens to both the ground glass and the film, while in another type (twin-lens reflex camera) light passes through one lens (viewing lens) to the ground glass and through a second lens (taking lens) to the film, the lenses being mechanically coupled for focusing.
  • tanganyikan — a former country in E Africa: formed the larger part of German East Africa; British trusteeship (Tanganyika Territory) 1946–61; became independent 1961; now the mainland part of Tanzania. 361,800 sq. mi. (937,062 sq. km).
  • tank engine — locomotive train
  • tankbusting — the practice of destroying tanks
  • tearjerking — a pathetic story, play, movie, or the like; an excessively sentimental tale.
  • telebanking — a facility enabling customers to make use of banking services by means of a computer network
  • tengri khan — a mountain in central Asia, on the boundary between Kirghizia (Kyrgyzstan) and China: highest peak of the Tien Shan Mountains. About 23,950 feet (7300 meters).
  • thanksgiver — a person who gives thanks.
  • think again — reconsider sth
  • tiger shark — a large shark, Galeocerdo cuvieri, inhabiting warm seas, noted for its voracious habits.
  • tiger snake — either of two highly venomous snakes, Notechis scutatus and N. ater, of Australia and Tasmania, that grow to a length of 5 feet (1.5 meters).
  • top-ranking — A top-ranking person is someone who has a very high rank or status in a particular organization or field of activity.
  • tracker dog — canine trained to detect
  • tracklaying — (of a vehicle) having an endless jointed metal band around the wheels
  • trafficking — the movement of vehicles, ships, persons, etc., in an area, along a street, through an air lane, over a water route, etc.: the heavy traffic on Main Street.
  • unawakening — not characterized by wakefulness
  • undertaking — the act of a person who undertakes any task or responsibility.
  • utgard-loki — a Jotun appearing in the story of Thor's voyage to Utgard: at first disguised under another name (Skrymir)
  • vagal block — the obstruction of vagus nerve impulses by the administration of drugs, a treatment for reducing acid secretion by the stomach.
  • visbreaking — Visbreaking is thermal cracking, when the vacuum residue is less viscous and it can then be used to produce valuable products.
  • wage packet — regular pay from an employer
  • wages clerk — a worker in an office who calculates staff wages
  • walking bus — a group of schoolchildren walking together along an agreed route to and from school, accompanied by adults, with children joining and leaving the group at prearranged points
  • walkthrough — an act or instance of walking or going on foot.
  • warchalking — the practice of marking chalk symbols on walls and pavements at places where local wireless internet connections may be obtained for free via a computer, usually without permission
  • watchmaking — The making (and repairing) of watches.
  • waterskiing — Alternative spelling of water skiing.
  • weak ending — a verse ending in which the metrical stress falls on a word or syllable that would not be stressed in natural utterance, as a preposition, the object of which is carried over to the next line.
  • weekend bag — weekender (def 3).
  • working day — daytime hours occupied by work
  • working-day — workaday; everyday.
  • zhangjiakou — a city in NW Hebei province, in NE China: capital of the former Qahar province.
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